There are six ways to write good characters, namely, running script calligraphy, regular script calligraphy, cursive script calligraphy, official script calligraphy, seal script calligraphy and lower case calligraphy.
Ok, commonly used Chinese characters? , pronounced shàn, was first seen in bronze inscriptions. Its original meaning is to speak like a sheep, which means auspicious and beautiful. Shuowen: "Good, auspicious. From dogs, from sheep. This was agreed by Yimei. " From altruism to friendliness, familiarity, appreciation and easiness.
Ok, read. There is no such word in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, but the word "goodness" first appeared in "Ancient" in the mid-Zhou Dynasty.
The form of "goodness" is a "sheep" above and two "characters" below. The sheep has a noose around its neck. It is the "goodness" in Mao Dinggong in the late Zhou Dynasty, and the noose around the sheep's neck was cancelled.
There are many variants of "goodness" in the Warring States script; There have also been many changes in the word "good governance" in Qi and Shanxi Provinces. These variants were all eliminated under the decree of Qin Shihuang's "book with the same text".
The configuration of Xiao Zhuan in Qin Dynasty, like bronze inscriptions, is subordinate to "sheep" and "character". The word "Yan" is juxtaposed, and the ancient word "Dan" is lightly pronounced, meaning "arguing" and "speaking out of the blue" (see Guang Yun).
Judging from the structure of the whole word, the word "sheep" is used to express meaning and the word "Dan" is used to express sound. Some people praise the gentle and beautiful character of "sheep", so the original meaning of "good" is "good", "kindness" and "meekness", and then "friendliness" and "meekness" are extended.
Leave one word under the word "sheep". In the official script stage, the second half of the word has changed a lot, turning "Yan" into a regular script. Inherited this distorted form and developed into the word "good" today.