G not ng, a first-class Chinese character, is pronounced G not ng, which was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Shuowen: "Workers, like people, have rules."
The original meaning should be the present, that is, the ruler, but this meaning has long been lost, and later generations use the extended meaning. The earlier and more direct extended meaning is craftsman; The meaning of craftsman is also extended to be good at exquisiteness and superb skills; Another earlier meaning directly derived from the original meaning is engineering significance; From the meaning of engineering, the meaning of merit and merit is extended, and then merit is written; "Work" also had the meaning of official business and professional affairs earlier, which came from the meaning of craftsman or engineering.
Etymological evolution
Ideographic characters draw right angles or squares like an ancient tool ruler. The pictographic character "Gong" was simplified in the late Shang Dynasty, and the box shape at one end was simplified to a horizontal shape, which is no different from modern Chinese writing. However, in the bronze inscriptions before the mid-Western Zhou Dynasty, we can still see the remains of early hieroglyphics, that is, the bottom fertilizer changed, and finally the bottom was simplified to a thin pen and a single horizontal line.
In the ancient prose of the Warring States period, there was an "idyllic" decorative pen on the right side of the middle vertical. Han Li deliberately wrote the middle vertical as an "old" curved pen, which was later used by later generations. Shuowen: "Workers, like people, have rules." The original meaning should be the present, that is, the ruler, but this meaning has long been lost, and later generations use the extended meaning, which means craftsman earlier and more directly.
Yi Chan of the Western Zhou Dynasty: "Wang Zhao Yin Shu, reported to the official heirs, Wang concubines and Baigong." "The Analects of Confucius Wei Linggong": "If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools." The meaning of this word is expanded to refer to all kinds of workers, especially to music officials in ancient times.
Interpretation of ancient books
Explain words in words. Work, clever decoration also. Like men, there are rules. Agree with the witch that all workers belong to work. ? , ancient prose workers, from the cloud. Ancient red cut.
Notes on exegetics. Work, clever decoration also.
Erase ancient and modern characters. "Youbu" said: , decoration also. "Towel Department" said: Decoration? Yes Yubu said:? , Yu Shi also. "step by step" cloud: Mao decorative painting is also written. All words are erased, and those who skillfully decorate this cloud are taught by ancient Chinese. What kind of feeling is it to decorate a painting, clever decoration? It is also true that people wear big sleeves to discredit, but the leaders are not dirty. But things in the rules can be like this. All people who are good at what they do are good at what they do. Watching Mao Chuan in Xiaoya.