Explanation: Charming
"Looking back, I smiled and smiled, and the six palaces were colorless." This is the "flattering" word of "Baimeisheng". Oracle (1) is a person (female) kneeling face to the right, the head is a large eye, and the upper part of the eye is two long shield hairs that are curved, indicating good looks. The shape of the golden text (2) is basically the same as that of the oracle bone. (3) It is the shape of the small seal, which has become the shape of the left (female) right voice (eyebrow). (4) It is written in letters, which is completely consistent with the physical structure of the small seal.
The original meaning of the word "flattering" is "beautiful" or "good-looking", such as Sima Xiangru's "Shanglin Fu": "Feminine (xiān fiber) is weak." "It's about: a beautiful and slim look. This can be extended to "love", such as "Shijing • Daya Xiawu": "Mezzie alone." That is: just like this one person. However, the word "flattering" in the "Female Israel" mentioned in the "Chronicle of History" does not make sense if it is interpreted as "like". The word "flattering" means "flattering" or "flattering." The meaning of the term is still used, such as saying "Someone really looks like a flattering cat". As for the word "beautiful" of "spring bright", that is the original meaning used, when "beautiful".
In ancient poems, we often encounter the word "mesmerizing", which is generally used to refer to the person who is favored. In addition, there is such a sentence in Yu Xin's "Mirror Endowment": "Hanging the charm is in the head." "Does it mean hanging the beloved one over your head?" It's a joke. This "mesmerism" refers to beautiful jewelry.
——Zuo Min'an, "Detailed Explanation of Chinese Characters"
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Morphological words. From female, eyebrows. The oracle bone "flattering" character from "female" is mostly under the "eyebrow", and the Shang Dynasty Jin Wen inherits it. The word "mei" is derived from the word "mei" or blackmail province to "eye". "Eyebrow" from "eye", on the shape of the eyebrow, see the "eyebrow" note. The original meaning is love. "Speaking text": "Charming, saying (yue) also." "Poetry Daya Xiawu": "Meez alone." Zheng Xuanji: "Charming, love also." "By extension, righteousness is squandered, flattering, beautiful, etc. The Shang Dynasty oracle bones and jin wen "mei" are both personal names. (Xu Zaiguo)
——Li Xueqin, "Ziyuan"
Source: Han Dian Culture