Abstract
Since the unearthing of oracle bone, bronze and bamboo slip writings began on a massive scale, comparison of the forms of ancient and modern characters has become a popular topic of discussion. As a result, materials in ancient documents on "ku-chin-tzu" have attracted public attention, and have become the most important source in the interpretation of characters.
In this paper I trace the term "ku-chin-tzu" etymologically, and examine "ku-chin-tzu" writings and their transmission and commentary. There have been two lines of research on "ku-chin-tzu." The first, represented by the work of Duan Yu-ts'ai, takes views of Commentariology (訓詁學) as its starting point. The other, represented by Hsu Hao, takes views of Writing (文字學) as its starting point. The two differ not only in the narrowness or looseness of their definitions, but in the categories they use.
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