Zhong (pinyin: zhòng) is a kind of words (commonly used words) in the General Standard of Chinese. This word first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, and its ancient glyph is like many people working in the scorching sun. Its original meaning is many people, and it is extended to many. It also means ordinary and ordinary.
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Know words. Oracle Bone Inscriptions wrote 1, 2, 3. The upper part is "the sun", which means a scorching sun, and the lower part is three people (some glyphs are two people). "Three" means most in ancient times, and all three "people" are human beings. To sum up, many people are engaged in labor under the scorching sun. The description of "Zhong" is very similar to that of "weeding at noon" in Tang poetry. There are four explanations for these people who work in the scorching sun: (1) All people are slaves. Guo Moruo said: "The so-called' masses' and the so-called' masses' are production slaves engaged in farming. The figures are like three people in the sun, which shows that the tiller has his field. " (2) People in Shang Dynasty were members of Yin people and patriarchal clan family communes. (3) All people are slave owners and nobles. The status of "the masses" is higher than that of "the masses". The "masses" are all grass-roots members of the slave-owning class of the Yin slave empire, and the "masses" are the basic forces of the upper and middle classes of the slave-owning class. (4) people from all walks of life except slaves. Qiu Xigui said: "The broad sense of' the masses' means a large number of people, which can probably be used to refer to people of all classes except slaves and other untouchables." In a narrow sense, "group" refers to businessmen who are excluded from clan organizations.