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What is the "flat tone" in the couplet? No wonder ancient poems are so charming

"仄" and "亾", two Chinese characters seem to be born as a pair, the shape of complementary, do you know them? "仄" is pronounced zè and "亾" is pronounced wáng. They are quite similar in appearance, but they are very different. This article will talk about this interesting pair of Chinese characters from the perspective of Chinese character structure.

What is the "flat tone" in the couplet? No wonder ancient poems are so charming

Do you know "仄" and "亾"?

"仄" zè: the shape of a side in a cave on a cliff

Servant zè, everyone should be no stranger to it, semi-enclosed structure, above is the "factory", below is the "people". In the small seal glyph, like the shape of a person sideways in a cliff cave, it is tilted and shaken, not so flat, not so straight. Nowadays, in many places, the word "side crooked" is written as "仄 crooked", which actually means the same thing.

What is the "flat tone" in the couplet? No wonder ancient poems are so charming

"仄" small seal

The word "仄" is used:

"Speaking of Textual Interpretation" also says: 仄, sideways also. The kanji-related words also carry this attribute. For example, "仄目" refers to looking obliquely. [Qi sun] refers to: the sun is oblique, not above the head, resulting in an offset, mostly referring to the sunset. And the word "仄痃" also means "don't dare to go to the front seat, sit on the seat on your side." Describe the look of worry, the state of inner anxiety".

What is the "flat tone" in the couplet? No wonder ancient poems are so charming

On a single day, the Sun shifted

"仄" is more used in [poetic rhyme].

The most common use of the word "仄" is still in the "poetry rhyme" [In Hanyu Pinyin]. There is a noun called "Ping Shu Yin". The flat sound is one or two, and the slang sound is three or four. Ping, is the tone used in poetry. "Ping" means straight, and "仄" means zigzag. This is also called the law of poetry. The ancients wrote poems that paid attention to the sound rhyme "right 仄", that is, the previous sentence and the next sentence of a poem should be on "仄". For example, the following verses:

What is the "flat tone" in the couplet? No wonder ancient poems are so charming

Poetic rhymes

The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is deep in spring grass and trees.

When I feel the flowers splash tears, I hate the birds and be frightened

After the new rain on the empty mountain, the weather came late in autumn.

Bright moon pine light, clear spring stone upstream.

What is the "flat tone" in the couplet? No wonder ancient poems are so charming

Ancient poems pay attention to the rhythm of the two

Knowledge supplement: Ping Shu tone is also used in "couplets"

"Ping Shu Tone" is also mostly used for couplets. For example, the format of the common four-word conjunction is: 平平仄仄仄仄平平. For example, the format of the five-word union is: Ping Ping Ping Ping For example, is it interesting to give an example of "Residual Lamp Ming City Well, Xiaoyue Discernment Platform"? If you are interested in [Chinese characters], we recommend you a copy of "Shuowen Jiezi", a Chinese character is a traditional Chinese story, which is both interesting and knowledgeable.

What is the "flat tone" in the couplet? No wonder ancient poems are so charming

《Explanation of Words and Words》

"亾" wáng: Escape also. Fugitives, dead also.

The Eastern Han Dynasty's "Explanation of Words and Characters" is interpreted as: 亾, escape also. Fugitives, dead also. Saying "亾" is the act of fleeing, the person who runs away. In ancient times, "亾" was equivalent to "death". The word "dead" did not mean that people were gone at the beginning, but the meaning of fleeing, such as the idiom "the dead sheep make up for the prison", that is, the sheep are lost, not the sheep are dead. But people today have defined the word "dead" as the meaning of death. The original meaning is that man fled, disappeared, disappeared, and was finally defined as death.

What is the "flat tone" in the couplet? No wonder ancient poems are so charming

The sheep are made up, and the sheep are lost

Conclusion:

The Chinese character stories of this article "仄" and "亾" are here, if you can sit down carefully and study carefully, is the Chinese character very interesting? If you feel that there is anything else that you can't say, please add it in the comments section. I am @ Liaocheng Wang Gang love to speak words, don't forget to like and pay attention to it, see you in the next article.

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