用为“迩”之“逐”诸字补说

A Supplement Discussion on the Character Zhu(逐)Read as Er(迩)

在近年发布的出土文献材料中,不断出现“逐”读为远迩之“迩”的用字现象,前所未见,备受学界关注。这个“逐”和追逐的“逐”是同形字,至于为何能用为“迩”,学者有不同看法,其中以“逐”从“豕”声,与“尔”声字“迩”音近相通的说法影响最大。综合考察和辨析最新材料以及相关诸字的形音义,本文指出“豕”实未见有坚强的谐声证据,作为“迩”字异体的“逐”是“■”的省声字,可以上溯到甲骨文时代。“豕”旁不表音,文献中也不存在“豕”声字与“尔”声字的通用关系。

In excavated texts published in recent years,the character Zhu(逐)read as Er(迩)meaning approach constantly appears There are kinds of views on this special character phenomenon while one clear finding is that Zhu(逐)is not the character means chase.A few scholars believe that the sound of the glyph Zhu(逐)contains the phonetic sign Shi(豕)is similar with the character Er(迩)contains the phonetic sign Er(尔).Based on the comprehensive investigation and integrated analyses,we maintain that the glyph Shi(豕)has never been a phonetic sign in any character and zhu(逐)comes from ■ in oracle bone inscriptionsisa homograph of Er(迩).Interchangeable relation between phonetic Shi(豕)andphonetic Er(尔)do not exist at all in the literature.