What are the cultural connotations of Chinese characters? If you understand them, you can realize the true meaning of life!

Chinese characters are an important carrier of traditional Chinese culture, and have brought together the essence of 5,000 years of civilization. Chinese characters are ideograms, which are a combination of form, sound and meaning, and are used to convey meaning, that is to say, to see the form and know the meaning, so each character has its own rich cultural connotations. Chinese characters are divine characters. When the ancients created the characters, they incorporated their own moral standards into the composition of the characters. The connotation of orthodox Chinese characters reflects the ancients' concept of respecting heaven and gods, and their adherence to traditional ethics and morals.

What is "writing"? Meaning is the overall sketch of the image of things, the strokes are interlaced, interlinked, not deconstructed; "Elephant in Shape", "Elephantine"; "text" the word ancient language through the The word "texture" means the texture and grain of things, which is derived from the laws and regulations of everything, as well as the characteristics of the ****same. Wen is the manifestation of the Way. "字": from 宀 (宀) to 子 (子). The meaning of the word "字" is: "字" is a child underneath a house, which means practice and inheritance; "宀" also has the meaning of space, which implies that one should stand in the space of the universe in order to truly recognize the connotation of the word "字". The word is the carrier of the text.

Text is a tool for passing on culture and civilization. As far as the Chinese characters themselves are concerned, they are also an important component of traditional culture. Here are some examples.

"Li (礼)"

The word "Li", "feng", is an ancient ritual instrument, which is called "Li" when it is used to serve the gods and expresses the sacrifice, respect and honor to the gods. respect. The character "示", as a radical of the Chinese character, can fully express the yin and yang of the two give birth to three and become all things, and all things should be endowed with this law, and not deviate from this law. The Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Explaining and Analysing Characters) says: "Li is to fulfill. So serve the gods to the blessed also. The word "示" is generally related to respecting the Way and abiding by this law, for example: "祈" means "to ask the gods for help"; "福" means to honor the Way and abide by this law; "福" means to honor the Way. For example, the word "pray" means "to ask the gods"; the word "bless" means to honor the Way and the virtue of Heaven; and the word "bless" means to give a hymn of honor to the Way and the virtue of the officiating priest.

"Rites" originated from sacrifices, sacrifices to heaven, earth and gods. As a kind of sacrificial rites of the ancients, on the one hand, it is to honor the gods and pray for blessings and avoid disasters; but its most fundamental purpose is to repay the principal. Xunzi once said that rituals have three bases: "Rituals that serve heaven above, serve the earth below, honor the ancestors and magnify the ruler and teacher are also the three bases of rituals." (Xunzi? The Treatise on Rites") Honoring heaven, earth, ancestors, and the ruler and teacher are the three fundamentals of rites. Ritual is the scripture of heaven and the righteousness of earth, and it is the most important order and etiquette between heaven and earth. Confucius Yun: "Do not see without etiquette, do not listen without etiquette, do not speak without etiquette, and do not move without etiquette."

Confucius advocated the rule of virtue, which is "the way to virtue, and the way to ritual". The specific content of "rites" as ethics includes filial piety, compassion, respect, obedience, honor, harmony, benevolence, righteousness, and so on. Rites are also used for determining affinity, deciding on suspicion, distinguishing similarities and differences, and clarifying right and wrong. The "interpretation of the name" said: "rite, the body also. Words get things of the body also." Rites of Passage" said: "loyalty and trust, the rite of this also; righteousness, the rite of the text also. Without this does not stand, without the text does not work."

"Analects" said: "do not learn the ritual, not to stand", "learned in the text, about the ritual," meaning that the ritual is a person for people to deal with the fundamental, but also the reason why a person is a person of a standard. It is proposed that a gentleman should be benevolent and righteous, treat others with propriety, cultivate good manners, tidy up his appearance, and be happy to comply with the Way of Heaven.

"Jing"

"Jing" character, from the green from the fight, quiet sound. Green, the first color of grass and trees, for a clear review of the visible, the original meaning of the "review" solution, but also to compete with the original as "cited" solution, for the cited to enter their own meaning. The "quiet" is detailed and appropriate meaning. Its meaning is: stable said quiet, such as "Zhuangzi" in "its movement if the water, its quiet if the mirror"; silence said quiet, such as Zhuge Liang "commandments book" in "quiet to cultivate the body, thrift to cultivate virtue"; quiet said quiet, such as the "book of rites", "know the stops and after the There is a fixed, fixed and then can be quiet"; clarification is quiet, such as Fan Zhongyan "Yueyang Tower" in "floating light shining gold, quiet shadow sinking jewel"; trial, Ming trial, such as Bai Juyi "motto" "to repair the outside to rule the inside, static and raise and true; raise the inside does not leave the outside, rate of righteousness and benevolent movement ".

"People idle osmanthus fall, the night quiet spring mountain empty", that is the night of silence; "Cicadas noise forest is more quiet, the birds singing mountain is more secluded", that is the natural quiet of the mountains; "Thatched roof long sweep quiet moss, flowers and trees into the border of the hand since The village is a quiet and peaceful place. Quiet, the harmony of nature, so that people cleanse the mind of the dust and confusion, in the face of the hustle and bustle of the world, adhere to the tranquility of the mind, and the quiet beauty of nature and the contained in the vitality of the integration of a wonderful breath into the world.

The original intention of the quiet is not to compete, do not compete means not greedy for fame and fortune, let nature take its course. The Analects of Confucius says, "If you want something, you will suffer; if you don't want anything, you will have a quiet mind". Quiet is a kind of peace and quiet, is a happy and comfortable, but also a distant realm, can get wisdom and inspiration, gain some understanding. So the ancients used to say "life and quiet, the nature of the day", "meditation is through", cultivate the body to be quiet, Zhuge Liang, "Commandments" cloud: "non-temperance is not to be clear, non-tranquility is not to be far-sighted". The "book of commandments" of Zhuge Liang said: "If you are not indifferent, you will not be clear, if you are not tranquil, you will not be far-sighted. The word "quiet" contains the wisdom of the ancients.

"JI"

"JI" word, from the water from the Qi, was originally the name of a river, after the derivation of the meaning of more, "JI" sometimes through the "Qi", "JI", "JI", "JI", "JI", "JI", "JI", "JI", "JI" and "JI". "Qi", as a coherent solution. Its meaning is: the ferry said Ji, such as "Poetry" in the "Lagenaria have bitter leaves, Ji have deep involved"; over the said Ji, such as Li Bai, "difficult to walk the road" in the "straight hanging cloud sail Jie Canghai"; through, smooth said Ji, such as the "tube of" "self-knowledge said Ji , know people said Ji"; achievement, success said Ji, such as the "book of scripture" in the "will have to endure its is there Ji, there is a tolerance of virtue is great"; save, rescue said Ji, such as the "book of easy" in the "pestle and mortar of the benefit of the ten thousand people in order to Ji"; the appearance of the people said JiJi, as the The Book of Songs, "Jiji Doshi, King Wen to Ning".

"Ji" of the water has the ability to good Ze, "Ji" of Qi contains all things are equally favored, beneficial meaning. "Help people's emergency, save people's danger", since ancient times is the traditional virtues of the Chinese people, depending on his emergency for their own emergency, have a kind heart, broad-minded. When someone is in distress, there are often good people to help.

As the saying goes: "There is the power to help people, so-called blessing", the power to help people, in addition to material, financial and human resources, there is a higher beauty of mankind, guide people to the wisdom of the good, "Yi Shu" cloud: "Knowing the week of all things, and the Road to the world," from the practice of self-cultivation, goodness to others, **. Starting from cultivation, goodness of others, *** with the Tao to the good.

Chinese traditional Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism culture have "the way to help the world" social utility, all follow the way of heaven and practice, cultivate themselves to the benefit of others. Such as Confucianism, "the benevolent man loves others", "repair yourself to respect, repair yourself to peace, repair yourself to peace," the sense of fraternity, the spirit of responsibility for the world and a sense of social responsibility to help the world and the people; Taoism, the goodness of the water, virtue, refers to the sublime goodness, like the character of the water, like the character of the water, the goodness of the water, like the character of the water, like the character of the water, the goodness of the water. Like the character of the water, it is a blessing to all things without competing for fame and fortune; Buddhist teachings are boundless and universal; Buddha's light shines brightly, and the rites and righteousness of the world are brightly realized!

"Ming"

"Ming" for the sun and the moon and the light of the word. Its meaning is: light is said to be bright, such as daylight, moonlight; day is said to be bright, the name of the day; dawn, daybreak is said to be bright; great wisdom is said to be bright, such as Zhu Geliang, "before the division table" in the "Gao Di Ming and the sun and the moon"; clear, knowingly is said to be clear, such as the Mingli, Mingjing; distinguish, distinguish is said to be bright; understand, clearly is said to be bright; manifesting, showing is said to be bright, such as the "Book of Changes" in the "Because of the II to help the people line, in order to clarify the loss of the reward".

"Ming" is the sun and the moon shine, the light of the world. The world will be plunged into darkness if there is no sun and moon shining; life will also fall into darkness and pain if there is no wisdom to guide it. Look up to the sky, the light of the sun and the moon shine through the ages, bringing light to mankind.

It is true that everything has the nature of the light; people also have to welcome the light of the supreme virtue. But how can we walk the bright road of our own life, it can be seen, in front of all the realm, know what to do, what should not be done, live a clear, clear, is really too important. In the materialistic society, in the pollution of evil thoughts, in front of the right and wrong, always keep a clear head, act according to reason, the heart is bright and open, do not lose their way, step on the dangerous road without knowing, because, as long as there is the slightest thing to the matter of the unknown, it is easy to step on the first step of the life of the wrong.

Whether you can have a bright future, the key to control their words and deeds and master the wisdom of the direction of life, in this "bright" word. The history of thousands of ancient sages, thousands of years to guide the generations of future generations, to keep a benevolent heart, is not contrary to the way of heaven and earth's fundamental, to keep the ten thousand changes of the Zong can be in the unpredictable world of the understanding of the time, the reason for the change. To follow the truth of the universe, to distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, and to understand the truth of the universe and life, this is the life of reason and wisdom.

"Cherish"

"Cherish" word, from the heart, the past voice, the original meaning of the grief, grief, so from the heart, and the past for the past, so from the past voice. Its meanings are: love, attention, cherish, cherish, such as the "Shishu Xinyao" in "Dayu saint, but cherish the inch of shade, as for the common people, when to cherish the minute shade"; can not afford to give up, such as cherish the goodbye; feel regret, grief, such as pity, sorry.

The first thing to do is to get together with your friends and family. It is only when there is fate that we can get together, so we should cherish fate. People come to the world with fate, family, relatives, friends, teachers, students, acquaintances and so on, this is fate. Karma makes it possible to repay the grudges between people. Therefore, to be a human being, one should know how to know karma, repay karma, have good thoughts and compassion, and resolve grudges and enmities. To make good karma means to advise goodness, to be compassionate to all sentient beings, to help the world and others, and to help others more. Cultivation karma is the holy karma of people who turn to the Way, turn to goodness, and realize the truth. The sea of people, the world of different things, how many people really find their own soul home, and how many people missed the most precious opportunity, sometimes the edge of the edge to stay only in the people of a thought ah. A blessed person, not only know to accumulate blessings, blessings, but also know to "cherish", to know how to be grateful, cherish their own life has, cherish the good, not to live up to the Creator's gift. Such as Su Shi wrote in the former Red Cliff Fugue: the moon, the wind, are the Creator's gift of endless treasure, he and his friends to **** enjoy, how beautiful! Man is a part of the universe, heaven and earth and nature should always have fear and gratitude, cherish life, care for others, love and care for all things. People's daily needs, but also from the efforts of many people, not easy to come by, we must know how to cherish, such as Tang Taizong often taught his children, "every dress, it is compassionate silkworms women; every meal a meal, it is the idea of the plowman.

Time is of the essence. "The prime of life does not come again, one day is difficult to morning. Timely when encouraged, the years do not wait for people", indeed, time is fleeting, however, for those who cherish time, it is gifted with infinite wisdom and wealth. The ancients believed that the value of life is to hear the truth and learn the way. We should respect heaven and know our fate, know how to settle down, correctly analyze and grasp the laws of nature and the world's situation. The old saying: "do not to the light of day inert inch of work," is intended to exhort people to cherish the time before us, the pursuit of ideals, grasp life, in the limited time to do the most meaningful things. The moment you grasp, you also grasp the future.

The ancients believed that the value of life lies in hearing the truth and learning the way. We should respect heaven and know our fate, know how to settle down, correctly analyze and grasp the laws of nature and the world's situation. The Chinese characters are a guide for the ancient sages and sages of the Chinese nation to realize the Way, to awaken the nature of life, and to understand the true meaning of life.