The commonly used first-person pronouns in modern times are I and we, which are relatively simple. First-person pronouns in ancient Chinese are more complicated than modern Chinese. Four commonly used pronouns are "yu, yu, wu, wu", as well as "朕, 卬, 宁", etc. There is no distinction between singular and plural pronouns for these pronouns, which is equivalent to "I, we" in modern Chinese.
"Yu" and "Yu" were often used commonly in ancient times. They were often used as subjects, objects and attributives to express the singular number. For example, Su Shi's "The Story of Shizhong Mountain" "The ancient people did not deceive me" (The ancient people did not deceive me); "Mencius Wan Zhang I" "I cooked it and ate it" (I have already cooked it and eaten it) .
"I" and "I" are commonly used in ancient books and can be used as subjects, objects, and attributives. Depending on the context, they can also express plural numbers. For example, "Historical Records: The Chronicles of Xiang Yu" "Nowadays, people are just knives and soldiers, and I am fish and meat, so why should we say goodbye" (others are knives and chopping boards, and we are fish and meat being slaughtered, why should we say goodbye); "Mencius Liang Hui" "Your Majesty" "The Master's words touch my heart deeply" (these words said by the Master touched me greatly and made me feel suddenly enlightened).
Before the Qin Dynasty, "I" was a general self-proclaimed name, such as "I, Emperor Kao, Boyong" (my father's name is Boyong) in Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" (my father's name is Boyong); after Qin Shihuang, it became only used for It is a special pronoun for the emperor, such as "Historical Records: The Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin" "I am the First Emperor, and subsequent generations will be counted, and the second and third generations will be counted for all generations, and the legend will be endless" (I am the First Emperor).
The title "I" was used by the monarchs before Qin Shihuang, and was commonly used during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After that, the emperors generally called themselves "I". Although the institutional habits of each generation are different, they are generally granted the title of princes and kings. You can also call yourself "Idiot"
"卬" is mostly used in the "Book of Songs", such as "The Book of Songs·Beifeng·Gaoyou Kuye" "If people are involved in 卬, they must be my friends" (Others are involved in 卬). The water crosses the river, but I don't, I want to wait for my friends).
"Nong" belongs to the Wudi dialect and began to be used as the first-person pronoun in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
"人家", "server's family", "concubine"" are often used in female titles
"Yemen", "man, man, also read as man's son"
"下注"modesty" Names, for example: Ge Nie often calls himself "I am below". For details, please see "Qin Shi Mingyue"
"My humble name for myself
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"Sajia" is the Kansai dialect of the Song and Yuan Dynasties
"Xiaosheng" is the self-proclaimed name of scholars
"This seat" is the self-proclaimed name of a person with a special status or a big shot