Shuowen Jiezi plays an extremely important role in the history of linguistics in China. It was the first to establish the radical arrangement method, which pioneered the arrangement and retrieval of dictionaries for later generations. It preserves rich written materials in ancient times, is an indispensable step for us to study Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions, and is a direct sample for studying Xiao Zhuan style. This paper expounds the previous six-calligraphy theory, and firstly analyzes the physical structure of Chinese characters by using the six-calligraphy theory. Interpretation is based on form, meaning is based on form, meaning is based on clear original meaning, and meaning is extended to borrowed meaning. Through the two methods of meaning training and sound training, we can train ancient proverbs, interpret dialects and master ancient sounds systematically. Its appearance not only makes philology a formal science, but also has a great influence on the germination or development of phonology, exegetics and lexicology. Two thousand years later, it is still commented, read, recited, copied and studied by millions of readers in Qian Qian.
About the author: Xu Shen, from Zhaoling, Runan (now Yancheng County, Henan Province).