The development of exegetics

The so-called "exegetics" are also called "exegetics", "exegetics", "old teachings" and "ancient teachings". Generally speaking, it is called "Xun" to explain the meaning of words in popular language, and "Yi" to explain ancient languages with contemporary words. The first three chapters of Er Ya are called Interpretation, Shi Yan and Interpretation, from which the word "Exegetics" comes.

Exegetics is to explain the words in China's ancient books. It means to explain, specifically to explain the meaning of words in ancient Chinese (classical Chinese). Xun, Xu Shen's Shuo Wen: "Xun, preach also." Paragraph note: "People who preach, dispel doubts and teach". Minmei's Lexicon: "Training, interpretation. If a word is interpreted as a certain meaning, let it be taught by its meaning. " Speaking and practicing modern Chinese means explaining the meaning of a word in popular words. "Yi" and "Shuowen": "Yi, training the old saying is also. From words, the voice of the ancient times. " Paragraph note: "Those who teach old sayings are called" dead "because they understand old sayings to teach people."

The combination of "Xun" and "Shi" originated from Mao Heng, a native of Lu, and Mao Heng annotated The Book of Songs over the weekend and named it "Biography of Poetry Xun". Exegetics is simply explanation, that is, explaining difficult language in plain language, ancient language in modern language and dialect in Mandarin.

Exegetics? Today's so-called "exegesis" often has two different meanings: one is the general name of literary linguistics contained in ancient annotations and exegesis books; One is an independent branch of traditional philology, which is juxtaposed with philology and phonology, focusing on semantics. Exegetics is a traditional discipline in China to study the meaning of ancient books, and it is a branch of traditional literature in China-primary school. The task of exegetics is to explain language, and exegetics is to study how to correctly understand and explain language, that is, to explain clearly how to annotate language.