What does the inscription mean by "why, first, xian, kao, and concubine"? Each has its own meaning, and making a mistake will make a joke

"Cultural traditions have their own origins." Indeed, in the five thousand years of China's history, we have many cultural treasures, and among them, many cultural traditions and allusions have begun to be gradually forgotten by people today. Among them, many historical stories in the culture of Chinese characters have also been forgotten.

In fact, the historical development of Chinese characters in China is very long, it can be said that it has a long history, and there are countless profound connotations and allusions to development.

Tomb culture has always been very serious in China. On the tombstones of the mainland, there are often many inscriptions engraved. Among them, for example, tombstones are often inscribed with some: "So, First, Xian, Kao, Concubine". So what do these words mean? In fact, although each word is on the tombstone, the meaning is different. If you don't understand it clearly, it's easy to make jokes. So let's take a look at history.

The cultural meaning of tombstones

In order to understand the meaning of these words on the tombstone, in fact, we must first start with the ancient tombstone culture.

The tombstone, as the name suggests, is actually a stele erected in front of the tomb. And on the tombstone will be engraved some of the main experiences of this person before his death and some brief descriptions, so that people can know what this person did before his death. Therefore, the tombstone is an act of commemoration.

In the beginning, there were no tombstones in ancient China, but because of the appearance of tombs, people had tombstones in order to better remember that their families were buried there.

At first, the tombstone was very simple, just a simple rectangular stone stele. Later, with the passage of time, people will also begin to add some decorations to the tombstones, and the inscriptions engraved are more and more numerous, and the content is more abundant.

With the evolution of the tombstone, it began to be buried inside and outside the tomb, and the appearance gradually began to imitate the building, the top of the tombstone will be added to the cap, and some animals or plants will be engraved, and sometimes carved with landscape patterns. On the stele, the resume of the deceased is engraved.

Sometimes it is also marked that this is a tomb buried alone, or buried with his wife or children. In general, the more high-status a person, the more gorgeous his tombstone will be, and the content will be a lot, in order to highlight his own merit, so he will make a lot of efforts on the tombstone.

Therefore, it can be seen that even if the tombstone is very common, there are many exquisite ones. And the above text is also meaningful. Therefore, what does it mean to be old, first, manifest, kao, and concubine on the tombstone?

The meaning of "why, first, manifest, examine, and concubine"

So what are the meanings of the words "why, first, xian, kao, and concubine" that often appear on the tombstone?

First of all, if these words are mentioned, what I have to say is: "So first test" or "so first concubine".

In the culture of ancient Chinese, the meaning of "gu xian kao" refers to the deceased father, and "gu xian fei" actually refers to the deceased mother, so the tombstone sometimes writes "gu xian fei" or "gu xian kao", in fact, it is pointing out that this is the tomb of the hui.

At the same time, there is also a situation, that is, if the tombstone is written "Kao Yu", it actually means that this is the grave where the parents are buried together. Therefore, "kao" and "妣" have specific meanings and cannot be used indiscriminately.

So why use "therefore"? In fact, it is also very easy to understand, which also contains a taboo of the ancients.

We all know that in ancient times, when someone died, it was generally rare to say "dead" directly, sometimes "old", or the emperor would use "薨了" and so on, and here, in fact, "therefore" is the obscure statement of "death".

Because the ancients were very taboo to say "death" directly, they would use "why". Therefore, the words "so" on the tombstone actually mean that the person has passed away.

And then there is the meaning of "first". In fact, the meaning of "first" echoes "therefore". We all know that as mentioned above, the meaning of "so" refers to "death" and "death", and once a person dies, it will actually be called "ancestor" in the mouth of the ancients, so here, "first" appears on the tombstone, which also refers to the deceased person.

Among these words, in fact, there is only one "xian" word left in the end, and although the word "xian" is homophonous with "first", the meaning is actually completely different from "first".

The meaning of "explicit" is actually more beautiful. It refers to the blessings of the deceased to the descendants and future generations, which has a certain meaning, in fact, it means that the deceased person is deceased, and these deceased elders will bless the descendants of the family in another world, so this is the hope that the deceased elders can bless the descendants of the family in heaven. Therefore, this "manifestation" contains infinite wishes.

Synthesizing the above explanations, I believe that we have a relatively clear understanding of the meaning of "so, first, manifest, examination, and concubine", and it is not difficult to find that if we make a mistake in the meaning of these words, we will actually make a big joke.

Funerary culture is here today

In fact, it is not difficult to find that although tombstones were very important in ancient times and were a symbol of funerary culture, today, with the popularity of cremation, burials are gradually replaced. Moreover, with the progress of culture, people often do not write too much content on tombstones as in the past, but tombstones are still a very important culture that cannot be ignored.

Tombstones are not only a memorial to the dead, in fact, in today's world, tombstones are also a kind of cultural and historical witness, many times when experts and scholars are conducting archaeology, the words on the tombstones will become an important and very valuable historical materials and evidence.

Therefore, the content of the words on the tombstone is very learned, although we are not all scholars now, but for some basic cultural knowledge of ancient Chinese, it is also necessary to keep in mind, which is a respect for our traditional Chinese culture.

epilogue

With the passage of time, we will find that although science and technology are advancing, and many traditions have gradually stepped out of the historical stage, many of the cultural traditions of the past still contain the wisdom and experience of the ancients. Through the study of these traditional cultures, it is not difficult for us to find that Chinese culture contains infinite charm and emits endless light.

Therefore, even if we attach great importance to science now, we cannot abandon the treasures of our traditional culture in the past, which is our spiritual wealth.

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