读《吕氏春秋·异用》:“孔子之弟子从远方来者,孔子荷杖而问之曰:‘子之公不有恙乎?’搏杖而揖之,问曰:‘子之父母不有恙乎?’置杖而问曰:‘子之兄弟不有恙乎?’杙步而倍之,问曰:‘子之妻子不有恙乎’?”这是一段“谕贵贱之等,辨疏亲之义”的儒家之言,明白如话,只是“代步”一词费解。检《辞源》、《辞海》、《中文大辞典》等工具书皆只收“杙”单字,而失录“杙步”复词。那么“杙”是什么?《尔雅·释木》:“刘刘杙。”郭璞注:“刘子生山中……”。《说文·木部》“杙”段玉裁注:“今人以杙代橜杙字。”《康熙字典》给“杙”释了三个义项:果名;橜也;所以格兽也。《辞源》“杙”也立三义而微有差别:木名;小木桩;拴系于木桩。可惜这些义项对“杙 Reading ”Lu’s Spring and Autumn different“: ”Confucius’s disciples from afar, Confucius and his staff asked:“ The son of the child is not harder? ’ The parents do not have ailments? ’Set the rod and asked:’ The child’s brothers do not feel bad? ’Steps and times, asked:’ The child’s wife does not have any trouble ’? ”This is a“ encyclical Noble and equal, distinguish the meaning of sparseness, ”the Confucian words, understand plainly, but “ travel ”The term puzzled. Check the “source”, “Cihai”, “Chinese Dictionary” and other tools are only received “杙 ” single-word, and lost “Step ” complex words. Then “杙 ” What is it? “Er Ya release wood”: “Liu Liu 杙.” “Guo Pu Note: ” Liu Zisheng mountains ...... “. ”Said the text of the Ministry of wood“ ”杙 “ Duan Yu Cuttings: ”Today people to 橜 generation 橜 杙 word.“ ”Kangxi Dictionary“ to the ”杙“ Release of three senses: fruit name; 橜Also; so beast beast also. ”Ci Yuan“ ”杙 “ also stand three righteous and slightly different: wood name; small wooden piles; tethered to the wooden piles. Unfortunately, these meanings to ”杙