“嗣”,现代通用义为“接续、继承”,但若细观“嗣”之构形取象,却很难把这个意义与其造字思维联系起来。 嗣,甲骨文作(?),或作(?)。(?)即大子,也就是“长子”之意;(?)即“册”字。按照中国传统,接续祖先之遗业,继承父辈之家产,自是非儿子莫属,而儿子中又以长子的地位最 “Si”, the modern universal meaning of “succession, succession,” but if the meso “Si” shape taken as the image, but it is difficult to link this meaning with its thinking of making characters. Si, Oracle (?), Or for (?). (?) That is, the child, which is the meaning of “eldest son”; (?) That “book” word. According to Chinese tradition, following the heritage of ancestors and inheriting the family property of their fathers, they are naturally non-sons and most of them are sons