沈兼士早年师从大学者章太炎,是中国著名的语言学权威,曾经在北京大学、辅仁大学教授文字学(古代称为“小学”)。原本很枯燥的文字学,由他娓娓道来,令人感到兴趣盎然。有一天,他讲到“骣”(chǎn)字,他说这个字的本意是赤裸的意思,并举古籍中的“骣马”为例,说那即是没有马鞍辔头的 Mr. Shen was a famous scholar in Linguistics in China. He taught philology (formerly known as “primary school”) at Peking University and Fu Jen Catholic University. Original boring textology, he tells his own way, it is very interesting. One day he spoke of the word “ǎ”. He said that the original meaning of the word was “naked”, taking the example of “骣 馬” in ancient books as an example, saying that there was no saddle