CAJ | 학술논문

据湘西里耶秦简、新蔡葛陵楚简、郴州出土简牍和其他古籍，可知郴县并非在秦始皇始置，它至迟在战国已是楚国之县。“郴”字有不同的早期字形，分别具有不同的人文意义；郴州在上古有丰富的药材、香料、染料等出产。传说人物“郴夭”，应是神农尝百草过程中涉险共进的同伴。
거상서리야진간、신채갈릉초간、침주출토간독화기타고적，가지침현병비재진시황시치，타지지재전국이시초국지현。“침”자유불동적조기자형，분별구유불동적인문의의；침주재상고유봉부적약재、향료、염료등출산。전설인물“침요”，응시신농상백초과정중섭험공진적동반。
As the consequence of several well-recognized practical causes, ranging from the lack of distinction and related researches, to the infamous burning book act of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the origin and the vast cultural background of the Chinese character “Chen” had not yet been discovered. This paper explores the definition of the character“Chen”, and systematically discusses a totally new derivation and correlated cultural foundation of it, which includes relevant Chinese traditional medicines, family names, and relevant ancient kingdoms, and rediscovers its cultural heritage value regarding primitive Chinese medicine and agriculture.