출토자료를 통해 본 ‘天’의 本義와 변천 연구 (Meaning and Its Changes of Ancient Cheon(天) from the Excavated Texts)

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· 발행기관 : 중국어문연구회
· 수록지 정보 : 중국어문논총 / 97호 / 23 ~ 52페이지
· 저자명 : 박성우, 문치웅

초록

In this paper, we extensively collected the excavated texts and literature of the pre-Qin dynasty era related to ancient Cheon (天) and made a literal analysis and discussion of the character shape and meaning of Cheon.
The meaning of Cheon written on the oracle bone script of Shang dynasty were described as ‘person’s head’, ‘top of head’, ‘big’, or ‘person’. The Cheon was identified as a meaning of ‘the high and lofty person’ and ‘kaiserdom’ in the inscriptions on ancient bronze objects of Western Zhou dynasty instead of ‘person’s head’, and ‘top of head’. we can also know that the Cheon has meaning of ‘sky’ from the bamboo poles of Eastern Zhou dynasty.
As such, Cheon was used as the ‘person’s head’ or ‘top of head’ and gradually expanded its meaning to ‘the high and lofty person’, ‘kaiserdom’ and ‘sky’. The meaning of ‘sky’ for Cheon could be seen in the Easten Zhou era. The Cheon can also be replaced by ‘上’ in the relationship between the upper (上) and lower (下) sides in a different sense.

영어초록

In this paper, we extensively collected the excavated texts and literature of the pre-Qin dynasty era related to ancient Cheon (天) and made a literal analysis and discussion of the character shape and meaning of Cheon.
The meaning of Cheon written on the oracle bone script of Shang dynasty were described as ‘person’s head’, ‘top of head’, ‘big’, or ‘person’. The Cheon was identified as a meaning of ‘the high and lofty person’ and ‘kaiserdom’ in the inscriptions on ancient bronze objects of Western Zhou dynasty instead of ‘person’s head’, and ‘top of head’. we can also know that the Cheon has meaning of ‘sky’ from the bamboo poles of Eastern Zhou dynasty.
As such, Cheon was used as the ‘person’s head’ or ‘top of head’ and gradually expanded its meaning to ‘the high and lofty person’, ‘kaiserdom’ and ‘sky’. The meaning of ‘sky’ for Cheon could be seen in the Easten Zhou era. The Cheon can also be replaced by ‘上’ in the relationship between the upper (上) and lower (下) sides in a different sense.

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