There is an idiom called "standing up to the sky", which refers to being a man with a frank heart, a bright and upright heart, and is often associated with a "manly husband". Yes, between the heavens and the earth, the blue sky above the head, the feet on the earth, the vastness of the sky, the infinite reverie. The land is vast, and the products and customs are not equal.
The history of heaven and earth predates human beings, and is often regarded as a symbol of eternity, the so-called heaven and earth. Heaven and earth are therefore regarded as the source of misfortune, as well as the gods and the earth, and worship them. Traditional Confucian culture pays attention to the heavens and the earth, the heavens and the earth are in the first place, and the worship of the heavens and the ancestors is the condensation of this order relationship.
"Heaven" and "Earth" in oracle bones
Heaven, from the big. The big is an adult figure standing with his arms outstretched and his legs spread. The Chinese characters are made to emphasize "taking the body near and taking the things from afar", and the heavens are adding a horizontal line to the head of the person as an emphasis, what does it mean? What is on a person's head? OMG! Yes, the word is so made. Of course, it is also possible to add two horizontals, which is the meaning of the above. Because, what is heaven, this concept is very abstract, it is not easy to use images to represent, so borrow big to create heaven.
Heaven, in fact, is a finger word. Just like becoming Ben under the wooden word, the knife word plus a little becomes a blade, a truth. The sky is very close to the voice of the upside down, but the vowel is different. "Explanation of Words": Upside down, top also. It's the top of the head. The pronunciation of the word heaven also shows the rationality of heaven above the head of the person. Man is the measure of all things, and our ancestors started from themselves, described and referred to all things, and understood the world.
The glyph composition of the ground character
The earth, taken apart, is "earth also". Yes, the earth is not mainly made of dirt! In fact, never indicates judgment. Also, in the "Explanation of The Interpretation of Texts", it seems to be the image of the female yin, which is a bit strange, so that some Taoists try their best to cover up their opposition. However, the reason why Xu Shen said that must have his reason, the ancients were simple, and did not have those moral concepts later. Then, the word "earth" actually indicates the powerful reproductive function of the land. As it is often mentioned in the poems: O earth, my mother.
Who says he is my father? Land is the material basis on which human beings depend, and without products, specifically food, human beings will not be able to exist.
"Earth" and "Earth" in the Commentaries on the Interpretation of Texts
In fact, the land is used together, as far as the soil character is concerned, the "Shuowen Jiezi" is explained by homophone spitting, and the so-called "earth spitting creatures also" also means that the soil has fertility and rich products, all of which come from the soil. During the Spring and Autumn Period, a prince of the Jin Dynasty had a heavy ear, and on the way to escape, he begged the farmers for food. One of the farmers gave him a piece of dirt, and Heavy Ear was so angry that he wanted to whip him. Uncle Fox persuaded him that this was the land given to us by God, and we should be happy. Bow your head in thanks, put down the dirt and get back on the road. For a monarch to establish a country, it is inseparable from the land and the people, but the land should be the most fundamental.
People often use the community to represent the country, or the Jiangshan community, and here the society is the god of the land. Millet is a cereal food crop, and these two things are also fundamental to the survival of the country. Let's look at this social word again, from the show, from the earth, the show means that it is related to the gods, which means to sacrifice the land gods. In ancient times, there were social days, and there were spring and autumn societies, and a series of celebration activities were to be held, and Mr. Lu Xun wrote the article "Social Drama".
Pangu is groundbreaking
The pronunciation of the earth is very close to the low and bottom, summarizing the characteristics of the earth. Wang Bo said in the "Preface to the Pavilion of king Teng": The terrain is extreme and the south is deep, and the pillar of heaven is high and the north is far away. He said that the ancients believed that in ancient times, heaven and earth were not divided. The light Purifier rises to heaven, the heavy turbidity descends to the earth, and there is the story of Pangu opening up the heavens and the earth, showing human beings' affirmation of their own ability to open up the world. In the Huainan Zi, it is recorded that Gonggong and Huan Huan were fighting for the emperor, and they were angry and could not touch The Mountain, because the pillar supporting the heavens collapsed. The result is that the sky tilts to the northwest and the earth slopes to the southeast. That's why there will be rolling water in the east of the Yangtze River.
The sky is clear, the wild is vast, and the wind blows grass low to see cattle and sheep. Later, "morning rise to rationalize the desolation, bring the moon and the lotus hoe back." Human beings have moved from primitive animal husbandry to agrarian society, and have always been close to the land. Just like death, we come from dust and return to dust.