What do you think of the weight of the scale? I'm talking about the yellow star above. What does it stand for? A star. Two stars. There are still a few stars, all of which are meaningful. Tell me in d

What do you think of the weight of the scale? I'm talking about the yellow star above. What does it stand for? A star. Two stars. There are still a few stars, all of which are meaningful. Tell me in detail. [Go to the blog of Qingqingziyou]:

A few days ago, I chatted with several old people in the community and said that it is very common for small vendors and vendors in the market to be short of two pounds and 20% less business. Buying things at home is only more than seven taels, and there is no fairness and conscience at all. An elderly man said: "In the past, the scales on the traditional steelyard were very particular, and short weight would cost you your life."

The steelyard is a great invention of China people, which can be called "national quintessence". The scale consists of several parts: first, the scale has a scale at its thick end, and the whole scale is inlaid with a scale star; The second is weight; The third is scale.

Weighing, also called "weight", is based on Xuanyuan constellation, which belongs to the stars and is the god of thunderstorms. The balance beam is called the "scale", which symbolizes the constellation Wei Zi, hence the word "weighing".

According to legend, the traditional wooden scale in China was invented by Lu Ban using the lever principle. He carved 13 stars on the scale according to the Big Dipper and the Southern Dipper. Each little star stands for 1, and each big star stands for 1. Set it to 13. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he added the "Fu Lushou" three stars to the scale, which was exactly sixteen stars, and changed it to 16 Jin (until the 1950s, the country unified the scale to 10 Jin for the convenience of calculation).

When doing business, businessmen hold scales in their hands to remind them to be observant. When the scale was lifted, the first thing he saw was the fixed star, reminding the businessman to weigh his conscience. No matter what business you do, you must be short of gold and gold. If you give one or two less, you will lose one star, but China's traditional idea is that stars directly affect people's life span. In the old days, business ethics paid attention to honesty, and selling goods deducted one or two to reduce happiness; Deduct two or two, happiness and wealth are gone; If you deduct three Liang, you will lose your happiness, wealth and longevity. Warn merchants in this way that they must buy and sell fairly. Therefore, in the past, there was a folk saying that "the scales are full of good people, and the scales are full of good people" (after the reform and opening up, people no longer have this taboo, as long as they can earn money, they will be exempted from all crimes).

China's traditional culture tells us that we should buy and sell fairly and make money wisely. Therefore, the scale is considered as a symbol of integrity, selflessness and aboveboard in people's minds. Zhuge Liang once said, "My heart is like a scale, and I can't be arrogant with others." This sentence has transcended the commercial market and sublimated to the height of personality and morality.

But now quite a few people seem to have got rid of the shackles of traditional ideas long ago. As long as they can take advantage of the money, it doesn't matter if they scold him for having no children.

How pathetic!