First, the source:
It was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty.
Second, the detailed explanation:
1, pass "Jude", like. The Classic of Laozi's Virtue (the second edition of the silk book of Mawangdui Han Tomb): "Heaven is also a bow."
2. shrink. Ban Gu's White Tiger and Five Elements: "If it is unitary, then things are in harmony."
3. wine. Lang Ying's "Seven Manuscripts Six Branches of Heaven and Earth": "Zheng Qiao, a great scholar, thought that everyone borrowed the name of solution ... you, you."
4. Tenth among the twelve branches. Feng Shihua's wine history and wine test: "Du Kang makes wine and dies every day, so today it is said that' you are not a guest'."
Three. Explain words by speaking: note:
Unitary, just.
Note: just, Gao Ye. The Book of Dharma says, "First, everything is the oldest." The Chronicle of Law says, "Who should stay?" Astronomical Training says, "You are full." "Interpretation of the Name" said: "You, Xiu Ye. Show, do everything. "
The origin of monistic Chinese characters;
A single hieroglyph. In terms of glyphs, the word "You" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions has a pointed jar shape, and the word "You" in the inscriptions on Western Zhou Dynasty is basically the same as its Oracle Bone Inscriptions glyph, and then it is divided into four glyphs.
The first glyph is the word "unitary" in the Warring States script, which evolved into the word "unitary" in the official script; The second glyph is the word "one" in the Chu documents of the Warring States period, and there is one more in the upper part of the jar; The third glyph is the ancient word "You" in Shuo Wen Jie Zi, namely "Shu"; The fourth glyph is the word "You" in the small seal script of Shuo Wen Jie Zi, which was written as "You" in regular script after official transformation.
In terms of meaning, the original meaning of the word "You" is "wine jar", extended to "wine (alcoholic beverage fermented with grain or fruit)", and extended to "mature and ancient", and later it means "the tenth place among the twelve branches, matching with the heavenly stems to mark the year, month, day and time".