甲骨探源 OracleQuest

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ruò · assent, go smoothly

顺、依从,事情照着人求的走、卜辞里问“若”“不若”,就是问神答不答应順、依從,事情照著人求的走、卜辭裡問「若」「不若」,就是問神答不答應to comply, to go smoothly — the thing turning out the way it was asked for, on the bones 若 and 不若 ask whether the powers will grant assent or withhold it

广泛接受廣泛接受Widely accepted人物人物People

所在章节所在章節Chapter: 31 · 卜辞常语31 · 卜辭常語31 · The Words Around the Crack

它画的是什么它畫的是什麼What it draws

一个人跪在那里,两只手都举到头顶上去,十根指头张开;头发从手指间散出来,一缕缕竖着。身子在下面折了两道,是跪着的腿。一個人跪在那裡,兩隻手都舉到頭頂上去,十根指頭張開;頭髮從手指間散出來,一縷縷豎著。身子在下面折了兩道,是跪著的腿。A person kneels and lifts both hands to the top of the head, all ten fingers spread; the hair comes up between them in separate strands. The body folds twice below: those are the kneeling legs.

甲骨文异体甲骨文異體Oracle-bone variants

商代不同时期、不同刻手的写法并不相同。下面每一种写法都依据一片具体的甲骨。商代不同時期、不同刻手的寫法並不相同。下面每一種寫法都依據一片具體的甲骨。Scribes of different periods wrote the same character differently. Each form below follows one specific inscription.

  • 常见写法常見寫法Most common form

    最常见的一式:两臂对称举起,指端各分两岔,中间一缕头发直上;腿折成一道浅折。最常見的一式:兩臂對稱舉起,指端各分兩岔,中間一縷頭髮直上;腿折成一道淺折。The commonest form: both arms raised symmetrically, each hand forking in two, a single strand of hair straight up the middle, and the legs folded once.

    《甲骨文合集》14194 號 · 舊著錄 鐵61.4 · 賓組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 46 · 第 12 形《甲骨文合集》14194 號 · 舊著錄 鐵61.4 · 賓組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 46 · 第 12 形《甲骨文合集》 合14194 · first published as 鐵61.4 · 賓組 diviner group · 《甲骨文編》 headword 46 · form 12

  • 两臂弯合成一个鼓起的圈,头发从圈里伸出两道;腿向左甩出去,拖得很长。兩臂彎合成一個鼓起的圈,頭髮從圈裡伸出兩道;腿向左甩出去,拖得很長。The arms curve in until they nearly close into a swelling ring, with two strands of hair rising out of it; the legs swing far out to the left in a long sweep.

    《甲骨文合集》17961 號 · 舊著錄 後2.20.10 · 賓組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 46 · 第 30 形《甲骨文合集》17961 號 · 舊著錄 後2.20.10 · 賓組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 46 · 第 30 形《甲骨文合集》 合17961 · first published as 後2.20.10 · 賓組 diviner group · 《甲骨文編》 headword 46 · form 30

  • 刀口硬,全用直画:两臂斜着张开,腿折成两道锐角。刀口硬,全用直畫:兩臂斜著張開,腿折成兩道銳角。Cut hard and all in straight strokes: the arms open on a slant and the legs fold into two sharp angles.

    《甲骨文合集》30388 號 · 舊著錄 甲1164 · 何組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 46 · 第 06 形《甲骨文合集》30388 號 · 舊著錄 甲1164 · 何組 · 《甲骨文編》字號 46 · 第 06 形《甲骨文合集》 合30388 · first published as 甲1164 · 何組 diviner group · 《甲骨文編》 headword 46 · form 06

字形演变字形演變How the shape changed

  1. 甲骨文甲骨文Oracle bone
  2. 金文金文Bronze
  3. 小篆小篆Seal
  4. 隶书隸書Clerical
  5. 楷书楷書Modern

字形解说字形解說The character explained

全字分三层:上面是张开的手指和散着的头发,中间一竖是身子,下面折两道是跪着的腿。这三层历来没有异议,难讲的是举手在做什么。一说是跪着梳理头发,头发理顺了,所以引出“顺”的意思;一说举手过顶本身就是顺从的姿势,跪着举手就是应了、认了。两说都落在“顺”上,卜辞里的用法也只是这一个:“若”是答应,“不若”是不答应,商王问出行、问年成、问用兵,末了常常就问这一个字。《说文》说“若,择菜也。从艸、右”,那是照小篆的形状讲的——小篆上面已经写成草头,下面成了“右”,跪着的人早看不见了。

全字分三層:上面是張開的手指和散著的頭髮,中間一豎是身子,下面折兩道是跪著的腿。這三層歷來沒有異議,難講的是舉手在做什麼。一說是跪著梳理頭髮,頭髮理順了,所以引出「順」的意思;一說舉手過頂本身就是順從的姿勢,跪著舉手就是應了、認了。兩說都落在「順」上,卜辭裡的用法也只是這一個:「若」是答應,「不若」是不答應,商王問出行、問年成、問用兵,末了常常就問這一個字。《說文》說「若,擇菜也。从艸、右」,那是照小篆的形狀講的——小篆上面已經寫成草頭,下面成了「右」,跪著的人早看不見了。

The character has three tiers: spread fingers and loose hair at the top, an upright body in the middle, and legs folded twice at the foot. Nobody disputes those three. What the raised hands are doing is read two ways: one reading has the kneeling figure combing the hair straight, and straightened hair gives the sense “smooth, compliant”; the other takes hands lifted above the head as the posture of submission itself, so that to kneel and raise them is to assent. Both land on the same sense, and the bones use the word in only that one way — 若 is assent given, 不若 assent withheld, and it is what a divination about a journey, a harvest or a campaign often asks last. 說文 says “若 is picking greens; it follows 艸 and 右”, which describes the seal shape: by then the top had become the grass radical and the bottom had become 右, and the kneeling person was no longer visible.

出处出處Sources

  • 甲骨文字典 · 徐中舒 (主编) (1988)
  • 甲骨文字编 · 李宗焜 (2012)异体取舍依据
  • 说文解字 · 许慎 (100)說文:若,擇菜也。从艸、右。右,手也。一曰杜若,香艸。
  • 甲骨文編 · 中国科学院考古研究所 (编) (1965)字號 46 · 合14194、合17961、合30388 · 賓組、何組
  • 金文編 · 容庚 (编) (1985)器名 我方鼎 · 時代 西周早期

所有字形均为本项目按所引字形原创绘制的示意图,不是拓片复制品。所有字形均為本專案按所引字形原創繪製的示意圖,不是拓片複製品。Every drawing is an original schematic illustration made after the cited form. None of them is a reproduction of a rubbing. 小學堂甲骨文資料庫 · 中央研究院

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