Abstract
Han Shu，Written at the end of ancient times,is one of the most important representative works for Chinese language research.It not on ly inherited many words of Pre-Qin Chinese b ut dveloped a lot of new disyllabic and polysyllabic words as well, which enrich es the l exicon system of Chinese, and shows a distinctive feature in the history of Chin e se lexicon. Fro m the aspects of word formation, morphology,semantic formation,synonym,polyseman t and the development of the meaning, this thesis tries to describe and analyse t he disyllabic and polysyllabic words in the hope of not only probing into the in ternal law of their development and their development situati ons at the end of ancient times,but also trying to provide some useful materials for the research of the history of Chinese lexicon.Based on the profound rese ar ch, this thesis draws an important conclution that the interacting relatianship between the meaning formation and the construction mode is a vital clue to und erstand the internal law of the developoment of the disyllabic and polysyllabic words.
Key Words: HanShu Disyllabic and Polysyllabic Words.