The true meaning of Yao, Tian and Shun: a time of peace and prosperity.
Yao Tian Shun Day is a Chinese idiom, the pinyin is yáo tiān shùn rì, Yao and Shun: two virtuous kings in ancient legends. During the reign of Yao and Shun. Originally used to praise the emperor's virtues. The latter is also a metaphor for a time when the world is at peace. From the poem "Qianshan Collection·Volume 9·Meiyu" written by Wenjue of the Song Dynasty: "Yao, Tian and Shun are far away, and my arms feel comfortable". It is also written as the year of Shun and Yao.
Yao, "Yao" is simplified to "Yao". Simplify and save strokes based on ancient calligraphy. "Shuowen Jiezi": "Yao is high. Congyao is on Wushang, high and far away." The one with the highest earth sign and ratio is the paradigm of Yao. To be tall and level in people is the paradigm of Wu. The two paradigms of Yao and Wu are superimposed, and the superior one is the paradigm of Yao.
Tian, ??a standard first-level Chinese character (commonly used character). The characters refer to things (one refers to pictographic characters, and the other refers to ideographic characters). First seen in oracle bone inscriptions, it looks like a "human" figure standing frontally, with a square frame highlighting the person's head. The same meaning as "top" (top of head). The original meaning of the word "Zhao" is the top of a person's head, and it also means the boundless sky above a person's head, which leads to the meaning of sky, space, etc., which is opposite to the word "地".
Shun, the leader of the tribal alliance in the late patriarchal clan society in Chinese legend. According to legend, Yao appointed him as regent because of the recommendation of the Four Mountains. He patrolled all directions and removed four people including Gun, Jianggong, Xingdou and Sanmiao. After Yao's death, he succeeded to the throne and consulted the four mountains to select wise men to manage the civil affairs. He also selected Yu, who had done great work in controlling floods, as his successor.
Day is a first-level standard Chinese character (commonly used character) in Chinese. This character first appeared in oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty. The ancient character is shaped like the sun, and the sun is "sun". The rotation of the earth causes the alternation of day and night. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west every day, so a day and night is also called a "day". "Day" in the narrow sense means "day", which is opposite to "night".