Exegetics consists of two Chinese characters, in which exegetics refers to explaining and teaching, and exegetics refers to explaining and commenting on word meanings. Exegetics can be understood as the process of explaining and annotating ancient Chinese characters and documents, and its meaning and usage can be clarified by studying the morphology, phonology and semantics of words.
The main task of exegesis is to research the origin of characters, explain the meaning of characters and infer the evolution process of characters. Knowledge and methods related to linguistics, history, literature and other disciplines require systematic analysis and research on words, words and sentences in ancient documents.
In the research process of exegetics, scholars use linguistic and cultural background knowledge to interpret and understand ancient Chinese characters by consulting ancient Chinese literature, referring to their use and evolution. Pay attention to the shape, structure, usage and connotation of the characters, and try to restore the original meaning of the ancient characters.
Through the study of exegetics, we can better understand the contents and ideas in ancient documents and restore the life and cultural background of the ancients. At the same time, exegetics also provides an important basis and reference for future generations' research.
Exegetics is of great significance for understanding and studying ancient Chinese characters and documents. It helps to restore the true meaning of ancient Chinese characters, explain the contents of ancient documents and explore the evolution of language and culture. In the academic and humanities fields, exegetics has always been an important topic, which has played an important role in promoting the study of Chinese characters and culture.
The influence of exegetics
1. Graphology: Through the study of characters, the laws of their evolution and variation are revealed. Scholars will pay attention to the characteristics of Chinese characters in shape, structure and strokes, and analyze their laws and changes.
2. Phonology: By studying the phonological characteristics of ancient Chinese characters, we can restore their ancient phonology and explore the process of phonetic evolution and development. This is helpful to understand the relationship between words and phonology and reveal the phonetic attributes of words.
3. Semantics: Explain and expound the meaning and usage of words. Scholars will infer the possible meanings of words by comparing the usages and explanations in different documents, and analyze their application in the context. Textual research, collation, collation and identification of ancient documents. Collect and compare different versions of documents and their correlation with other documents to determine the true source and usage of words.