《祖堂集》中的“且置”式问句是一种含有处置义的句式,把不易或不必处理的问题转换为当下相关的问题提出,具有两种语用功能:一是起到化难为易作用;一是起到换位思考作用。该句式萌芽于南北朝时期的佛经文献,成熟于五代,禅宗口语问答的语用环境是“且置”式形成的主要动因,线性增量原则是其主要机制。 “Zu Tang Ji” in the “and set ” question is a kind of sentence containing the meaning of disposal, the difficult or do not have to deal with the problem into the current related issues raised, with two pragmatic functions: First, Played a difficult task for ease; one is to play the role of empathy. The sentence germinated in the Buddhist scriptures in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and matured in the Five Dynasties. The pragmatic environment of the Zen oral question and answer is the main motivation for the formation of “and”, the principle of linear increment is its main mechanism.