成书于秦汉之间的语言学巨著《尔雅》,往往把一些意义相同、相近的词列在一组,用另一个词来解释,这在《释诂》、《释言》中表现得尤为突出。虽然当时还没有关于同义关系的术语理论,但这并不是一种偶然的巧合现象,而是它反映了那个时代的人们对同义原则的认识。一、《释诂》、《释言》中的同义关系 The great linguistics book “Er Ya” written in the Qin and Han dynasties tends to explain some similar words in a group and use another word to explain it. This is especially true in the “interpretation” and “explanation” prominent. Although there was no theory of terminology about synonymous relations at that time, this was not an accidental coincidence, but it reflected the people’s understanding of the principle of synonymy at that time. First, “release 诂”, “interpretation” in the synonymous relationship