再说“额手”“以手加额”

One'shou(额手)andyishoujiae(以手加额)revisited

陈治文先生认为,近代汉语里“额手”一词义为“拍手”,“额”通“■”,与“以手加额”没有渊源关系。经考证,“额手”没有“拍手”义,就是“以手加额”的缩略形式,传统解释基本不误。演化路径可能有两条:一是由“以手加额”缩略为“手额”,再倒序作“额手”;二是“以手加额”分别缩略为“手额”和“额手”。“以手加额”源自上古“空首”礼,又受到佛教礼仪的影响,具体指双手拱手或合掌与额相齐,用来表示庆贺、喜悦、崇敬或感激等情感。

According to Chen Zhiwen(陈治文),the word e'shou(额手)means“to clap hands”in Old Mandarin,in which e is used as e(敆),presenting no relation with the phrase yi shou jia e(以手加额).This paper disagrees and claims that,e'shou does not have the meaning of clapping hands and is simply an abbreviation of the phrase yi shou jia e.Two possible paths of development include:from yi shou jia e to shou'e and then reversed into e'shou;Or from yi shou jia e to both shou'e and e'shou.Diachronically,the phrase yi shou jia e came from the ancient etiquette Kongshou(空首)which then,under the influence of Buddhist rituals,began to refer to the gesture of putting two palms together at forehead level for the expression of congratulation,gratitude,reverence and appreciation.