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Chinese translation: {上古的洪灾}

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15:50 Nov 20, 2007

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Linguistics

Chinese term or phrase: 法

带水字边的字多和水有关系。为什么法也带水字边?

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Chinese translation:{上古的洪灾}

Explanation:
西方有诺亚方舟，中国也有大禹治水。都指向人类之初的那场大洪灾，其解决之道，也许可以称为“法”。

另外，这里有一种对法的字源的解释，大致意思是，"水"可理解为“漂流不定的事物“，法就是为了解决它。

就像大多数学者一样,凡论及汉字"法",必然要引用<说文>中的那个著名解说,法的古体为"灋",<说文·灋部>:"刑也,平之如水,从水;灋,所以触不直者去之,从去."法学家梁治平先生认为,很多人对中国传统法的误解由此开始,比如有人据以认为,汉字"法"在语源上兼有公平、正义之义,一如其他语族中"法"的古义.对此,梁先生引用了蔡枢衡先生的见解,"这里水的含义不是象征性的,而纯粹是功能性的.它指把罪者置于水上,随流漂去,即今之所谓驱逐".

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