The Interpretation Of The Design Of Shuo Wen Jie Zi

Shuowen Jiezi is a far-reaching ancient Chinese etymological dictionary written by Xu Shen,a scholar-official and philologist of the Eastern Han Dynasty(25-189).In his process of collecting and interpreting Chinese characters,he discovered the coinage method of "simulating the surroundings and their bodies",smartly and totally keeping the basic picture of people's creative activities and achievements at that time.Ever since then,this method has become an important carrier for the valuable design information of the ancient social life.This dissertation completed a systematic,multi-dimensional,qualitative and quantitative classification and analysis on the Chinese characters of creation contents involved in Shuowen Jiezi.Studied from the form,sound and meaning aspects of the Chinese characters were the contents of the ancient design regarding the clothing,food,housing,transportation,tools,weapons,instruments,and other production and life fields.Based on the text configuration,pronunciation and the proof of history books in Shuowen Jiezi,a series of items were explored,such as the background of the creation,the evolution of the form,the production of technology,material development,functional compatibility,and design specification,taboo and evolution caused by the experience accumulation,religious beliefs,rank etiquette and other factors,in order to restore the real content of the creation in the daily life of the ancient society and to analyze the precious creative ideas and concepts in the original ecological design.