First, the text in the picture below is found in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and it should be the word Li in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Its structure is to put a tree under it, which means that the tree bears fruit.
Secondly, it is considered that the earliest Li, when pushing the ancient Chinese characters in the seal of the Warring States, is a substructure under the wood. But Li was a right-hand man in the Warring States period, not today's body; According to Shang Chengzuo, a philologist, this is an ancient script of Sang Zi Miao, but it didn't appear until Qin Zhuan, so there is no way to verify it.
Later, Xiao Zhuan evolved into Qin Dynasty, and then, Li wrote the fork-shaped wood in the upper part of Xiao Zhuan into the present wooden font, and removed the circle of the sub-characters in the lower part of Xiao Zhuan into the present sub-font.
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Li, a Chinese character in China, is pronounced lǐ. The main meaning of this word refers to a small deciduous tree, whose fruit is called "Mei", which is yellow or purplish red when it is ripe, and can be eaten: "Peach" and "Mei" (originally meant that brothers love each other and help each other, but later used to mean replacing each other or suffering for others).
Li's legendary group platform learned: return the favor. Li's crown is not straight. Don't say that peaches and plums are everywhere, you will find your own way. It's also China's surname. This word, like the ancient "Li", is synonymous with ancient judges.
Li source:
1, from the won surname, is a descendant of Zhuan Xu Di Levin. During Yao's reign, he was appointed as Dali Kingdom (prison), his son Bo Yi was yuanshi county, and his son Sun San inherited Dali Kingdom. According to the custom at that time, their descendants took Guan as their surname and called Li. There are two ways to change Li's name to Li's.
There is a saying: In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Li Zheng, a descendant of Hao Tao, was an official in North Korea. He offended Shang Zhouwang by telling her and was executed. When his wife Qihe fled with her son Li Zhen, she survived by eating plums. She dared not say Li, so she changed her surname to Li.
Another way of saying it is: According to the surname test, there was no Li before the week. Because there is a Lao Tzu named Li, his name is Er, and he is a descendant of Li Zhen, so he is also named Li, because his ancestor is an official of Li, and Li and Li have the same ancient sound. Apparently, Li began to call himself by his surname in Li Er.
2. Change his surname from his home. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liangping gave his surname Zhao, Zhang, Yang, Li and other local ethnic minorities after his funeral. Xianbei people have a compound surname of Li, which was changed to Chinese character Li after sinicization. It's for Li in Luoyang.
3. From his surname to Li. According to relevant records, the founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty included Xu, An, Du, Guo, Ma, Xian Yu and other generals 16 who were given the Tang surname for their meritorious military service.
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