Why do you say that sheep have a bad life?

I think some words can be passed down from generation to generation, after all, there are reasons for its existence. Like China's writings and foreign bibles, these are the treasures left by our ancestors.

Next, I want to analyze the "sheep" (including "ten sheep and nine imperfections") from five aspects: ancient Chinese characters, Buddhist scriptures, Bible, folklore and history:

Before analyzing, I want to answer the landlord's question-"supplementary question: the problem is that there is nothing wrong with being a sheep, but his relatives are too confused."

Why is this happening? Because the folk say that "ten sheep are not complete", it is not that there is anything wrong with the people who belong to the sheep, but that the life of the sheep is not good. Nine out of ten people have incomplete families, parents who are not young, or widowed halfway, or childless. Therefore, for this reason, it is taboo for some people to be sheep. Some couples can't avoid having children in the Year of the Sheep and don't disclose their sheep to the outside world. They either add one year to their horses or subtract one year from their monkeys.

The next thing we want to know is, is this true? Is "sheep" really bad? If so, why does the zodiac have a special place for sheep?

First of all, let's analyze from China's words. The word sheep is a hieroglyphic, which can be combined with many words. So what word can it form?

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I believe everyone knows these words, right?

Sheep are auspicious. Later it was called "Xiang".

Comments: It is an auspicious word, and the word "auspicious" in later generations comes from the word "sheep". Before the word "auspicious" came into being, the word "auspicious" was written as "auspicious sheep"

There is also a folklore about sheep. Legend has it that Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, had a strange dream when he was a pavilion leader: in the dream, he chased a big sheep and finally caught up with it with great effort. In the process of subduing the sheep, he pulled out his horn and pulled off his tail. After waking up from a dream, Liu Bang was puzzled and told several old people about the dream. After analysis, the elders told Liu Bangdao that what they saw in their dreams was a sign of good luck. Because "sheep" is the word "king" from the corner to the end. Sure enough, Liu Bang was king before Xiang Yu, and later wiped out the nation and established the Han Dynasty, which had a far-reaching impact on the world. It is impossible to know whether the dream is true or not, but it can be seen that "sheep" is an auspicious omen.

Xiang Xiang is auspicious.

Comment: pictophonetic characters are expressed beside the shape and sheep are beside the sound. Using the word "sheep" to create the word "auspicious" (please refer to the word "sheep") proves that "sheep" is auspicious again.

Soup is a juicy food, which consists of five flavors mixed with meat or vegetables.

Comments: "Tang" is a knowing word, which consists of "lamb" and "beauty". The meat of the ancients was mainly mutton, so the words "mutton" and "beauty" were used to mean that meat was delicious. Using mutton to express delicacy, rather than other animals, proves that sheep is closely related to people's lives in ancient times and proves the important position of sheep in the eyes of the ancients.

Beauty měi Original meaning: delicious.

Comment: Know the word. According to the glyph of ancient inscriptions, "beauty" consists of "sheep" and "big". Because the ancients used sheep as their main non-staple food, fat sheep tasted delicious, that is, "big (fat) sheep was beautiful." Mutton, like the word "soup", is used to express delicacy, but not other animals, which proves that sheep is closely related to people's lives in ancient times and proves the important position of sheep in the eyes of the ancients. In modern literature, "beauty" is a commendatory term, and its meaning has also expanded from "delicious" to "beautiful appearance" and "beautiful voice". It can be seen that people's love for "beauty" and "sheep" has increased day by day for thousands of years.

The original meaning of Jiang jiāng is "Jiang Shui", the name of Jiang.

Comments: pictophonetic characters, sheep beside the sound (the upper part of the word "Jiang"). Which river is Jiang Shui? According to the ancient book Zhu? "Wei Shui" records that "Qi Shui crosses the river for the city" (that is, around "Baoji" today). In the ancient book Guoyu, Jiang Shui was recorded as "the Yellow Emperor made Ji Shui and Yan Di made it", that is to say, an ancestor of China ("Yan Di" in The Descendants of the Yellow Emperor refers to Yan Di Shennong and "Huang" refers to Huang Di Xuanyuan), and Yan Di (Shennong) rose in. Therefore, Jiang Shui can be considered as one of the mother rivers. Using the word "sheep" to create this word proves that "sheep" is auspicious, kind and important.

The original meaning of good shàn is auspiciousness.

Comment: Know the word. According to the ancient inscriptions on bronze, the word "good" consists of the word "sheep" and two characters. Two people (two words) say "sheep" in unison, and the word "good" means "good luck", which further shows that "sheep" is a symbol of good luck.

The original meaning of righteousness: justice, benevolence, just morality, behavior or truth.

Comments: The traditional Chinese character of "Yi" is "Yi" (with the word "sheep" above and the word "I" below), which belongs to the knowing word. The word "I" means etiquette, and the word "sheep" is a sacrificial animal. Sacrifice is a very sacred and important activity. Sacrificing to God and ancestors is enough to prove the sacredness, auspiciousness, beauty and importance of "sheep".

The original meaning of disease is trouble. Modern meaning: disease.

Comment: There is also a "sheep" on the word "disease" (beside the sound of the word "disease"). Does this prove that "sheep" is bad? Don't! Please note that the original meaning of the word "disease" is "worry", and now it means "disease". Here is the word "heart", which proves that "disease" (bad thing) is a knot in one's heart and always thinks about bad places.

The Buddha said that "the environment is created by the heart and the phase is born by the heart" is very Zen.

It's also a glass of water. Some people say there is only half a cup left, others say there is still half a cup left.

It is also a place without shoes, and some shoe dealers are disappointed because people there don't wear shoes and there is no market; Some shoe factories return to China with full profits because the market there is blank and has never been developed, and there is a great demand for shoes.

Therefore, the "sheep" itself is not at fault, nor does it represent a bad thing. On the contrary, it is only a symbol of auspiciousness, holiness and beauty. Only when people think about it in a bad place and associate it with bad things will there be so much unhappiness and negativity.

However, there is still a problem. Since "ten sheep are incomplete" is passed down by word of mouth, it must be groundless and there is a reason.

In this regard, I consulted some information:

1. Before the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was no such thing as "ten sheep and nine imperfections". On the contrary, in history, sheep's life is considered to be a symbol of stability, wealth and beauty.

2. "Ten sheep and nine imperfections" is a political strategy to overthrow Empress Dowager Cixi. Because Empress Dowager Cixi (born in the 15th year of Daoguang, that is, 1835) is a sheep, in order to overthrow her, people began to claim that she was a sheep, which caused a mental blow to her.

3. In real life, especially in ancient times, sheep had the guarantee of providing services for people's lives. First of all, from the perspective of sheep's body, sheepskin and wool are both treasures and important things for people to keep warm. Mutton is a necessity on people's table, even sheep manure is not useless, and it is also a good fertilizer for people to farm. Secondly, sheep's temper is relatively docile and will not cause harm to people; Of course, tigers are also full of treasures, but people have to pay a huge price (even life) to get tigers. Thirdly, the cost of raising sheep is relatively low. Sheep eat grass and provide delicious mutton for human beings. It can be seen that sheep are suitable for human feeding and indispensable in human life. In the process of feeding, people slaughter and treat useful sheep at any time according to actual needs. Old sheep are killed to keep warm in winter, and lambs are killed because the meat is tender and beautiful, so it is difficult for sheep to enjoy family happiness. This is the source of "ten sheep and nine imperfections". It can be seen that the origin of the saying "ten sheep are incomplete" is a summary of the harm people have encountered in the sheep family. This far-fetched reference to human life is obviously wrong and unfounded.

In order to further illustrate this problem, some scholars have investigated the family members of sheep, monkey and dragon respectively, and found that there is nothing unusual or bad about the family members of sheep.

There is a proverb "sheep and goats" in the Bible, which means "good people and bad people". The Bible requires us to "separate sheep from goats", that is, to separate good people from bad people. In Chairman Mao's words, it means "take its essence and discard its dross".

Sheep can be divided into good and bad, and knowledge handed down from ancient times can be divided into essence and dross. We should learn from Lu Xun's "takenism". If it is good, let it stay; If it is bad, let it stop from our hands!

I heard that sneezing may be because others are thinking about you or scolding you. If it is neither, you should see a doctor or take medicine.

In other words, the same thing and the same result, whether good or bad, are all due to various karma. It's like sneezing. It's not necessarily someone who scolds you. On the contrary, maybe someone who loves you is thinking about you.

I sympathize with what happened to the landlord. I don't know the details and reasons of the landlord's family affairs, but I prefer to believe that the deceased traveled because their family and friends in heaven missed them, not because someone in the family was a sheep.

I know many people who belong to the sheep, and their family and friends are very predestined. I hope the landlord will cheer up and have a happy, safe and happy New Year! Everything goes well in the future and live a happy life from now on! I hope that after reading this article, netizens will forward this article to those friends who are worried about bad sheep and tell them that sheep are auspicious. As long as there is sunshine in their hearts, they and their families will live a happy and beautiful life!

note:

1. Some information comes from books and the Internet.

2. If you need to query the bronze inscriptions used in ancient Chinese characters, you can query them on "Han Dian Net"-/

3. The attached picture shows Xue's "Three Sheep Open Thailand".

Sanyang Kaitai is "Sanyang Kaitai". The Book of Changes takes the first month as the Thai hexagram. The ancients believed that it was born when the yin gradually moved away from the yang. The winter solstice in November of the lunar calendar has the shortest day, and the days are getting longer and longer. Therefore, people think that winter solstice is a "one-yang destiny", December is a "two-yang destiny" and the first month is a "three-yang destiny". "Three sheep open Thailand" means winter goes and spring comes, which means auspiciousness. It is used to praise the beginning of a year or to imply good luck. At the beginning of the new year, it is an auspicious word for people to wish each other. Now you should believe in science, there is no need to be suspicious, believe this and that! Stay optimistic, your destiny is in your own hands, as long as you are willing to work hard, you are fearless!