它画的是什么它畫的是什麼What it draws
一个方框:上下各一道横,左右各一道竖,框得严严的。框里装着一枚贝,壳口朝上,两边鼓起。还有一道长竖穿过整个框,上下都伸出去。一個方框:上下各一道橫,左右各一道豎,框得嚴嚴的。框裡裝著一枚貝,殼口朝上,兩邊鼓起。還有一道長豎穿過整個框,上下都伸出去。A square frame: a bar above, a bar below, an upright to either side, shut tight. Inside it sits a cowrie, its opening upward and its sides swelling. One long upright runs through the whole frame and out at the top and the bottom.
字形解说字形解說The character explained
框里的是“贝”,这一点没有异议;争的是那个框。一说框是“襾”,盖在上面的罩子——货盖起来,摆着等人来买,所以是“贾”,《说文》就这样讲:“贾,贾市也。从贝,襾声。一曰坐卖售也”,还特意说明是“坐着卖”,和走四方的商人分开。另一说框是“宁”,存放东西的架子——贝收进架子里存起来,那这个字该读“贮”,是收藏、积存。两说各有金文上的依据,连小学堂把这个字头下的铜器定名,也有叫“贮铙”“贮爵”的,可见定名本身就跟着释读走。这里标作有争议:画的是贝在一个框里,框是罩还是架,未有定论。无论哪一说,这个字都把“贝”和“收存”连在一起,商代的贝是从海上来的,要经人手转运,本身就是要存、要算、要给出去的东西。
框裡的是「貝」,這一點沒有異議;爭的是那個框。一說框是「襾」,蓋在上面的罩子——貨蓋起來,擺著等人來買,所以是「賈」,《說文》就這樣講:「賈,賈市也。从貝,襾聲。一曰坐賣售也」,還特意說明是「坐著賣」,和走四方的商人分開。另一說框是「宁」,存放東西的架子——貝收進架子裡存起來,那這個字該讀「貯」,是收藏、積存。兩說各有金文上的依據,連小學堂把這個字頭下的銅器定名,也有叫「貯鐃」「貯爵」的,可見定名本身就跟著釋讀走。這裡標作有爭議:畫的是貝在一個框裡,框是罩還是架,未有定論。無論哪一說,這個字都把「貝」和「收存」連在一起,商代的貝是從海上來的,要經人手轉運,本身就是要存、要算、要給出去的東西。
That the thing inside the frame is a 貝, a cowrie, no one disputes; the frame is what is argued about. One reading makes it 襾, a cover laid over goods — wares under their cover, set out and waiting for a buyer — which gives 賈, and is what 說文 says: “賈 is trading in a market; it follows 貝 with 襾 as the sound. Another account: selling while seated” — that last clause marking the settled seller off from the trader who travels. The other reading makes the frame 宁, the rack that things are stored on: cowries put away on a rack, which would make the character 貯, to store up. Each reading has bronze evidence behind it, and even the vessel names filed under this headword in the 小學堂 database include a 貯鐃 and a 貯爵, which shows how the naming follows the reading. The badge here says disputed: a cowrie inside a frame is what is drawn, and whether the frame is a cover or a rack is unsettled. Either way the character ties the cowrie to keeping. Shang cowries came from the sea and passed through many hands, and they were by their nature a thing to be stored, counted and given away.