How to explain fu?

The original meaning is tax. It also refers to the collection of taxes. It also means to promulgate and grant.

Because Wu is composed of squares, which means half a step in ancient times, it can be used to measure land and collect land tax on this basis. So tax extension refers to land tax, such as land tax. Later, it was generally called taxation, and it was extended to verb taxation. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" explains: "Fu, Lian also." Collecting taxes is collecting taxes.

Where there is convergence, there is dispersion, and extension in the opposite direction means division. For example, Zhuangzi's Theory of Everything tells a fable of "chop and change": "Mao was criticized by the public and said," chop and change. All the snipers are angry. "But the weather is always hot and cold," he said. Everyone is very happy. "Fu gave the opportunity to speak in this sentence.

This is about a man who keeps monkeys. He keeps a group of monkeys. He plans to feed the monkeys three liters of acorns every morning and four liters at night. The monkeys were very angry when they heard this. The monkey keeper quickly said that he should feed four liters in the morning and three liters in the evening. The monkeys were very happy to hear that. In ancient times, soldiers were sent according to land tax, so land tax can refer to troops and soldiers. For example, in the Analects of Confucius, Confucius commented on students' ability in learning, that is, learning Tao. For a country with 1000 personnel carriers, you can let Zhong You manage the army.

From the literary point of view, Fu is a general term for oral literature. Ban Gu said in "History of Han, Art and Literature": "Recite without singing." That is, singing without music accompaniment, only oral reading is called fu, which is equivalent to reading today. Later, Fu evolved from the initial oral communication to a literary style, which is a synthesis of poetry and prose.

"Fu" is also understood as one of the six ways of expression in The Book of Songs, namely, style, elegance, ode, fu, comparison and xing. It is a way to express Chen Qi affairs, that is, to elaborate and describe what has been written.