“鬼者,歸也”的训释一直是先秦以来的学界共识,在以表意为主的汉字传统中,这一训释与“鬼”字的构形以及人们的鬼神信仰之间的关系,自汉代《说文解字》以来即有探讨,但宥於“鬼”字小篆形体的限制,而未能有所贯通。至清末甲骨文的发现,人们看到了“鬼”字更多的古文形体,於是对它的形义关系也便有了进一步的反思和讨论,然迄今所见诸说纷纭,且各有未安之处。今按“鬼”字所从之“田”形符号實为人頫最古老的象徵符号之一,它普遍地用於宗教与丧葬场所,象微宇宙之中心和作为终极本体的神灵,“鬼”字的构形正反映了中国传统生命观中人死后向终极本体神的回歸思考。这一造字理念也与汉语中“鬼”字所在的“语义场”相吻合:即作为终极本体的神生成万物并寓於万物之中,其寓於人者有陰阳(即动静)二种情形,阳而动者(本体保持自然的形态)为魂,陰而静者(本体束於所化的形质)为魄,人死魂歸於天,魄则随屍体而歸於地,此时寓於尸体中的本体存在则名为鬼,至尸体消解,鬼亦返歸於作为本体共相的神中,并与之一起参与新的因缘生化之旅。 The interpretation of “ghosts, returning also ” has always been the academic consensus since the pre-Qin period. In the tradition of Chinese characters based on ideology, this interpretation and the configuration of the “ghosts” and the belief in ghosts and gods Since the Han Dynasty “Shuo Wen Jie Zi” has been discussed since, but for “” ghost “Xiaozhuo body shape restrictions, but failed to be through. Until the discovery of Oracle in the late Qing Dynasty, people saw more ancient forms of the word ”ghost“, and thus have further reflections and discussions on the relationship between the two. So far, however, opinions have been divided and different Security Department. The ”Tian“ symbol of ”ghost“ is actually one of the oldest symbolic symbols. It is commonly used in religious and funeral sites, such as the center of micro-universe and the god as the ultimate noumenon The configuration of the word ”ghost“ reflects the return thinking to the ultimate noumenon after the death of the Chinese traditional life. This concept of making characters is also consistent with the ”semantic field“ in which the Chinese character ”ghost" is located: that is, as the ultimate noumenon, God produces all things and lives in all things, ) In both cases, the yangrun (the noumenon maintains its natural form) is the soul, while the yin and yang (the noumenon is in the form of being) are souls, At this moment, the ontology existing in the body is called a ghost, and the body is digested. The ghost also returns to the god as the ontology in common, and participates in a new journey of biochemistry with it.