We looked at the inscription:
Through the ages (yuán yuán) to the king. There are two small horizontal lines under the word "Zou", which is a sign of tautology. The horizontal line is the same as the words on it. Let's take a look at the calligraphy written by someone now. His handwriting is the same as that on it. Just two dots mean the same as above. This technique is used in many places in bronze inscriptions.
On the left of "Walgen" is a walking word, which means that he is very powerful. We can say that he is valiant. In this way, he gave guó to the king. Who is Wang? Zhou, that is, people.
It is said in the Book of Rites that those who crusade against the guilty will make sacrifices in the imperial academy after returning home, offering the prisoner and his head, and informing the ancestors and gods.
It clearly reflects the cruelty of our ancient war. The word "take" is related to this.
There is a hand on the right and an ear on the left. Is to take off the enemy's ear with one hand and use it to calculate the meritorious military service.
In the white plate, there is a dog and a hand below. Speaking of Xiao Zhuan, the left is the head of the head, and the right is the sound or.
Although this glyph is changing, its meaning has not changed. It means to take off the enemy's ears. This ear refers to the left ear, and cutting the ear and head counts as the meritorious military service.
"Poetry Truffle Dish Water" says: "Sacrifice to the dish."
What is this, Pan Pan? Pan is the imperial academy of the vassal state. Imperial academy of Zhou is called Biyong.
Zheng Xuan noticed, "This is the left ear of the qualified person."
Zheng Xuan in the Han Dynasty specially noted that the word "ancient" was to cut off the left ear.
To present a gift to the king is to present the prisoner and his head to the King of Zhou.
There are two small horizontal lines under the king, which is another word of the king. How did Wang react?
Wang Kong Jia Zi Bai Yi
Kong, a child, has a small apostrophe on the right. This is Confucius' hole. Hole means very big, very, very big.
Jia, Jia and others later wrote awards. Special praise for Bai Zi's dignity. This meaning was later written as an instrument next to the single.
So just praise is enough? There will be a ceremony.
Wanggezhou Temple in Xie Xuan, Ai Xiang
Zhou went to the ancestral temple and held a grand ceremony. Hold a banquet to celebrate Bai Zi's great achievements.
Everybody, come here. This word came in with one foot. We see that the antonym of this word is word. The direction of the foot is opposite to that of the foot, indicating. The temples around the king are also exquisite. "Book of Rites" said: "The son of heaven will give titles to people with merits, and those with virtues will have this ceremony in the ancestral temple to show that they dare not be arbitrary."
Why can't he act arbitrarily? "White Tiger Yi Tong" written by Ban Gu in the Han Dynasty said: "The reason why such a ceremony was held in the ancestral hall shows that such a celebration ceremony is a witness left by our ancestors. I dare not make such a system casually."
Yuan town (Xi m \u ng)
Township, a person on the left, a person kneeling there on the right, and a container for food in the middle, which means eating face to face. Later, when we talked about eating, we added the word "food" below.
A grand celebration ceremony was held here. So did Zhou make a speech? He spoke.
Wang Yue
Yue, it's the mouth. Draw a small horizontal line outside the mouth to indicate that there is language. Have something to say from here. Closely related to it are the words Gan and Kou.
There is a small horizontal line in the mouth of the word Gan, indicating that something delicious is eaten in the mouth, which is called Gan.
Then the word is nothing in it. There is nothing outside. Just like the shape of a person's mouth.
White father
Father f incarnation, the word father is a hand, holding something. Later generations explained that the father took the stick to educate his disobedient son.
Guo Moruo put forward a different point of view, which he thought was holding a stone axe in one hand. Later, we added gold to the words, which became the axe of the axe. The original meaning is father's father. Because the man with this axe is more powerful, it is also called a man's reputation. Here, white father is a good name, a respect for white children, and a good name.
Kong Xianyouguang
Just a person holding a torch means it is very bright. His military exploits are brilliant and his moral character is distinct. What did Zhou get in return for such praise?
The king let the horse ride with the left king.
Give him four carriages. In the Zhou Dynasty, people observed etiquette. What car does Tianzi take? How many horses were used in the car? What car does the vassal take? How many horses are there in the car? It's all customized. Now the son of heaven has given albino a four-horse carriage, which is a relatively high-standard reward.
Use, equivalent to "Yi", is the left king, and left is the left of the left hand. Later, he was added to one side as an aid. One side means assistant, not one side means left hand. So what can I give him back?
Wang Ci hit the center with Gong Tong's arrow.
He also got a bow and an arrow. This colorful bow is also dedicated to the Emperor of Heaven.
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao and Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty went hunting together. The arrow used by the emperor in it is a golden arrow, but Cao Cao and Cao Can can't use it, but Cao Cao uses it to shoot arrows. When others saw the golden arrow hit a pig, they shouted long live. Cao Cao is not modest, which shows that he has a supercilious heart.
But Bai Zi is not here. Zhou Tianzi was very kind to Bai Zi and gave him a bronze bow and arrow. What does the bow and arrow symbolize? It symbolizes that he can conquer. Where there is disobedience and rebellion, Bai Zi can lead the army to conquer it. What color is this bronze bow and arrow?
Qiyang
Its center is bright and beautiful. In other words, its color is particularly bright and beautiful. What else did you give him?
Give the government a lot of money.
Give him a graupel. This graupel is a big axe.
It symbolizes his right to be executed. It is equivalent to the sword of future generations. Use this graupel to conquer barbarians.
Politics, this political politics is a common word here. Crushing barbarian tribes through "signs"
Finally, there are two words that are often seen in inscriptions.
product
There are two horizontal lines under Zi and Sun, indicating that this is a heavy article, just like the above.
Sun, the word Sun, we look at the special image.
There is a child on the left and a silk on the right, indicating that the child has children, children have grandchildren, grandchildren have children, and children and grandchildren are endless, just like the string of that rope, which is endless.
old age
Wan, this word is actually a scorpion. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is very vivid, that is, the writing of Scorpion, which was changed a little later. Adding a decoration to the left and right of the second half has gradually become our present writing method of ten thousand words.
For thousands of years, this is a tribute. It means endless.
Xinjiang, in the inscription, it doesn't want this bow on the left.
Don't use a bow on the left, add a piece of soil and it will become a border. Which is a field in the middle. The horizontal line in the middle of the site indicates the boundary of the site. It's ty. Later, a bow was added, meaning to guard the area with a bow. Then, the meaning of this territory was highlighted by adding the earth, which became the territory we are writing now.
Through the white plate, we can understand the situation of ancient wars, as well as the relevant provisions on the ceremony of offering prisoners and the level of commendation. This shows the importance of etiquette in ancient life. Through the selected readings of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen, we also realize that the ancient Chinese characters in China 3,000 years ago are the precious wealth of our nation.
How did our ancient Chinese characters come into being? How did it become the current text? What kind of structural rules do they have? Want to understand these problems. Please pay attention to the next series of Chinese characters.
Starting from tomorrow, I will enter the third week of studying ancient Chinese in Wuhan University. The course is theoretical knowledge, with five class hours. The first and second lessons talk about the theory of six books, the third and fourth lessons talk about the use of Chinese characters in ancient books, and the fifth lesson talks about the conceptualization of Chinese from the perspective of "sheep"