王安石《周禮新義》為北宋時期由官方所頒布的科舉用書，它不僅是熙寧變法的理論來源，也為士人研讀《周禮》提供一套新的義理詮釋。有鑒於當前學界對王安石的文學、哲學、經學等相關領域研究，成果斐然，若干觀點已有共識。本文旨在考明學人鮮有關注的字學議題，以《周禮新義》為選讀文本，輔以荊公詩文，通過歷來評議王安石字學之得失，考察《周禮新義》與北宋《說文解字》傳本之關係，以探究王氏早期字學的根柢；並基於宋元之際「會意」學說理論的背景，分析《周禮新義》中會意字的表意途徑，揭櫫其由《說文解字》「比類合誼」的傳統界說，已逐漸發展成主觀「會悟」的內在理路。所得成果，對於重新審視經學研究與傳統小學之聯繫，頗有裨益，適可供學界另一嶄新的研究視角。

The “ Chou-li hsin i ” by Wang an- shih was the government text book for the civil service examination system in the Northern Sung dynasty , it was not only the theoretical source at the political changing in Shi-ning period , but also supplied the new explanation for the research at Chou-li . According to many results of the long researching history about the literature , philosophy and the study of the classic , we owned many common concepts for Wang . The essay try to describe Wang’s gains and losses for the topics of etymology through Chou-li hsin-i and Wang’s literary works . We also discover the connection between Chou-li hsin-i and the copy of Shou-wen chieh-tzu in Northern Sung dynasty that influenced the Wang’s basic decisions for the etymology in his earlier research . Besides , we find that the way to express the words in Chou-li hsin-i was not just taking a hint through combining of two pictographs , but developed slowly as a special self-system to comprehend the meaning in Wang’s deep mind . It is the benefit to review and supply a new visual angle for the connection between the research of the classics and the traditional etymology.