With the help of deliberation, can you tell me the origin of other words or expressions?

1. The origin of "host country"

"Host country" evolved from the word "host". During the Spring and Autumn Period, when Zheng was surrounded, Zheng sent people to light candles to persuade Qin to retreat. Candle said to him, "If the State of Qin does not destroy Zheng, but makes it the master of the Oriental Avenue, it will do you no harm if the envoys of the State of Qin come and go, and supplies are insufficient from Zheng." Qin retracted his words. Zheng is in the east of Qin dynasty, so he is called the Oriental Taoist priest. Later, "owner" became a fixed noun, generally referring to the owner of the station or the person who invited guests with wine and food, and the meaning of its location no longer existed.

A "host country" is a country that receives guests from other countries as a host, or a country that stays at parties and hosts events in international activities.

2. The origin of "sloppy"

People like to use "sloppy" to describe a person's sloppy or careless, but behind this proverb, there is a bloody story.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a painter in Beijing who often painted at will, and he didn't know anything. Once, he had just finished drawing a tiger's head, and someone asked him to draw a horse, so he drew the horse's body behind the tiger's head. Someone asked him whether he painted a horse or a tiger, and he replied, "So so!" " "When others don't want it, he hangs it in the hall. The eldest son saw it and asked him what it was. He said it was a tiger, and the second son asked him if it was a horse.

Soon, the eldest son went out hunting and shot someone else's horse into a tiger. The painter had to pay the master. His youngest son met a tiger when he went out, but thought it was a horse he wanted to ride, and he was killed by the tiger. The painter was so sad that he burned the painting and wrote a poem blaming himself: "Careless painting, careless painting, like a horse like a tiger, the eldest son shot the horse according to the painting, and the second son fed the tiger according to the painting." The burning of the thatched cottage has no intention. I advise you not to imitate me. "

Poetry is not a good poem, but the lesson is too profound. Since then, the word "sloppy" has spread.

3. The origin of "overseas red kids"

"Overseas Pool" has become a good name for our overseas compatriots. How did this word come from?

"Naked baby" originally refers to a baby. "Shangshu Gao Kang": "If you protect your son, only the people are Kang Yi." Sparse: "Children are born red, so they say red". There is a saying in Mencius Li Lou: "An adult has not lost his childlike innocence." "Honger" also extends to the people. It was first seen in Biography of the Sui Dynasty in Han Palace. "Therefore, your majesty is red, and your majesty steals the middle ear of Huangchi."

During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong held an archery competition in the court examination. Ministers advised, "People are standing in front of the temple with bows and arrows, so close to your majesty. If someone who is arrogant and ignorant secretly fires at you and you are unprepared, it will greatly hurt the country! " Emperor Taizong replied: "Your Majesty regards the four seas as one family, and all my sons are in the territory. If I push my heart into his stomach, how can people who stay in the joint defense be suspicious! " People derived the phrase "son of the sea" from this. "Overseas Hong Haier" evolved from "Overseas Hong Haier". Later, "overseas innocent teenagers" were used by overseas Chinese to express their sincere love and yearning for the motherland.

4. The meaning and origin of "China"

Students all know that they are from China and their motherland is China. But in ancient times, what people called "China" was not the present "China".

In ancient times, "China" was synonymous with "central city" or "central country". In China literature, the word "China" has six meanings:

① refers to the capital of the emperor.

(2) refers to the kingdom ruled directly by the son of heaven. Because the kingdom directly ruled by the son of heaven is generally in the middle of vassal states, it is called "China". Later, it was developed that all areas directly ruled by the emperor were called "China".

(3) refers to the Central Plains.

(4) refers to the mainland and China. The Qing Dynasty called the mainland "China".

5] refers to the place where Xia people live. There are not only Han people in Zhu Xia, but also many ethnic minorities. People call this area "China".

[6] refers to the country established by Xia or Han nationality. Since the Han Dynasty, people have often referred to the Central Plains Dynasty established by the Han people as "China".

The scope of "China" in history, besides dynasties, should also include political power and tribes established by various ethnic groups. Since19th century, "China" refers to the whole territory of China, which is different from ancient times.

The origin of the word "China" can be traced back to a dynasty-Shang Dynasty. Because the capital of Shang Dynasty lies between its four princes in the east, south, west and north, people call this land "China", which is the middle kingdom and the political and economic center.

In ancient times, "China" did not appear as a formal country name, because the dynasty or regime at that time only had a country name, and there was no country name. What they call "China" refers to the concepts of region and culture.

The real use of "China" as the abbreviation of the official country name began with the founding of the Republic of China after the famous Revolution of 1911 in modern times. Since then, "China" has become an official name with national significance. Today, "China" is a country composed of Chinese people of all ethnic groups, and its full name is "People's Republic of China (PRC)".

5. The source of the word "expose the clues"

In our daily life, some things that we don't want people to know, especially self-defeating things, will be called "clues" once exposed. What is a "bag"? "Clues" are also Ma Shi's feet. There is an allusion here.

According to legend, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in cloth, was born in a poor family since childhood and worked as a cowherd and a monk. So when choosing a lifelong partner, he married a girl from the same civilian background. This horse girl has a pair of "heavenly feet" that don't twist, which was a big taboo at that time. After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he still remembered Ma's contribution and made her the first queen of the Ming Dynasty.

Although "Long En" is very heavy, Ma Shi, who lives in the harem, is deeply uneasy about his big feet and never dares to stick his feet out of his skirt in front of people. One day, the horse suddenly flew into a rage and came to the streets of Jinling in a big sedan chair. Some bold people looked at it quietly, and it happened that a strong wind lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and Ma Shi's two big feet resting on the pedal were impressive. So the news spread and immediately caused a sensation throughout Jinling. Since then, the word "clue" has also spread to later generations.

6. How did China's sleeping lion theory come about?

18 14, the powerful French emperor Napoleon I made a comeback after being defeated by the European anti-French Coalition forces. 18 15 organized 300,000 troops to attack the European anti-French Coalition forces, and the result was disastrous in Waterloo. On June 22, Napoleon was forced to abdicate, and was soon escorted by the British army to the remote Atlantic island of St. Helena and imprisoned. In the third year of imprisonment, Amish, the head of the British trade mission who was severely criticized by Emperor Jiaqing, returned from China dejectedly. On his way home, he passed by St. Helena. Amish people heard that Napoleon I was being held here, so they wanted to meet him and listen to the legend's views on China.

After the meeting, Amish described his experience in China, believing that only through war can China be opened. On the other hand, Napoleon was full of contempt for British practices. He commented on Britain's idea of solving problems by war: "Fighting this huge and rich empire is the biggest stupid thing in the world." He went on to say, "You may succeed at first. You will seize their ships and destroy their military and commercial facilities, but you will also let them know their own strength. They will think; They will build ships and equip them with artillery. They will invite gunmen from France, the United States and even London to form a fleet and defeat you. " Amish retorted, "China is a powerful giant with clay feet behind its surface. It is very weak." But Napoleon thought that China was not too weak, it was just a sleeping lion. "From today's point of view, the lion is asleep, and even flies dare to fall on its face and scream." Napoleon went on to say, "Once China awakens, the world will be shaken." After this sentence was uttered from Napoleon's mouth, it had a very strong sensation effect.

6. The origin of "250"

In the rural areas of Guanzhong, people call those who are brave and foolhardy "250". "250" is a number, how can you describe people? There are many theories about its origin. There are two kinds here: one comes from Pai Jiu, and the other is a gambling tool. Pai Jiu has two cards, Baner (four points) and Wu Yao (six points). These two cards add up to 10, which is called "death ten" when playing nine. This dead ten is the smallest point in Pai Jiu, and any card can be controlled. Therefore, people use Baner and Wu Yao to describe those who are reckless, stupid and do things without considering the consequences. "250" is a transliteration of "two boards and five". The second one is from a historical story. Legend has it that during the Warring States Period, Su Qin was killed. The King of Qi vowed to avenge Su Qin, but he couldn't catch the murderer at the moment, so he came up with a clever plan: he posted a poster at the gate saying that Su Qin was a spy, and killed him to save the country from great harm, and he was rewarded with 1,200 gold. The traitor came to receive the reward as soon as possible. After posting, four people claimed to have killed Su Qin. The King of Qi smiled and said, "Gold is 1,200. Can't install it! " The four men asserted that they had done it themselves. The king of Qi said, "How much will each of you share in this 1,200 gold?" The four of them said in unison, "250 each." The king of Qi was furious and shouted, "Push out these four' 250s' and behead them!" "250" came from this.

7. The origin of "rare confusion"

Zheng Banqiao's word "muddleheaded" is full of fun and charm, which is a unique writing style created by Zheng Banqiao combined with the real Cao Li seal script.

As for the word "rarely confused", it is said that there is an interesting origin.

One year, Zheng Banqiao went to Yunfeng Mountain in Laizhou, Shandong Province to observe Gong Zheng's memorial tablet, and spent the night in an ancient Confucian school at the foot of the mountain. The old Confucian claimed to be a confused old man with elegant manners. The two talked very well. Among the old people, there is a big inkstone with exquisite stone and exquisite carving, which was greatly appreciated by Zheng Banqiao. The old man told Zheng Banqiao to leave Mo Bao so that someone could carve it on the back of the inkstone. Zheng Banqiao was puzzled and thought that the old man must have a history, so he inscribed the word "Diligent Confusion" and stamped his own seal "Kangxi Scholar Yongzheng Juren Qianlong Jinshi". The inkstone is as big as a square table, and there is a lot of spare space. Zheng Banqiao also asked the old man to write a postscript. The old man did not refuse, and casually wrote: "Beautiful stones are rare, hard stones are even more rare, and it is more difficult for beautiful stones to become hard stones. Beauty is in the middle, stubborn outside, hiding in the savage house, not entering the rich door. " After writing it, I stamped it. The seal reads: "The college entrance examination comes first, the provincial examination comes second, and the palace examination comes third." After reading it, Zheng Banqiao knew that he was a retired official with elegant sentiment, and immediately he was deeply admired. Seeing that there was still a gap in the inkstone, he wrote another paragraph: "It is difficult to be smart, especially confused, and it is even more difficult to change from smart to confused. Let go, take a step back, feel at ease now, and report later. "

Later, this passage spread out, and people thought it was very philosophical, so it was written as a horizontal couplet, and the word "muddleheaded" spread more and more widely.

8. The origin of "Long live" and "Long live"

We often see ministers shouting "Long live" when praising the emperor on TV. In fact, the word "Long live" is not reserved for the emperor. Long ago, "Long live" was just a cheer to express people's inner joy and celebration. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, courtiers often called "Long live" when they saw the king, but this word was still not the only exclusive title of the emperor, and the emperor didn't care if he called others "Long live". When he arrived at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he wanted to keep "Long live" for himself, but people still shouted "Long live" every celebration. It was not until the Song Dynasty that the emperor was really forbidden to call others "Long live".

As for the origin of "Long live", it comes from a story. According to legend, after Wu Zetian proclaimed herself emperor, she especially liked others to flatter her in order to raise her status as "unreasonable", but she was outspoken. One day, she called all the bachelors in the Imperial Academy of Jindian and got the correct answer. She blurted out the question:

Jade girl, by the river! Bang bang! Bang bang bang!

The bachelor searched and answered dozens of sentences, but Wu Hou was dissatisfied and intuitively disappointed. At this time, a bachelor accustomed to flattery saw her mind and sang:

Long live the golden hall, long live! Hooray! Hooray!

Wuhou was in high spirits and made his masterpiece. Since then, the word "Long live" has been circulated among the ruling and opposition parties.

9. The origin of doctor, master and bachelor.

The names "doctor, master and bachelor" have existed since ancient times, but their meanings are not exactly the same as now.

Doctor, originated in the Warring States period, was an official position at that time, that is, some knowledgeable people. The word master, first seen in the Five Dynasties, usually refers to a person with noble moral character and profound knowledge. The bachelor first appeared in the Zhou Dynasty, initially referring to people studying in schools, and later gradually became literati and scholars.

10. the origin of the positive (sound) month

We are used to calling January "the first month", because in ancient times, which month was the first month of each year, and each dynasty was different. The first month of Xia Dynasty is January, Shang Dynasty is December and Zhou Dynasty is November. Every time these dynasties revised the order of the equinox, they called the revised January "the first month". In addition, most ancient emperors accepted the sacrifices of civil and military officials in January. In order to show their solemnity, they changed January to "the first month".

In the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang was born in the first month and was named Ying Zheng. In order to avoid his anonymity, it was forced to read orthography as a sign. The word "positive (positive) month" has been handed down.

1 1. What is the origin of the word "fabrication"?

In the Song Dynasty, there was a man named Du Mo. He is a scholar, likes to write poems and is famous for his boldness. However, his poems don't talk about rhythm. Some people say that his poetry is not like poetry, and his prose is not like prose, which is really neither fish nor fowl. Therefore, whenever people see inappropriate poems or illogical poems, they will blurt out, "This was written by Dumore." Later, this sentence was gradually simplified to "fabrication". Later, it was extended to be untrue and unfounded.

12. The origin of "three long and two short"

"Everything happens" has something to do with coffins. The coffin consists of six pieces of wood. The lid and bottom of the coffin are commonly known as heaven and earth, and the left and right pieces are called the sun and the moon. These four pieces are long wood, and the front and back pieces are called colored heads and tails, which are short square materials, so they are four long and two short when combined. But the coffin was covered after death, so it was only called "three long and two short" as another name for death, and later it added the meaning of accident and disaster.

13. Interesting theory about the origin of "Pingyang tiger falls and is bullied by dogs"

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In the early Song Dynasty, there was a magistrate, who was born upright and impartial. He was framed and rejected by the court for offending powerful people. After he returned to his hometown, he visited the local magistrate Hu. The county magistrate Hu is a subordinate of the county magistrate, who often criticizes him. At this time, he deliberately wanted to ridicule him, so he hosted a banquet for his old boss and invited two local literati who were proficient in poetry.

After three rounds of drinking, Hu magistrate proposed to sing poems as the host, and first began to sing poems:

"Mountain Xi is Xi, add water to read the stream; Wipe off the water by the stream and the bird will become a chicken. A bird with wings is as strong as a tiger, and a chicken without wings is not as good as a chicken. "

The first four sentences are "Qi Xing", and different radicals are added to the central word "Xi" by word segmentation, namely "Xi" and "chicken". The last two sentences lead to the original intention, mocking the magistrate as a wingless tiger and phoenix, not an insignificant bird and chicken.

The magistrate knew that the other party was laughing at him, but he had no choice but to play dumb and feel miserable. Jia in the escort, see the magistrate to look embarrassed, unavoidably heart sympathy, then intends to help him out, and then intoned:

"Simplicity is a work, afterburner or work; When the edge force is removed, the silk turns red. People can't be good for a thousand days, and they can't be red for a hundred days. " Taking the word "Gong" as the central word, the radical glyph is changed to "Gong" and "Red" respectively, which leads to this article, exhorting and enlightening, making enemies make up instead of getting married, and forgiving others.

Hearing this, escort B thinks that A is a dog in charge of mice and has nothing to do with himself. Why bother? So hurriedly poetry:

"Single phase is reading phase, adding water to read Hunan; Except the water near Hunan, it will turn into frost when it rains. Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door, regardless of the tiles of other people's homes. "

After hearing the chorus of Party A and Party B, the magistrate became more indifferent to Party B's exhortation and was deeply moved. He sighed and sang:

"Only when he reads, Jia also reads chess; Cutting off the edge of the wood adds to the lack of domineering. Longyou shallow water was beaten by shrimp, and the tiger fell to Pingyang and was bullied by dogs. " The last two sentences expressed his inner resentment and grievance. This language is not only easy to understand and vivid, but also profound and philosophical. Since then, it has become a famous sentence in proverbs and has been passed down to this day.

From the knowledge window. Excerpted from Selected Works, issue 10, 2006.

14. the origin of bad luck

"Down" can only be "lintel". The history of the word "unlucky" is not too long. According to textual research, the word appeared in the late Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty followed the imperial examination system since Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the imperial examination became the only way for scholars to get ahead. Therefore, the competition in the examination room is becoming more and more fierce. Although there was a relatively perfect invigilation system in Ming dynasty, it still could not stop the growing trend of cheating. It is difficult for ordinary scholars to gain anything in scientific research. For good luck, before invigilation, families with candidates usually erect a flagpole at home to cheer up the candidates, sometimes called "lintel".

According to the practice at that time, when the list was announced, whose students were on the list, the flagpole in front of their own house could be erected correctly. If he unfortunately loses the election, the candidate's family will often go back and pull out his flagpole, which is called "unlucky". Later, more and more people used this word in spoken and written language. Until now, people often write the word "unlucky" in the process of using this word, of course, because they don't understand its source.

Excerpted from China People's Most Misunderstood Common Sense of Literature and History by China Book Publishing House.

15. Origin of posing as garlic

The origin of "pretending to be garlic" is said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited a place in the south one spring, saw a piece of green garlic in the field and praised it for growing smoothly. He went to inspect it the next winter. It's a pity that green garlic hasn't grown this season. In order to please the emperor, local officials sent people to transplant many daffodils together. From a distance, their leaves look like green garlic. After Gan Long saw it, he was full of praise and became an official. Since then, people have ridiculed fraud or ignorance as "pretending to be garlic."

16. the origin of things

We often refer to all objects as "things". But why is it called "East and West" instead of "North and South"? It turns out that in ancient China, wood, fire, gold, water and earth were called "five elements" (representing five directions of east, west, south, north and middle respectively), and A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Ren and Gui were called "heavenly stems", and the "five elements" and "heavenly stems" were also called. As can be seen from the above, Oriental belongs to wood, representing all plants, such as flowers, trees, vegetables, crops and so on. The west belongs to gold, representing all metal minerals, such as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, etc. The south belongs to fire, and fire is a chemical phenomenon; The north belongs to water, and China belongs to soil. Because water, earth and fire are the most common substances or phenomena, they were ignored by the ancients. Wood (plants) and gold (metal minerals) are the most important things, which can represent all useful substances. Therefore, people connect the two directions representing "wood" and "gold" to form a word-"thing", which represents everything in the world.

17. The origin of the novel

Everyone knows the meaning of the word "fabrication". Open the dictionary and look it up. Note: There is no basis for fabrication. However, there is an anecdote about the origin of the word fabrication, which few people know. In ancient times, there was a man named Du Mo who liked to write poems. However, his poems are empty, irrelevant and lacking in true feelings. Besides, his poems have no rhythm. Some people say that what he wrote is neither poetry nor prose, which is really neither fish nor fowl. Therefore, whenever people see an inappropriate poem, they will blurt out, "This was written by Dumo." Later, this sentence was gradually simplified to "fabrication". Later, "fabrication" was extended to untrue and unfounded fabrication.

18. The origin of two-faced people

"Two-faced people" refers to people who are duplicitous and not good at disguise. How did this word come from? Legend has it that the Yuan Army and Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels fought a tug-of-war on the north bank of the Yellow River at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. People are miserable. Anyone who comes should be welcomed. Red and green welcome signs should be posted on the door panels. When people come, change them quickly. People in Huaiqing Prefecture in the north of Henan Province scrimped and saved, and came up with a solution once and for all. With a thin piece of wood, one side says "protect the environment and protect the people" and the other side says "expel Tatars and restore China"

On one occasion, Chang Yuchun, the general of Zhu Yuanzhang, led an army to Huaiqing Mansion. He was glad to see that the colorful wooden signs at the door of every household were filled with welcome slogans. But suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the' re was overturned, and the opposite side was covered with slogans welcoming the Yuan Army. So, Chang Yuchun ordered that anyone who hangs two cards will be beheaded with the door. After a massacre, the population of Huaiqing Prefecture was greatly reduced. The "two-faced" that is often said now evolved from the "two-faced card" of Huaiqing House.

19. Origin of Bifurcated Foot

When Zhu Yuanzhang was a child, his family was very poor. In order to make a living, he not only distributed cattle and sheep to the rich, but also worked as a monk in a temple. Later, he joined the army of Guo Zixing, a rebel in the late Yuan Dynasty. Guo Zixing appreciated him very much because of his brave fighting and meritorious deeds, so he married his adopted daughter Ma Shi. Ma Shi is a talented woman, smart and capable, who assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in realizing the great cause of reunification. When Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, the first thing after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty was to make her queen.

Ma Huanghou is not beautiful, but she is gentle, dignified and generous. The fly in the ointment is that she has a pair of "feet" that are not entangled. In the era when little feet are beautiful, women's big feet are a defect. When he became queen, the horse became more and more uneasy about his big feet. Therefore, in public, you must hide and try to avoid exposing your feet outside the skirt.

One day, Ma Huanghou had a good time, paraded in the city in a sedan chair and browsed the scenery of the ancient capital. When people see the Queen's sedan chair passing through the city, they are all looking forward to seeing the Queen's elegant demeanor. Unexpectedly, a gust of wind blew, the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, and Ma Huanghou's big feet were displayed in front of everyone. It is amazing. I didn't expect the queen to have such feet today! People rushed to talk about it, and the whole city immediately became a sensation. The word "showing the cloven foot" has just spread.

Later, people called it "showing the cloven foot", and the privacy or conspiracy was flawed or completely exposed.

20. Origin of leniency

In the old days, when the squire performed in the countryside, he often paid the troupe to perform in the ancestral temple, and then sold it to the masses to make money by selling tickets, and the masses entered the venue with tickets.

Of course, there is only one side door in the theater, and five big and three thick strong men will collect tickets. When no one came in, the strong man stepped on the threshold and put his hands on the door frame to prevent him from sneaking into the theater without a ticket. Children in the countryside really want to go to the theatre, but they have no money to buy tickets. A child begged the strong man at the door, observed his words, grasped the "temperature", and waited for an opportunity to gently hold up the strong man's arm and said, "Uncle, please raise your arm a little!" So the child took the opportunity to get into the theater from the strong man's armpit. Later, the literati refined "please raise your hand" into "show mercy", which means asking people to "have mercy" and apply it to intercession on various occasions by extension.

2 1. The origin of the word "peach and plum"

People always like to call the students trained by teachers "peaches and plums" to educate teachers. Many students have been trained, as the saying goes, "peaches and plums are all over the world." Why do you call students "peaches and plums"? There is a story: During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a minister named Zi Zhi in Wei State. When he was in power, he trained and recommended many people. Later, because he offended Wei Wenhou, he went to the north alone.

In the north, Zizhi met a man named Zijian. I complained to him that the people I trained refused to contribute to him. That he went to the north. Zijian said with a smile: "Planting peach trees and plum trees in spring, you can rest and enjoy the cool under the trees in summer, and you can also eat fruits in autumn;" But what you planted in spring is tribulus (a kind of prickly plant). Not only can you not use its seeds, but the thorns that grow in autumn will also sting people. Therefore, a gentleman should cultivate talents like planting trees. He should first choose the right object and then cultivate it. "

Later, people called cultivating talents "tree people"; The trained talents are called "peaches and plums".

(Excerpted from books and periodicals)

22. The origin of the word "unprecedented"

Nowadays, people often use the word "unprecedented" to describe the first time that unprecedented things happen. Tracing back to the source, the word "unprecedented" originated from an allusion.

According to Sun Guangxian, a litterateur of the Five Dynasties, the book "North Dreams, Stories, Volume 4" and other books, in the Tang Dynasty, every juren who went to Beijing to take the Jinshi exam was escorted by local officials to take the exam. At that time, Jingzhou area escorted juren to Beijing every year to take the exam, but no one took the exam continuously for forty or fifty years. Therefore, people call Jingzhou a "natural shortage" and the candidates who are sent out of Jingzhou a "natural shortage".

"Famine" originally refers to the primitive state where chaos has not yet been opened. People call Jingzhou "famine", because ironically, no one has been admitted to Jinshi in the past forty or fifty years. This situation lasted until the fourth year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 850). This year, among the candidates who were sent out of Jingzhou, one scholar, Liu Tuo, finally got into the Jinshi exam, which broke the "natural solution", so people called it "unprecedented". At that time, Wang Wei Cui Xuan guarded Jingnan, and specially awarded Liu Pi "unprecedented" 700,000 silver. In order to build a "scholar's mansion". Liu tui refused to accept this and said in the "thank you": "In the past 50 years, people have wasted; Thousands of miles away, what a waste of time! ".Objections and refutations to the theory of" natural shortage ".

23. The origin of the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

To put it simply, in ancient China, numbers were divided into positive and negative numbers, odd numbers were positive and even numbers were negative. Nine is the highest yang number, with five in the middle, so "nine" and "five" symbolize the authority of the emperor and are called "the respect of the Ninth Five-Year Plan".

Another view is that the word "Ninth Five-Year Plan" comes from the Book of Changes. The handed down version of the Book of Changes is said to be played by Zhou Wenwang, so it is also called the Book of Changes. The first of the sixty-four hexagrams in Zhouyi is the dry hexagram, which symbolizes the sky, so it becomes the hexagram representing the emperor. The dry divination consists of six Yang divinations, the anode and the prosperous pole. Counting from the bottom up, the fifth one is called the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Nine means that this plan is a positive plan, and five means the fifth plan. The ninth five-year plan is the best of the dry hexagrams, which is the first of the sixty-four hexagrams, so the ninth five-year plan is the first of the sixty-four hexagrams and the first of the three hundred and eighty-four hexagrams, which has become the emperor's phase. The "nine" here is not a specific number, but a symbol to distinguish the yin and yang attributes of numbers. Later, people used "Nine" and "Five" as specific figures, thinking that one was to fit the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" representing the emperor; Furthermore, the use of the numbers "nine" and "five" in architecture is also in line with aesthetic principles. The paraphrases in the Book of Changes include "the change of the avenue, each with its own destiny, is conducive to maintaining harmony and chastity". The origin of the name of the Hall of Supreme Harmony is said to come from this.

Zhouyi, one of the oldest classics in China, has always been regarded as the first of the six classics, which has a far-reaching influence on all fields of the Chinese nation. Therefore, it should be more credible that the word "Ninth Five-Year Plan" originated from Zhouyi.