Lian is a pictophonetic character, and Shuo Wen Jie Zi is interpreted as "Lian, from multiple voices". In ancient Chinese, the word Congguang was generally related to houses. The original meaning of "Lian" refers to the side of the hall, and because it is characterized by straightness, squareness and sharp edges, it is extended to describe moral categories such as integrity and founder.
It is generally believed that Chinese characters with "concurrently" as the phonetic side are mostly related to the meanings of "small", "little" and "narrow". Later, the meaning of "sincerity" was gradually extended to frugality, taking less and not being greedy. In ancient books, people with good conduct and no greed or occupation are often called "honest people" and "honest people".
In ancient Chinese, "Xie" and "Xie" are two words. "Xie" is pronounced as jí, which is the name of a river. The common word that later became "Xie" is now a simplified word of "Xie". The original meaning of cleanliness refers to cleanliness, and later it is extended to describe people's innocence and noble will.
It is not difficult to see that "honesty" and "cleanliness" both extend to the meaning of honesty, innocence and other moral categories, so they are used together to describe people's noble character.
Allusions of sheep hanging fish
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanyang was the satrap of Yang Xu. He hated the corruption and extravagance of the bureaucrats at that time. He is honest and leads a simple life. He usually wears shabby clothes, covers a patched quilt and rides in a shabby carriage. The tableware is coarse pottery, and you eat coarse tea and light rice.
His subordinate Jian is also very decent and has a good relationship with Yang Jian. He thinks his superiors are too poor. He heard that Yang Xu likes to eat raw fish, so he bought a fish for Yang Xu.
Jiao Jian, fearing that sheep would continue to be rejected, said with a smile, "My Lord hasn't been to Nanyang for a long time, so I may not know that this is the famous' March Carp' here, so I bought one for you. Usually you treat me like a brother, so this fish is just a little respect from my younger brother to my older brother. You know, I am by no means a flatterer, so please accept it! "
When the sheep continued to see Jiao Jian say this, he felt that he was an outsider and said with a smile, "In that case, it is better to be respectful than obedient." After Jiao Jian left, Yang Xu hung the fish outside and never touched it again. In March of the following year, Jiao Jian bought another carp, thinking that it would be enough to send one a year, knowing that if he bought too many sheep, he would not want it.
To Yang Xuyan Palace, Jiao Jiangang explained his purpose. Yang Xu pointed to the sun-dried "March carp" and said, "What you sent last year is still here!" Jiao Jian froze, shook his head, sighed and left with live fish.