Losing is called losing. Aren't you running west or east?

Many people in history will be called defeat if they can't fight. Why is it called defeat? Instead of losing the South, the West and the East? Does it mean that the war failed? Do you run to the north instead of running to the south like the north? There's a reason to lose.

In the past, just because they lost the war doesn't mean they ran away like the north. The word "defeat" is closely related to the word "north", which is an ancient Chinese prose of the north and comes from the ancient meaning of the north in China Chinese. North is back, and north is back. Lost the battle and fled to the opposite side. In ancient times, when you were defeated, you just turned and ran away. In ancient times, when the two armies were at war, one side lost and "backed" the other side. Because "North" means failure.

Therefore, defeat has nothing to do with the southeast and northwest, just running from behind the enemy. In modern times, many two groups compete or fail, which is also called losing. The failure of the two armies is called defeat, but it does not mean that they fled to the north. Many losers have fled to the south in history.

In the grandson. There is a saying in the book Military that "ignore the north and not follow", which is also "defeat" or "flee after defeat", which means "the enemy pretends to be defeated and flee, don't pursue". In Jia Yi's On Qin Dynasty, "chasing the dead and driving the north" means "chasing the defeated enemy".

The profoundness of Chinese is not due to people's observation and understanding of literature. Many people will be misunderstood by the word north, which will be interpreted as fleeing to the north. North is the ancient meaning of back, from which we can infer that it is like the direction of the enemy's back to escape, and we have to admire the essence of China culture.