The Origin and Development of Characters
The writing glyph of "Bi" Xiao Zhuan is 1. From stone to amber, it will be like amber jade, and amber is also a sound. Regular script is the "finish" after the official system reform. Bi is a pictophonetic character. "Jade" and "stone" are figurative, indicating that their original meaning is related to jade; The "white" sound means sound. The original meaning refers to turquoise jade. Because this jade has the luster of turquoise, it means turquoise. The river will appear green under the sunlight, and "blue" means green water.
Interpretation of ancient books;
The origin of Chinese characters
Roll up a piece of jade and cut it (b √)
The stone is green and beautiful. From jade, white tone.
Notes on Shuo Wen Jie Zi
(Bi) Dysprosium is beautiful. Xishan Jing: There are many cymbals under the high mountains. Legend: Blue as jade. Huainan Book: There are green trees in Kunlun. Note: Never put off till tomorrow what you can. Liu Kui, Changqu and Guo Pu all said: After crossing the boundary, there will be no county. Bai Sheng from Wang Shi. As far as jade is concerned, it is like a piece of jade. Blue and white and gold are also white, so it is white. People who speak in white clouds can understand with their voices and voices. The soldiers are anxious to cut. The ancient meaning lies in five parts.
Kangxi dictionary
On Guang Yun. "Jiyun" military service. "Rhyme" soldiers are also cut. Music pen. Shuowen: the green beauty of stone. Classic of mountains and seas: mountains and waters are blue. Guo Note: It is also jade. Today, Dongshan in Huiji County will be a bolt from the blue. Ban Gu's Ode to the Westward Journey: Coral and Green Trees. Note: There are green trees in the mountains. Zhang Heng's Southern Fu: Blue, Blue and Purple. Note: There are aquamarine and green aquamarine.
The other rhymes: blue, dark blue. In the Tang Dynasty, the official system was eight products and nine products, and the service was green.
Rhyme Society: The chronicles of bamboo books have been king for seven years: rain is greener than water.
About Du's blue sky: On the first day in the East, there were blue sky and white clouds.
Last name. Ming Hongwu instructed Bitan.
Font calligraphy
The final change of "Wang" Bo is slightly narrower, Stone is slightly wider, and Wang at the top is lower. The last stroke of "Po" and "Wang" starts from the lower side of the horizontal center line; "White", the left vertical is on the right side of the vertical centerline, and the lower vertical is on the upper side of the horizontal centerline. "Stone", in; Below the transverse midline; The cake tip exceeds the upper part; The left side of the flat nose is perpendicular to the left side of the vertical centerline.