自然语言具有多义性的特点,如果对此认识不足,就可能给人们的正确思维和有效交际带来困难。为解决自然语言多义性问题,中国古代非常重视对语境的研究。语境就是语词的情景,即语言表达者所用语词的具体环境,广义的语境指说话的时间、地点和背景等,狭义的语境指特定语词的上下文。中国古代并没有“语境”这一术语,但人们在语言运用的实践中早就认识到根据具体语言环境来理解 Natural language has the characteristics of ambiguity. If we don’t know enough about it, it may bring difficulties to people’s correct thinking and effective communication. In order to solve the problem of natural language ambiguity, ancient China paid much attention to the study of context. Context is the context of a word, that is, the specific context of the word used by the linguistic expression. The general context refers to the time, place and background of the speech. The narrow context refers to the context of a specific word. In ancient China, there was no such term as “context”. However, people have long realized that understanding language based on specific language environment in language practice.