谈汉字单字历时认同的形体传承原则

为了清理汉字从甲骨文到楷书传承演变的历史轨迹，必须对同一个单字在甲骨文、金文、小篆、隶书和楷书等不同历史时期、不同构形系统中的形体进行历时认同。对汉字单字进行历时认同，应该兼顾形体传承和职能这两个原则而以形体传承原则为中心。根据形体传承原则进行历时认同的方法，可以总结出四条基本规律。

On the Principles of Formal Inheritance of Diachronic Identification of Single Chinese Characters

In order to grasp the historical course of the hereditary evolution of Chinese characters from Jiaguwen to Kaishu,we must make diachronic identification of var ious forms of the same character in different historical periods and different f ormal systems of Jiaguwen, Jinwen, Xiaozhuan, Lishu and Kaishu. The diachronic identi fication of single Chinese characters should follow both the formal and the func tional principles, and the formal principles should be accentuated. By further exp laining the principles of formal inheritance, the author offers four basic laws.