As the saying goes, "three hundred and sixty lines, the line out of the shape", each industry has its own survival skills, especially a business that sells the word "hustle", which is extremely interesting. As for what exactly is the trade of selling the word "hustle"? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you:
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The Ming Dynasty writer Ling Mengchu once wrote in volume VIII of the "Surprise of the First Shooting": "The people in the three hundred and sixty lines have the heart of a wolf and a dog, and they are fierce like robbers." It can be seen that the ancients were particularly contemptuous of those engaged in business, believing that they were speculators and speculators, and they were dedicated to seeking unearned wealth to survive. It is worth mentioning that as an inevitable product of social development, the emergence of commerce has greatly stimulated the circulation of commodities, which not only provides an important foundation for the rapid development of the economy, but also completes the primary distribution of social resources.
At this time, a question arises, what are the so-called "three hundred and sixty lines"? The ancients have listed it, that the three hundred and sixty lines include agriculture, commerce, fishery, animal husbandry, forestry, etc., under the social system of the small-scale peasant economy, three hundred and sixty lines seem to be slightly narrower, if you look at the three hundred and sixty lines from the perspective of modern people, I am afraid that the content it covers is dozens of times more, and even call it "three thousand six hundred lines" is not indispensable, of course, modern people's understanding of "three hundred and sixty lines" should refer to all walks of life.
From ancient times to the present, many industries have continuity, such as agriculture, slaughtering and food processing. Just as the so-called "people take food as the sky", no matter how far human society develops, it is impossible to get rid of the support of food, so agriculture has become the foundation of all industries, which is what modern economics calls the "primary industry". The slaughtering industry is even more so, although in the eyes of many people, the slaughtering industry is a killing industry, but "no trade, no harm", human desire for meat, on the one hand, out of appetite, on the other hand, is indeed to maintain the growth of the body. In contrast, the scope of the food processing industry is broader, including food processing and cooking, which is an important experience summed up by human beings in a long production life, and it is also the inevitable development of human beings to pursue the enjoyment of taste buds.
It is worth mentioning that in ancient times, there was also a special kind of trade, which was to "sell words" on the street, of course, what we call "selling words" is definitely not selling Spring League or Fu characters, but another uncommon word engraved on wooden plates, which is the word "Hustle". What exactly does the word "hustle" mean? In a literal sense, the word "hustle" should have the meaning of "arrogance", but in fact, it is not, and the word "hustle" sold by the ancients actually has the meaning of "hustle".
If you look at it from the literal meaning, the word "hustle" is the upper, middle and lower structure, and the most existing element is the "mouth" word, and the four sides of the word are the shape of the mouth, which is undoubtedly not showing its own "multi-tongue" and "full of mouth". In other words, the word hustle is also describing the face full of mouth, full of teeth, tearing and shouting madly. By extension, it means noisy and lively, and "selling" means selling out.
Generally speaking, when ancient shops sold goods, once a certain product was sold out, the clerk would hang up a "hustle" sign on the shelf to inform everyone that the goods had been sold out, and if they needed to buy, they could come next time. In this way, the clerk does not have to explain to the customer in one more move, so as to achieve the purpose of time-saving and labor-saving communication. Therefore, selling the "hustle" brand has become a business. Compared with modern stores, some clerks do not notify the news that the goods are sold out, and can only patiently explain over and over again when the customer asks for a purchase, which not only delays the customer's time, but also makes themselves suffer for no reason. Of course, the situation we are talking about is in the old society, after all, in the case of contemporary commodity abundance, the dilemma of shortage of goods is very small, and it is almost impossible to reach the point of "short supply", unless the merchant adopts the "hunger marketing" method to deliberately raise the appetite of customers. Naturally, the habit of hanging "hustle" signs has completely disappeared.
It can be seen that the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated, behind the sale of "hustle" signs, is the busy figure of the ancients, but also the true portrayal of the ancients to summarize the experience, its appearance, undoubtedly for modern people to provide a lot of valuable enlightenment.
References: Appreciation of Ancient Texts by Li Qiang published by Heilongjiang Publishing House
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm