《演繁露》词语探源述评

《演繁露》写作目的之一，就是考证名物，对经书、史书及其他典籍中的疑难词语进行解释，为读者排疑解惑。因而，《演繁露》一书涉及文字、音韵、训诂之处颇多。该书通过词形、语义、语音来探求词语源头，在古音古义的辨正考讹中揭示文字的发展变化，补充字典语词及义项之不足，为古代汉语研究留下了非常丰富的语料。

Studies of Word Origins by YanFanLu

One of the important purposes of YanFanLu is to seek and verify the names of things, and to explain the dififcult words in Confucian classics and historical records in order to solve readers' dififculties and puzzles. YanFanLu studies Chinese characters, rhymes and exegesis. Cheng Dachang sought the source of characters, corrects the errors, and reveals the development and change of characters. It makes up for the lacks of words and meanings of dictionaries through the forms, meaning and sound of Chinese characters. Yan Fan Lu records extensive linguistic data, and has great values in studying the history of ancient Chinese.