Eight Wastes originally referred to places far away from the Central Plains. In Shan Hai Jing, there is The Wild Classic. After pointing around, around. The recent "four seas and eight famines" actually means the whole world, the whole world.
"Guanyin Zi": "Knowing a husband is like a dream. Those who see the situation can coagulate crops and drive away eight droughts. " "Biography of Han Shu Jixiang": "Swallowing the heart is eight wastes." Yan Shigu's note: "Eight great famine, eight roads suddenly far away." Tang Hanyu's poem "Adjusting Zhang Ji": "May there be two wings to catch and drive away the eight famine." Li Dazhao's "Teenager": "Qin Zheng swallowed up the eight famine, ruled the four seas, and consolidated the heroes of the world."
Introduction to Eight Wastes
Eight yin has two meanings, one refers to eight directions and the other refers to eight regions.
Eight Barrens, also known as eight directions, refer to eight directions, including east, west, south, north, southeast, northeast, southwest and northwest. The reason why it is called barren land is that it is far away from the Central Plains and not as developed as the Central Plains, and the second is that the territory is too vast and far away. The ancients often compared the Eight Wastelands to the human world, and there was a book "On Guo Qin" written by Jia Yi in the high school Chinese textbook.
There is such a sentence in it: "Qin Xiaogong firmly believes that he holds the land of Yongzhou, and the monarch and his ministers stick to it to get a glimpse of the surrounding rooms. It swept the world, embraced the whole world and swallowed up the heart of the Eight Wastes. " The most direct significance is that Qin Xiaogong has the ambition to dominate the world.