数词在汉语语言中的使用频率是相当高的,尤其是一、三、四、五、七、八、十、百、千、万等。百、千、万表示多,这是妇孺皆知的。但在古代汉语中三和九常常表示多次或数量多。例如在《诗经》中这种现象就屡见不鲜:“三岁贯女,莫我肯顾。”(《硕鼠》)这里的“三”就是用来泛指时间长久,并非确数。“不稼不穑,胡取禾三百廛兮?”(《伐檀》)此处“三百廛”也是极言禾把数目之 The use of numerals in Chinese language is quite high, especially one, three, four, five, seven, eight, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand and so on. Hundreds, thousands, and thousands said that it is well known to women and children. However, in ancient Chinese, three and nine often indicate more or more. For example, in The Book of Songs, this phenomenon is not uncommon: “Three-year-old sisters, Mo me willing to care.” (“Shu rat”) “Three” here is used to refer to the long time, not the exact number. “Do not crop up, Hu take Wo three hundred 廛 Come?” (“Vatan”) here “three hundred 廛” is also very much Wo the number of