The Evolution of Linzi from Oracle Bone Inscriptions to Regular Script

"Lin" is a knowing word. Oracle Bone Inscriptions's "forest" looks like two trees standing side by side, indicating that there are many trees, and the juxtaposition of two trees indicates that there are many trees. The forms of inscriptions on bronze, seal script, official script and regular script are the same as those of Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

Say cloth: "forest, there are shrubs and trees on the flat ground." From Ermu. All forests belong to forests. " (forest, there are clumps of trees on the flat ground called forest. Use the word "wood" to understand. "Men are Lin. )

The original meaning of "forest" is patches of trees. For example, Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Garden": "I suddenly met a peach blossom forest and was caught by a hundred steps." Extension refers to forestry. This is the usage of "agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery".

It also refers to a wild or hidden place. Such as "People in the Forest".

Later, it was a metaphor for people or things of the same kind getting together. For example, the idiom "many forests" describes many groups. "Linlin" describes numerous appearances, while "Zongzong" describes numerous and messy appearances.