Hou (pinyin: hà u) is a first-class Chinese character (commonly used word). "Hou" and its traditional character "Hou" are two different words. The original meaning of "Hou" refers to the monarch or vassal in ancient times, and later refers to the wife of the monarch.
The ancient glyph "Hou" is a rope with "Yao" and "Stop" means foot. Together, the feet are tied with ropes, indicating backwardness. Postponement refers to being late in time or near the end in order. Also refers to the opposite.
The original meaning of "Hou" is both "inheritance" and "cultivation", but in pre-Qin ancient books, "Hou" mostly refers to "Jun". When it comes to the meaningful connection between "nurturing" and "monarch", we have to trace back to the production and life history of primitive tribes in ancient times. In order to survive and develop, ancient people struggled with nature with simple production tools such as stone tools and wooden sticks.
It is not easy to survive in an environment with harsh natural conditions and low productivity. People in primitive tribes all want intelligent people to lead them to develop and multiply their populations. This is what the ancients called the "born king of the people", which makes the word "Hou" derive the meanings of "monarch" and "emperor".
For example, "Zuo Zhuan Xigong Thirty-two Years": "There are two tombs in the dish: Nanling and Xiahou Gaoling; Beiling, where the King Wen lives, is also stormy. " Qu Yuan's Lisao: "The purity of the past and the future is where all the fragrance lies."