After reading the poster’s speech, I think one of the poster’s words is quite good – “If the old people passed it down orally, some of them are good and everyone says it makes sense, because the ancients experienced a lot, and some of the bad ones are We must all believe in science.”
I believe that there is a reason why some words can be passed down from generation to generation. Like Chinese characters and foreign Bibles, these are treasures left by our ancestors.
Next, I would like to analyze "sheep" (including "nine out of ten sheep") from five aspects: ancient Chinese characters, Buddhist verses, the Bible, folklore and history:
Before analyzing, I would like to answer the original poster's question - "Supplementary question: The problem is that there is nothing wrong with the sheep itself, but his relatives, which is too confusing"
< p>Why is this? Because the popular saying "nine out of ten sheep are incomplete" does not mean that people born in the year of the sheep have any bad qualities, but that people born in the year of the sheep have a bad life. Nine out of ten people have incomplete family members. It is not that they are small and have no parents. , that is, being widowed or childless. Therefore, for this reason, some people are taboo about the zodiac sign of Sheep. Some couples avoid giving birth in the Year of the Sheep. They cannot avoid it and do not reveal their zodiac sign to the outside world. They either add one year to the year of the Horse or subtract one year to the year of the Horse. monkey.The next thing we want to know is, is this true? Is "sheep" really bad? If so, why is there a special place reserved for Sheep in the Chinese zodiac?
First, let’s analyze it from the perspective of Chinese characters. The character "sheep" is a hieroglyph and can be combined with many characters. So what words can it make?
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I believe everyone knows these words, right?
The sheep yáng is auspicious. Later named "xiang".
Comment: It is a word that represents auspiciousness. The word "xiang" that represents "auspiciousness" in later generations comes from the word "sheep". Before the word "xiang" was coined, the writing method of "auspicious" was "auspicious sheep".
There is also a folklore about sheep. Legend has it that Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, once had a strange dream when he was the "Ting Chief": In the dream, he was chasing a big sheep, and after a lot of effort, he finally caught up. In the process of subduing the sheep, he pulled out its horns and tore off its tail. After waking up from the dream, Liu Bang felt puzzled, so he told several elderly people what happened in the dream. After analysis, the elders told Liu Bangdao that what they saw in the dream was a sign of good fortune. Because "sheep" has its horns removed and its tail removed, it becomes the character "王". Sure enough, later Liu Bang entered the Pass and became king before Xiang Yu, and later defeated all the heroes and established the Han Dynasty, which had a profound influence on the world. There is no way to verify the authenticity of the dream, but it can be seen from it that "sheep" is a good omen.
Xiangxiáng? Auspicious.
Comment: The phonetic character indicates that it is the form part, and sheep is the part part of the sound. The word "sheep" is used to create the word "xiang" (see the word "sheep"), which once again proves that "sheep" is auspicious.
Gēng? A juicy food made with meat or vegetables mixed with five flavors.
Comment: "羹" is a knowing word, consisting of "Lao" and "美". The main meat of the ancients was mutton, so the words "lamb" and "mei" were used to express the delicious taste of the meat. Using mutton to represent the delicious taste rather than using other animals proves that sheep are closely related to people's lives in ancient times and proves that sheep have a very important status in the minds of ancient people.
美měi? Original meaning: delicious.
Comments: Understanding words. According to the glyph shape of ancient bronze inscriptions, "美" is composed of the two characters "sheep" and "big". Because the ancients used sheep as the main non-staple food, fat sheep tasted delicious, that is, "sheep are fat and delicious". Just like the word "geng", using mutton to express delicious taste instead of using other animals proves that sheep are closely related to people's lives in ancient times and proves that sheep have a very important status in the minds of ancient people. In modern literature, "beauty" is a word of praise, and its meaning has expanded from the original "beautiful taste" to "beautiful appearance", "beautiful voice" and other beauties. It can be seen that for thousands of years, people have attached great importance to "beauty" to "sheep". "The love for it can be said to be increasing.
The original meaning of Jiangjiāng is "ginger water", the name of the river.
Comment: It is a phonetic character, and sheep is the paraphonetic character (the upper part of the character "ginger"). Which river is Jiangshui? According to the ancient book "Shui Jing Zhu - Weishui", "Qishui passes through Jiang's City and becomes Jiangshui" (that is, it is approximately in the current "Baoji" area). The relevant record of Jiang Shui in the ancient book "Guoyu" is that "The Yellow Emperor was made from Ji Shui, and the Yan Emperor was made from Jiang Shui." In other words, one of China's ancestors ("Yan" in "Yanhuang Descendants" refers to Yan Emperor Shennong, and "Huang" refers to Huang Di) Xuanyuan) and Emperor Yan (Shennong) arose in Jiangshui. Therefore, it can be considered that Jiangshui is one of the mother rivers. Using the word "sheep" to create this character proves the auspiciousness, kindness and importance of "sheep".
Shan shàn? Original meaning: good luck.
Comments: Understanding words. According to the glyph shape of ancient bronze inscriptions, the character "shan" is composed of the character "sheep" and two characters "yan". Two people (two "words") said "sheep" in unison, and the resulting word "shan" means "auspiciousness", which further illustrates that "sheep" is a symbol of auspiciousness. ?
义yì?Original meaning: justice, benevolence and righteousness, appropriate morality, behavior or principles.
Comment: The traditional Chinese character for "义" is "义" (a word for "sheep" at the top and a word for "I" at the bottom), which is a knowing word. The word "I" means ceremonial guard, and the word "sheep" means livestock used for sacrifice. Sacrifice is a very sacred and important activity. Using "sheep" to sacrifice shows awe and respect for gods and ancestors, which is enough to prove the holiness, auspiciousness, beauty and importance of "sheep".
Chao yàng? Original meaning: worry. Today's meaning: disease.
Comment: There is also a "sheep" (the consonant of the word "晙") above the word "晙". Does this prove that "sheep" is bad? No! Please note that the original meaning of the word "chao" is "worry", but now it means "disease", and below it is the word "heart", which proves that "disease" (bad things) are due to a knot in the heart, always Caused by thinking about bad things.
Buddha’s saying, “Situation is created by the mind, appearance is generated by the mind” is very Zen-based.
The same is a glass of water, some people say "only half a glass left", some people say "there is still half a glass";
It is also a place without shoes, Some shoe merchants returned disappointed because people there did not wear shoes and there was no market; some shoe merchants returned with full profits because the market there was blank and had never been developed, and the demand for shoes was huge.
So, "sheep" itself is not wrong, nor does it represent bad things. On the contrary, it is precisely a symbol of "auspiciousness", "holiness" and "beauty", but people regard it as a symbol of misfortune. Thinking about good things and associating them with bad things will lead to so much unhappiness and negativity.
But there is another problem. Since the "Ten Sheep Nine Incompleteness" has been passed down orally, it must be groundless and there is a reason for it.
In this regard, I checked some information:
1. Before the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was no theory that "nine out of ten sheep are incomplete". On the contrary, historically, people born in the Year of the Sheep are believed to have good fortunes and are a symbol of stability, prosperity, and beauty.
2.? "Nine out of ten sheep" is a political strategy to overthrow the Empress Dowager Cixi. Because Empress Dowager Cixi (born in the 15th year of Daoguang, that is, 1835) was born in the year of Sheep, in order to overthrow her, people began to claim that people born in the Year of the Sheep had a bad fate, thus causing a mental blow to her.
3. In real life, especially in ancient times, sheep are guaranteed to provide services for people’s lives. First of all, from the perspective of the sheep's body, sheep are full of treasures. Sheepskin and wool are important things for people to keep warm. Mutton is a necessity on people's tables. Even sheep dung is not useless. It is also a good fertilizer for people's farming. Secondly, the temperament of sheep is relatively docile and will not cause harm to people; of course, tigers are also full of treasures, but people have to pay a huge price (even their lives) to obtain tigers. Thirdly, the cost of raising sheep is relatively low. The sheep eat grass and provide delicious mutton to humans. It can be seen that sheep are suitable for human feeding and are indispensable in human life. In the process of raising, people slaughter and process useful sheep at any time according to actual needs. Old sheep are killed for their skins to keep warm in winter, and young sheep are killed for their tender meat and beauty. This makes it difficult for sheep to enjoy family happiness. This is the origin of "nine out of ten sheep". It can be seen that the origin of the saying "nine out of ten sheep are incomplete" is people's summary of the harm encountered by the sheep family. This kind of far-fetched reference to the harm caused by humans to sheep and the tragic experiences of sheep to human life is obviously wrong. , baseless.
In order to further explain this problem, some scholars once conducted a survey on family members of the zodiac signs. They investigated 50 people each of the sheep, monkey, and dragon, and found no family members who were born in the year of sheep. There is something strange or bad about a person’s family members.
There is a proverb in the Bible, "sheep and goats", which refers to "good people (things) and bad people (things)". The Bible asks us to "separate?the?sheep?from?the?goats (find the sheep from the goats)", that is, to distinguish between good people (things) and bad people (things). In the words of Chairman Mao, we must "take the essence and discard the dross."
Sheep are divided into good and bad, and the knowledge passed down from ancient times is also divided into essence and dross. We must learn from Mr. Lu Xun's "use doctrine". Let good culture stay, and let bad culture cease from our hands!
I heard that if you sneeze, it may be that someone is missing you, or it may be that someone is cursing you. If it is neither, you should see a doctor or take medicine.
In other words, the same thing and the same result, whether good or bad, are all caused by multiple causes and conditions. Just like sneezing, it may not mean that others are cursing you. On the contrary, it may be that the person who loves you is missing you.
I am very sympathetic to the experience of the original poster. Regarding the poster’s family affairs, I don’t know the details and reasons, but I would rather believe that the deceased’s immortality is because their family and friends in heaven miss them, rather than because someone in the family is a Sheep.
I know many people who were born in the Year of the Sheep. They and their families and friends all have good fortunes. I hope you can cheer up and have a happy, safe and smooth New Year! From now on, everything will turn into good luck, and you will live a happy life from now on! I hope that after reading this article, netizens will forward it to friends who are worried about sheep, and tell them that sheep are auspicious. As long as there is sunshine in their hearts, they and their families will be able to live a happy and beautiful life!
Note:
1.? Some information comes from books and the Internet.
2. If you need to check the inscription glyphs used in ancient Chinese characters, you can check it on "Handian.com"——/
3. The attached picture is Xue Yuqin's "San Yang Kai" "Tai"
Three Yang Kaitai means "Three Yang Kaitai". The "Book of Changes" uses the first month as the Tai hexagram. The ancients believed that the yin energy gradually disappears and the yang energy begins to emerge. The day of the winter solstice in the eleventh month of the lunar calendar is the shortest, and the days get longer from then on. Therefore, it is believed that the winter solstice is "sheng from one yang", the twelfth month is "sheng from two yangs", and the first month is "the prosperity of three yangs". "Sanyang Kaitai" means the end of winter and the coming of spring, which means auspiciousness. It is used to praise the beginning of the year or implies auspiciousness. It is an auspicious word for people to wish each other at the beginning of the year.