Consult related books. Explain the relationship between the theory of "Six Books" and the construction method of modern Chinese characters.

A: The ancients divided the structure and usage of Chinese characters into six kinds, which were called "Six Books". Among them, pictographic, signifier, knowing and pictophonetic characters reflect the structural mode of Chinese characters, which is generally called word-making method; Seal script and loan reflect the usage of Chinese characters, which are generally called word-using methods. The relationship between "Liu Shu" and modern Chinese character construction methods is as follows:

First, the "Six Books" can better explain the motivation of modern Chinese characters. Liushu theory is the core of traditional philology theory, which has a strong ability to analyze and explain the structure of ancient Chinese characters, and also has a high reference value for studying and revealing the structural principles of ancient Chinese characters. Modern Chinese characters are developed from ancient Chinese characters, and many modern Chinese characters still retain the motivation of ancient Chinese characters. For example, hieroglyphs such as "wood", "knife" and "man" express their meanings by simulating the shape of things; Refers to the words "Ben", "Blade" and "Zhong". , that is, to express the characteristics of things through symbols to express the meaning of words; The knowing words "Pro", "Ming" and "Cong" are represented by two or more glyph combinations; The pictophonetic words "mu", "forbearance" and "species" use the combination of symbols and notes to express the pronunciation and meaning of words.

Second, the new word formation in modern Chinese characters is often created by the word formation of pictophonetic characters in the "Six Books". Once the pictophonetic method was produced, it adapted well to the needs of social development and Chinese evolution, and gradually became the main method of Chinese character formation. Some new words in modern Chinese characters are basically created by pictophonetic methods, such as "radium", "zinc" and "nickel".

Third, the development and simplification of some Chinese characters are generally in line with the theory of "Six Books". With the development of society, the physical structure of Chinese characters is constantly changing and gradually developing towards simplification. Among them, the simplification of some Chinese characters roughly conforms to the principle of "Six Books". For example, "Lun", "Lun" and "Lun" are simplified to "Lun", "Lun" and "Lun", and the characteristics of their pictophonetic characters are still retained. Of course, there are also some simplified words that can't be well explained by the theory of six books, such as "flying", "meaning" and "right".