"Illustration of Chengzhimeng School Word Class": The scenery of the sun is also ... a symbol of the day, and its method is to use it on two poles with a height as the body. The two poles are equal to the high position, the three things are shortened, and the stock is sought after. The short duration of cold and summer is clear at a glance.
There is no word shadow in ancient times, and the scenery is the shadow. Therefore, the original meaning of "qi" comes from the sun and is the shadow of the sun. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the man who was called "strange", has a foot above and a person below, representing the disaster from heaven due to human sins. In the early days, when people were farming, there was no timer, and their work and rest depended on the change of the sun shadow. Coffin is a tool for farmers to measure farming time. It is important to cultivate in time when farming is important. If we miss it, it will be a disaster. Therefore, "qi" is hard to blame.
So "Qi" refers not only to the shadow of the sun, but also to the instrument for measuring time. In ancient times, the time of the sundial was determined by the moving distance of the shadow projected by the sundial needle on the dial. If the sun is in the east, then the shadow is in the west; If the sun is in the south and the shadow is in the north; And vice versa, always the opposite.
Han Yu's "Learning a Solution": Burn ointment and oil, and you will be poor forever. Later, there came the idiom "burning incense for a funeral", which means burning lamps and candles until dawn. Describe studying or working hard day and night.
This is the solstice season of summer, ending with a song "Summer in Beichi to Summer in the Sun". After the summer solstice, the time measured by the sundial will gradually shorten when it reaches its limit, and the time calculated by the leaky pot will gradually lengthen at night; Although it is still hot in summer, the author is already "worried about getting cold." Sadness and ugliness have passed more than half, but can time pass in vain?
Summer solstice summer north pool
[Tang] Wei?
The sundial became unusually cloudy and leaked from night to night.
If you don't manage education, your worries will get cold.
The public door is relatively idle, but the farmer is a little busy.
You can't stand the cold at the top, and you can take care of both bitterness and spicy.
Rest in the pavilion at noon and swim alone in Aifang Hall.
The door is closed and silent, and the city is high and the trees are gray.
Lv Yun still contains powder, and the round lotus is scattered at the beginning.
If you don't care about hugging, you can be jealous of China.
refer to
1. The Origin of Words, edited by Li Xueqin, published by Tianjin Ancient Books Publishing House, first edition on February 20 12.
2. Illustrated Parts of Speech in Cheng Zhimeng School, edited by (Qing), China Literature and History Publishing House, first edition in August, 20 14.
3. Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Xu Shen (Eastern Han Dynasty)
4. Modern Chinese Dictionary (7th edition), edited by Dictionary Editorial Department of Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Commercial Press.