The significance and value of "Shuowen Jiezi" are as follows:

1. The value of "Shuowen" in philology research:

1. "Shuowen Jiezi" is an important work on the study of ancient characters.

2. The Six Books Theory is a summary of the structural rules and development rules of Chinese characters.

3. "Shuowen Jiezi" pioneered a dictionary arrangement system in which radicals govern Chinese characters.

2. "Shuowen Jiezi" and the study of ancient Chinese vocabulary:

"Shuowen Jiezi" contains a large number of ancient Chinese words, preserves the ancient meanings, and has a great influence on Chinese vocabulary. The study of history is of great significance.

3. Research on "Shuowen Jiezi" and ancient rhymes:

1. "Shuowen Jiezi" and research on ancient rhymes.

2. "Shuowen Jiezi" and research on ancient initial consonants.

"Shuowen Jiezi" and ancient cultural research:

The content of "Shuowen Jiezi" involves history, philosophy, military, geography, astronomy, animals, duties, and medicine and human anatomy, etc., covering almost everything, reflecting all aspects of social life and human knowledge at that time, and are of great value to the study of ancient Chinese culture.

For two thousand years, "Shuowen Jiezi" is the first book in philology and the most authoritative book. The name of its author Xu Shen and his masterpiece have become ancient books for future generations to read. It is an essential bridge and key to explore ancient culture and study ancient texts. After "Shuowen" came out, it quickly attracted the attention of scholars at that time, and "Shuowen" was often quoted when commenting on classics.

"Shuowen" is the first dictionary in the history of Chinese linguistics that analyzes glyphs, explains word meanings, and identifies pronunciation. At the same time, it created the linguistics of the Han nationality - documentary linguistics. "Shuowen" is the foundation work of documentary linguistics.

"Shuowen" had a huge influence on the formation and development of traditional linguistics. The characters, phonology, and exegesis mentioned by later generations generally did not fall within the scope of "Shuowen", while "Shuowen" Literature itself forms a specialized discipline.

Shuowen completely and systematically preserves Xiaozhuan and part of the script, which is a bridge for Chinese people to understand more ancient characters - oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions. The explanation of "Shuowen" is even more important for Chinese people to annotate ancient books and An important basis for organizing ancient books. Therefore, "Shuowen" still has great academic and application value today.