摘要
一东汉许慎作《说文解字》,许冲在为该书所作叙文中,曾引据《易·系辞》'方以类聚、物以群分'两句话八个字,认为是该书建立部首、分别部居的基本方法。云:'其建首也,立一为端。方以类聚、物以群分。同条牵属,共理相贯。杂而不越,据形系联。引而申之,以究万原。毕终于亥,知化穷冥。'许冲的这段文字,意在申论《说文》一书端一终亥之五百四十部,是以'方以类聚、物以群分'的方法,通过'据形系联'的途径,使书中入录的九千多个单字,分别部居,不相杂厕。
"Tilings of a kind come together"(fangyileiju,wuyiqunfen)was the mode of Chinese ancestors to cognize the world.Chinese writing system is the symbolization of this cognitive mode.All the Chinese characters were created according to this mode to express both abstract(Jang)and realistic(wu)things.
出处
《古代文明辑刊》
2006年第1期71-83,共13页
Ancient Civilizations