释西周金文的“送”字  

The Decipherment of the Character送in Western Zhou Bronze Inscriptions

作　　者：应金琦 Ying Jinqi

机构地区：[1]爱尔兰都柏林大学圣三一学院

出　　处：《出土文献》2024年第4期53-69,171,共18页Excavated Documents

基　　金：Trinity Doctorate Research Award资助;国家社科基金重大项目“出土文献与商周至两汉汉语上古音演变史研究”(22&ZD301)阶段性成果

摘　　要：西周金文中可隶定为“■”的字,一般释为“遗”,但此字无论字形还是用法,都与真正的“遗”不合,释“遗”实不可信。根据字形线索,并结合辞例,本文认为“■”应释为赠送之“送”字。This paper identifies the character送in early excavated documents.From a visual perspective,the characters found in Western Zhou bronze inscriptions commonly deciphered as yí遗“to lose,drop”or wèi遗“to present”can be categorized into two types.The first type is written GFAE0,which definitely should be interpreted as遗,while the other type is strictly transcribed as ■,similar to the graphic forms of GFAE0 and遗,but is never used for the word{遗}in the context of“omission”or“loss”.Therefore,the usual decipherment and interpretation of ■ can be questioned.Based on the visual clues and contextual evidence,this paper proposes that ■ is the written form of character sòng送“present,send,escort”in the Western Zhou.In Western Zhou bronze inscriptions,it is used to convey the meanings of giving or presenting as well as sending or escorting.The elucidation of the character送in this study accounts for the apparent absence of the word{送}in early excavated documents hitherto and provides a more comprehensive understanding of its graphic origin and development.

关 键 词：西周金文 送 遗 

分 类 号：K877.3[历史地理—考古学及博物馆学] H121[历史地理—历史学] K224[语言文字—汉语]