《中国文字形体变迀考释》是我国文字学研究中一部极具学术价值及文献史料价值的著作。本书稿完成于二十世纪四十年代，系作者丁易（原名叶鼎彝）历尽艰辛，耗时七载，玉汝于成之作。

此书稿始于作者问学北平师范太学时，师从钱玄同、黎锦熙先生习文字文法之学，抱志“纂集甲骨金文陶钵篆隶汇为一编，穷其形体变迁，究其义训溯源”，当其发轫撰集，写定可待之时，抗日战争爆发。作者遂投身抗战，书稿在动荡迀徙中部分散佚。幸得朱光潜先生邀其至四川乐山武汉大学，得以“尽观武大所藏甲骨卜辞、铜器铭文诸书”，重将佚稿参证考订、摹写移录。后又应黎锦熙先生之聘，至西迁兰州的国立西北师范学院，历时十月，全书始成。黎锦熙先生阅后甚为称赏，当即为之题签。因条件所限无法排印，作者遂将这30万字手稿，含自叙、凡例、目录及正文14卷，装订成6册，仅供传阅。

中华人民共和国成立后，著名语言学家罗常培读了书稿，给予充分肯定。郭沫若阅后也评价甚高并为其题写名。只惜此稿因排印困难未能出版后作者据此稿，先后出版了《中国的文字》《中国文字与中国社会》等简本著作。作者还参与发起成立中国文字改革协会，并当选首届常务理事。此后，国家委派作者赴苏联讲学，不幸于1954年6月因突发脑溢血猝然离世，时年41岁，令人痛惜不已。

时隔70年后的今天，此书稿才首次出版，这既是对作著丁易先生的告慰与怀念，更是向这位为中国学术文化做出卓越贡献的学者致敬！

"The Interpretation of the Morphology of Chinese Characters" is a work of great academic value and documentary historical value in the study of Chinese philology. This manuscript was completed in the forties of the twentieth century, and is the work of the author Ding Yi (formerly known as Ye Dingyi) after seven years of hardship. This manuscript began when the author was studying Peiping Normal Taixue, learning the study of Chinese grammar under Qian Xuantong and Mr. Li Jinxi, with the intention of "compiling the oracle bones, gold, pottery, and seals into one compilation, exhausting its physical changes, and tracing its righteous teachings". The author then threw himself into the war, and the manuscript was scattered in the turbulent middle of the war. Fortunately, Mr. Zhu Guangqian invited him to Wuhan University in Leshan, Sichuan, and was able to "fully view the oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions in the collection of Wuhan University", and re-referenced the manuscripts, copied and transcribed. Later, he was hired by Mr. Li Jinxi to move west to the National Northwest Normal College in Lanzhou, which lasted ten months, and the whole book was completed. Mr. Lai Kam Hee was very impressed after reading it and immediately signed it. Due to the limited conditions that could not be printed, the author bound the 300,000-word manuscript, including 14 volumes of self-description, examples, table of contents and main text, into 6 volumes, which were only available for circulation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the famous linguist Luo Changpei read the manuscript and fully affirmed it. Guo Moruo also had a high evaluation after reading it and wrote his name. Unfortunately, this manuscript could not be published due to typographical difficulties, and the author successively published simplified works such as "Chinese Characters" and "Chinese Characters and Chinese Society" based on this manuscript. The author also participated in initiating the establishment of the Chinese Character Reform Association and was elected as the first executive director. After that, the state sent the author to the Soviet Union to give a lecture, and unfortunately died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage in June 1954 at the age of 41, which is deplorable. Now, 70 years later, this manuscript has been published for the first time, which is not only a tribute to Mr. Ding Yi's commemoration and nostalgia, but also a tribute to this scholar who has made outstanding contributions to Chinese academic culture.（AI翻译）