说张家山汉墓竹简《引书》中的“呴”

On ‘呴(xū)’ in Yin Shu Written on Bamboo Slips unearthed from Han Tombs Discovered in Zhangjiashan

张家山汉墓竹简《引书》中有“昫”“泃”等字,在简文中皆用作“呴”。在之前的研究中,“呴”或被解释为“急呼”,或被理解为“呼暖气”。本文认为“呴”指的是用读“呴”字时所呈现的口形呼气,从而达到治病养身的医疗效果。

‘昫(xù)’,‘泃(jū)’and some other characters in Yin Shu,written on bamboo slips unearthed from Han tombs discovered in ZhangJiashan,are all seen as‘呴(xū)’in context.Previously,‘呴(xū)’is sometimes interpreted as‘gasping’,or‘exhaling warm breath’.In this particle,the author points out that‘呴(xū)’means to exhale whilst maintaining one’s mouth shape as the character‘呴(xū)’is pronounced so as to heal and preserve health.