A Study Of Eight Diachronic Characters Of National Surnames

As a symbol of record,Chinese characters have the function of reflecting the unique cultural meaning of Han nationality.When Chinese characters are used to record surnames,a cultural phenomenon of Chinese characters related to surname culture is formed.Based on the previous research results,this paper takes Cai,Zeng,Yan,Ni,Zhu,Xing,Xi,Yue eight national surnames as a case study,adopts Wang Guowei’s "double evidence method ".The name of the national clan,Cai,was first seen in the Yin Shang period,writing " (?）",the Western Zhou period with "(?）",li as "(?） " " (?）" two glyphs.Spring and autumn period or differentiation of the word "(?） ",Jin Wenli as " (?）",or for the traditional glyph "(?） " " (?）" war country,under the false "蔡" word record,and for the modern common.The name of the national clan,Zeng,first seen in the Shang Dynasty,falsely " (?）" record,the Western Zhou period under which to add "(?）" shape "(?） ",or add a short horizontal "鄫" "缯",made "曾" and for the text of the original.The name of the national clan,Lu,was first seen in the summer shang period,the existence of the "郘" longest time,but also the modern Chinese characters of the common writing method;Now the universal "吕" to record.The name of the national clan,Ni,first seen in the Shang Dynasty,writing "儿",the Western Zhou to spring and autumn gold text along with this glyph,the Spring and Autumn period differentiation of the specially created word "郳",after the War State became a common word for surnames.After the Han,under the false "倪" to express,the modern universal "倪" to record.The name of the national clan,Zhu,first seen in the Western Zhou period,writing "(?） ",in the literature of later generations,"铸" and "祝" are used,falsely borrowed to record the national clan name "祝".The name of the national clan,Xing,first seen in the Yin Shang period,under the false "井" to record,the Western Zhou Dynasty used "井",the War Period appeared "(?） " several foreign bodies,the East Han Dynasty appeared "foreign capital,",the modern Chinese character common glyph is "邢".The name of the national clan,Xi,the earliest seen in the Shang Dynasty,Shang Dynasty Jinwen false "(?）",spring and autumn period differentiation of the special word "鄎",modern common "息" to record.The name of the national clan,Yue,the West Zhou Jinwen falsely borrowed "钺" to record;Post-differentiation special word "(?）" From The Text to the Qin and Han Li Books,the configuration is the same,and the modern universal "越" to record.