Dark àn, not bright, no light, opposite to "light".
Today we come to know the word "dark àn".
【Glyph evolution】
This word first appears in seal script. The words from the day and the sound of sound belong to the shape sound in the six books. "Sayings": "The sun has no light." Paragraph note: "Extension for all the deep and unclear." The glyph of the script carries the seal text.
【Calligraphy Masters】
【Definition of words】
〈Shape〉
(Shape sound.) From the sun, the sound. Meaning: dim)
Dark, daylight also. - "The Talk"
Ignorance, ignorance; Don't understand
Dark is politically dangerous. - "Xunzi Tianli"
ground floor
〈Vice〉
Silently
Secretly calculating the countryside is separated by several states, and the desire to return to the countryside is empty. ——Du Xunhe's "Travel Poem"
Secrets; surreptitiously
〈Name〉
dark
night.
〈Move〉
Make dim
The big car flew dust, and the pavilion was dark and strange. —— Li Bai, "Ancient Wind"
【The Story of the Word】
Ming Xiu Zhan Dao, secretly crossing Chen Cang
Source: Sima Qian's "History of the Marquis of Huaiyin"
Explanation: The characteristic of the secret crossing Chen Cang is to hide the true intention behind the unquestionable action, and hide the strange, extraordinary, informal, and unaccustomed actions behind the ordinary, ordinary, formal, and habitual actions. "Ming Xiu Zhan Dao" indicates an open action, and "Secret Crossing Chen Cang" indicates a hidden true intention.
Story: After the peasant revolt at the end of Qin, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fought a four-year "Chu-Han War" for the world. Liu Bang first invaded Xianyang and established himself as the King of Guanzhong. Xiang Yu's military strength was strong, and Liu Bang ceded Xianyang and Guanzhong to Xiang Yu and went to Hanzhong himself.
Adjacent to Liu Bang's stronghold of Hanzhong was Zhang Handan. In order to confuse Xiang Yu and prevent Zhang Handan from invading, Liu Bang burned down the boardwalk in and out of Hanzhong. Later, Liu Bang gradually became stronger, ordered Han Xin to be a general, and sent troops to duel with Xiang Yu. In order to confuse the enemy, Han Xin sent more than 10,000 horses to repair the burned boardwalk. The boardwalk restoration work is arduous and progress is slow. Repairing the trail is by no means easy and unsuspecting. As everyone knows, Han Xinduo's main force had already cut a small road to march towards Chen Cang, and soon captured Xianyang and occupied Guanzhong. Han Xin adopted a strategy of one light and one dark, and covered up the dark with light, and achieved a major victory in capturing Guanzhong. This is the origin of "secretly crossing Chen Cang".