《说文解字》与中国古代图腾崇拜

Explanation of Articles and Words and Totem Worship in Ancient China

图腾是原始思维的产物,它反映了古代人们对自然世界的认识,汉字作为记录汉语言的符号,其中也渗透着图腾文化。《说文解字》作为中国最早的一部字典,其中收录大量的古字形以及有关字形字义的解说,通过该书可以深入挖掘汉字构形所蕴藏的文化含义,认识我国古代曾存有的图腾以及从图腾到汉字的转换过程,从而更好地了解文字承载着的图腾崇拜文化,归纳出先民们的原始思维和心理特征。

Totem is the product of primitive thinking.It reflects the ancient people's understanding of the natural world.As a symbol of recording Chinese language,Chinese characters are also permeated with totem culture.Explanation of Articles and Words,as the earliest dictionary in China,contains a large number of ancient Chinese characters and explanations on the meaning of the characters.Through this book,we can deeply explore the cultural meaning of the Chinese characters,understand the totems that existed in ancient China and the transformation process from totem to Chinese characters,so as to better understand the totem worship culture carried by the characters and summarize the ancestors'culture of totem worship primitive thinking and psychological characteristics.