在中国古代,涉及“士”的记载可以说是史不绝书。在先秦时代,“士”的义涵尤为纷繁歧异。对“士”的诸多义涵加以梳理,弄清其来龙去脉,无疑有助于我们对士阶层的源流变迁以及相应社会背景变动的理解。下面,我们就对“士”的初形初义,以及因社会等级分层和社会功能分化所造成的义涵繁衍,加以叙述。 In ancient China, records related to “Shi ” can be said that history is not a book. In the pre-Qin era, the meaning of “scholar ” was particularly diverse. To sort out the many meanings of “Shi ” and find out its own course of no doubt contributes to our understanding of the origin and changes of the scholar class and the corresponding change of social background. In the following, we will begin by describing the beginning of the “Shi” and the proliferation of meaning and meaning caused by social stratification and social function differentiation.