【摘要】 历来学者对"九合诸侯"中"九"的词义有多种不同的理解,有"实数"说、"虚数"说、"聚合"说、"第九次"说,亦有认为表"虚数"和"聚合"兼可等。文章利用古文字形的相关研究成果,指出"九"在古代有"聚合"义,并通过对"九合诸侯"的"异文"等材料的辨析,认为其中的"九"是"聚合"义。更多还原

【Abstract】 There are many different kinds of explanations for the word "jiu(九)"in the phrase of "jiu he zhu hou(九合诸侯)":real number,imaginary number,polymerization,ninth,and imaginary number or polymerization.Related researches of the font of ancient characters were used in this paper to point out that "jiu(九)" had the meaning of polymerization in ancient time,and that the meaning of "jiu(九)" should be polymerization in the phrase of "jiu he zhu hou(九合诸侯)"through the materials of "yi wen(异文)",etc.in this paper.更多还原