The sky is blue and black, the earth is yellow, and the universe is formed in a state of ignorance and infinity. The moonlight is full, the sun is setting, and the stars are concentrated in boundless space. Cold and summer change, come and go; Harvest crops in autumn and store food in winter.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Zhou Xingsi, assistant minister of Liang Dynasty, compiled 1000 words.
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The heavens and the earth are yellow, the universe is vast, the sun and the moon are full (zè), the columns stay in the morning, the cold comes and the summer goes, and the autumn harvest and the winter harvest. Cold comes and summer goes, autumn harvest and winter storage. Leaping into adulthood, the rhythm and temperament are yang. It rains in Yun Teng, and the dew becomes frost. Gold comes from Lishui, and jade comes from Kungang. The sword horn is huge, and the beads are called luminous. Money (nài), vegetables are heavy mustard and ginger. The salty sea river is light, and the scales are hidden. The dragon is the fire emperor and the bird is the emperor. The beginning of writing is clothing. Give way to the country. Hang people and kill people, don. Sit and ask, hang the arch flat chapter.
The sky is blue and black, the earth is yellow, and the universe is formed in a state of ignorance and infinity. The moonlight is full, the sun is setting, and the stars are concentrated in boundless space. Cold and summer change, come and go; Harvest crops in autumn and store food in winter. Accumulate several years of leap surplus to make a month and put it in a leap year; The ancients used six laws and six laws to regulate yin and yang. Clouds rise to form rain when they are cold, and dew condenses into frost when they are cold at night. Gold is produced in Jinsha River and jade is produced in Kunlun Mountain.
The sharpest sword is called "absolutely lacking", and the most precious pearl is called "luminous". Plums and sprouts are the most precious fruits, and mustard and ginger are the most important vegetables. The sea is salty, the river is light, fish swim in the water and birds fly in the air. Dragon Lord, Fire Emperor, Bird Officer and Ren Huang were all officials of ancient emperors. Cang Xie made words, and Zuli made clothes. Tang Yao and Yu Shun were wise and selfless, and gave their thrones to heroes and sages.
It was Zhou Wuwang, Ji Fa and King Cheng Tang who appeased the people and crusaded against the tyrant. The wise monarch sat on the court and asked his ministers for advice on how to govern the country. He can make the world peaceful and make great achievements without blowing off dust.
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The words 1 and 1000 in Qian should not have been repeated, but the word "Xie" was repeated when compiling the article (Xie Hehuan is synonymous). Because Chinese mainland has simplified characters and merged variant characters, there are more than 990 different Chinese characters left in its simplified version. It took less than 1000 Chinese characters to write such a catchy mini-encyclopedia of China, which is a great enlightening book for children in China.
2. "The heavens and the earth are mysterious, the universe is vast, the sun and the moon are full, and Chen Su is listed." Look at outer space with detached eyes, and then look back at the earth angrily. "Cold comes and summer goes, autumn harvests and winter storage, and I leap into old age, with a rhythmic mood." These eight sentences and thirty-two words give a quite correct description of the material world, which is characterized by the boundless growth law of the sun, the moon and the stars throughout the year. More than a thousand years ago, China people's understanding of nature was quite limited; It was remarkable that intellectuals at that time could make such scientific predictions.
3. The seemingly casual description of time series shows that, for the farming society, the change of seasons and busy farming are the unchangeable operating laws of nature; It is also the whole life cycle of human beings, an irreversible natural process. There are four seasons in a year, and people are divided into old and young. A person's life also has changes in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Among them, the phrase "winter goes to summer, autumn harvest and winter storage" is especially thought-provoking.
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