Stories about Chinese Characters (3-4)

1. "Fu" --- The Character of Breaking through the Sky

The oracle bone character "Fu" vividly demonstrates the image of a manly man. The word "Fu" in the oracle bones vividly demonstrates the image of a manly man. From "大", add a cross to the character "大". The character "夫" indicates a man who has grown up, and the one cross indicates a hairpin.

In ancient times, the hair of a child, i.e., a man who had not yet reached the age of 20, was worn in a cape, and after reaching the age of 20, the man had to perform the ceremony of crowning, in which his hair was put into a bun and tied up on the top of his head with a hairpin. When the hair is tied up and the crown is added, it means that the man has become a "husband", i.e., a big man.

This shows that the original meaning of "夫" is adult man. In fact, "夫" means that the man has matured and grown up. For example, Jia Yi of the Han Dynasty said, "If a man does not plow, he may be starved." It means that if a grown man does not plow, someone will go hungry.

2, the heart of the sky to take rice

After Liu Che, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, ascended the throne, he gradually converted the system to change the weak foreign policy of beautiful women and clans.

One year the northern Xiongnu want to attack the Central Plains, sent a war letter, written above the "heart of heaven to take rice" four words. The emperor could not understand the meaning of these four words, so he called the civil and military officials to study the meaning of the words, no one knows the meaning of the words, the emperor had to open a list to recruit.

The palace has a famous compiler called He Tang's list should be recruited, said: "I understand this 'four words', and have the retreat plan." The emperor ordered him to explain in detail.

He Tang said, "According to my humble opinion, 'heaven' is, the heavenly dynasty; 'heart' is, the central plains; 'rice' is, the saint. The heart of heaven taking the rice means taking away my kingdom and taking the dragon throne of the saint.

When he finished speaking, he put a vertical stroke in the center of the character "天", turning it into the character "未"; and added a long apostrophe in the center of the right two dots of the character "心", turning it into the character "必". The character "必"; in the upper left of the character "取", the character "乛" was added, which became the character "敢"; in the character "米", the character "m" was added. The upper part of the character "米" was changed into the character "来", i.e. the Huns' "天心取米" was changed into the character "未必敢来" (may not dare to come). "I request the Emperor to send his ministers back to Xiong Nu.

The Xiong Nu leader originally thought that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty would not dare to respond to the war, but he did not expect the Han Dynasty to say in a contemptuous tone, "may not dare to come", and thought that he must be on the defensive, so he hastened to order the retreat of his troops, and canceled his attempt to invade the country.

3, "Lan" - the fragrance of the king

Oracle bone inscriptions, Jinwen are missing the word "Lan". In the "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" (说文解字? Grass": "Lan, vanilla. From grass, appendix sound." Morphological sound character. The original meaning of "Lan" is orchid grass. For example, "Yi? "The words of the same mind, its odor is like orchids." The word "stink" here means odor, and "orchid" obviously refers to the fragrant orchid.

The meaning is that the *** same language from the heart is as fragrant as an orchid. The word "orchid" has a special usage in ancient Chinese, that is, it is often used as a kind of elegant name between the literati and the scholars, also known as the beautiful name.

Orchid people also call it the "valley of beauty". In addition to its beauty, there is also its "no one also from the fragrance", "chastity also from the embrace of" temperament character, more world-renowned.

So some people put the orchid on the "three friends of the year" of pine, bamboo, plum, said: "the age of the three friends, bamboo has a section and no flowers, plum has flowers and no leaves, pine has leaves and no fragrance, only orchids alone and have it." Because of this, orchids are widely loved by people.

4, broad crossword

Yang Dezu (Yang Xiu) Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao, the post of the main book, was building the door of the Sangguo House, has just been built rafters rafters rafters, Cao Cao came to inspect in person. After seeing it, he asked someone to inscribe the word "live" on the door and left. When Yang Xiu saw it, he immediately asked someone to tear down the door. After the door was built, he said, "The word 'live' added to the door is the word 'broad'. The king of Wei precisely thinks the door is too big."

5. Yiho Crisp--One Person, One Bite of Crisp

One day, Sebei paid tribute to Cao Cao with a box of crisps. Cao Cao wrote on the box the three words "One Harmony Crisp" and put it on his desk. When Yang Xiu saw it, he took a spoon and ate it all with everyone else.

When Cao Cao asked why, Yang Xiu replied, "The box clearly says 'one person, one mouthful of pastry,' so how dare you disobey the prime minister's order?"

Though Cao Cao laughed with joy, his heart loathed Yang Xiu.