唐宋禅宗语录“只如”类话题标记句

An analysis on the topic marker sentences of“zhiru(只如)”in the Chan sect quotations in the Tang and Song Dynasties

大量使用以“只如”为主体的“只如”类话题标记是唐宋禅宗语录的一大特色.“只如”类话题标记的主要功能是表示话题转入.在唐宋禅宗语录中,包括“至于”在内的“只如”类话题标记句多用于疑问句.晚唐五代,“只如”类话题标记句主要用于佛教文献,世俗文献不多见.从宋代开始,世俗文献中主要的话题转入标记逐渐转向“至于”.元明清以迄现代,“只如”逐渐衰微以至消亡,“至于”逐渐获得了几乎独尊的地位.

One of the characteristics of the Chan sect quotations in the Tang and Song Dynasties was the extensive use of the topic markers of"zhiru(只如)",whose main function was to show a topic turning.In the Chan sect quotations in the Tang and Song Dynasties,the topic marker"zhiru(只如)",including"zhìyú(至于)",was mostly used in interrogative sentences.In the late Tang and Five Dynasties,the topic marker sentences of"zhiru(只如)"were mainly used in Buddhist documents,while rare in the secular documents.From the Song Dynasty,the main topic marker in the secular documents turned to"zhìyú(至于)".From the Yuan to Ming and Qing Dynasties,and to the modern times,the use of"zhiru(只如)"gradually declined and even disappeared,While"zhìyú(至于)"gradually gained an almost exclusive position.