论晓母三等元部平声字的抒情属性——从《诗经·卫风》中的“谖”字说起

On the Lyric Attribute of Level-Tone Characters in the Xiao Mu (Xiǎo Mǔ), Third Grade, Yuan Bu (Yuán Bù)—Starting from the Character “Xuan” (Xuān) in The Book of Songs·Weifeng (Shījīng·Wèifēng)

摘要: 晓母三等元部字，上古音拟音为[hǐwan]，《诗·卫风》中共出现三处晓母三等元部平声字“谖”的用例，该字的本义是“欺诈”，在这三处用以表示“忘忧”的意义，是藼、蕿、萱字的假借字。以《卫风》中的三处“谖”为切入点，可以发现晓母三等元部平声字多具备表达强烈情感的语义功能。

Abstract: The characters in Xiao Mu (Xiǎo Mǔ), third grade, Yuan Bu (Yuán Bù) have the reconstructed Old Chinese pronunciation [hǐwan]. The level-tone character “Xuan” (Xuān) of this category appears three times in The Book of Songs·Weifeng (Shījīng·Wèifēng). Its original meaning is “to deceive”, but it is used here to mean “to forget worries”, serving as a phonetic loan character for “Xuan” (Xuān, a kind of flower), “Xuan” (Xuān) and “Xuan” (Xuān). Taking the three occurrences of “Xuan” (Xuān) in Weifeng (Wèifēng) as the entry point, it can be found that most level-tone characters in Xiao Mu (Xiǎo Mǔ), third grade, Yuan Bu (Yuán Bù) have the semantic function of expressing strong emotions.