读睡虎地书信木牍札记三则

Three Reading Notes on the Private Letter Excavated from Shuihudi Qin Tomb No.4

本文是有关睡虎地书信木牍字词释读的三则短札。第一则认为“寄气(乞)就书”应理解为“寄给就的书信”,“寄乞”与“寄遗”“乞匃”相类。第二则指出“自以布此”是“自以布为襌裙、襦于此”的省略。第三则指出“直佐”与“直符”“直候”“直更”结构相似,并在此基础上讨论了《晏子春秋》“直使”、《战国策》“直送”的语义。

This article presents three reading notes and provides reinterpretations of some sentences in the private letter excavated from Shuihudi Qin Tomb No.4.First,this article argues that qi气/乞in寄气(乞)就书should be interpreted as a verb meaning“to give”,which is similar in construction to ji yi寄遗and qi gai乞匃.Second,zi yi bu ci自以布此should be a condensed form of the long sentence自以布为襌裙、襦于此,omitting its prepositions and predicates.Third,the article points out that the constructions of zhi zuo直佐,zhi fu直符,zhi hou直候and zhi geng直更are similar and that in light of this private letter,the meaning of the phrases zhi shi直使and zhi song直送in the Yanzi chunqiu晏子春秋can be reinterpreted.