The origin of Wudi place names

The name "Wudi" first appeared in Zuo Zhuan in the Fourth Year of the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, in 656 BC, Guan Zhong of Qi Fachu said to the Chu envoy, "Give me the royal shoes first, east to the sea, west to the river, south to Muling and north to Wudi." Guan Zhong's theory of "four directions" originated in the early Zhou Dynasty, which was named "Wudi". According to records, during the Spring and Autumn Period, there were Wudi Town, Wudi Mountain, Wudi Water and Wudi City in the northern territory of Qi State.

What did the earliest word "Wudi" mean? There is no explanation in the history books about why he was killed by Emperor Wu. 1994, Wudi County Records compiled by Wudi County Records Compilation Committee and published by Qilu Bookstore finally recorded the meaning of Wudi's doubt: "The New Records of Yanshan Mountain compiled by Jia En in the Republic of China was interpreted as" boundless and vast "or" barren land "; After the founding of the People's Republic of China, some people taught "nothing" to get rid of "weeds" and put forward a new view of "being taught by Tang Di Guang". But there is no basis for saying anything. "

The New Records of Yanshan Mountain contains: "Emperor Wudi has no exact description in ancient times, with water and city names attached" and "The Battle of Calling Mausoleum". From Guanzi, there has been the saying of Emperor Wudi. The third is all rivers, seas and mountains, but there is no truth in the ancient Emperor Wu. Take righteousness as an example, it is either a mountain or a mountain. Still "Wudi", endless, endless. Shen Shi is also synonymous with the horn of the sea in Er Ya. Or, if you are innocent, you will not have children. "Jia Enmao believes that' Wudi' has no reasonable explanation. It is not a mountain or a lake with a lot of grass." Wudi ",or different names for vast empty lakes, lakes and cape;" Or desolation.

Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "No, there are no strange characters. Wang Yu said that there is nothing in the northwest. " "Wu Xiao Zhuan wrote" * ","* ",and. From the forest, from the big, the product of the number is also; There are many trees in the forest. "Kangxi Dictionary": "No, Shuowen is also dead. Unfamiliar words, no communication. In the Qin dynasty, you didn't need anything if you needed it. Poetry, books, Spring and Autumn Annals, Book of Rites, Analects of Confucius are used without words, and those who change their prints become nothing. " "No, the strange words in Shuowen are useless at all." Ji Yun has nothing to do with this. Rhyme club, an ancient prose. Borrowing printing means having words but not words. Li Sisi changed his official position to Lin. "

"No" has three meanings. One is relative "nothing", which is expressed by the word "death". I used to, but now I don't. It comes from being. For example, the origin of the place name "Wuxi" was named "Wuxi" because tin was produced in Xishan during the Zhou and Qin Dynasties and dried up in the Han Dynasty. One is now abbreviated as "nothing", which is "absolutely nothing". The most complicated "nothing" is the traditional Chinese character "nothing". The word "nothing" in Shuowen means "abundance". "Nothing" is not nothing, "nothing" is greater than "big" and "nothing" is the biggest. This explanation still exists in many glyphs. For example, the word "Wu" and the word "Wu" under the cursive prefix are barren. Desertification does not mean that there is no grass, nor does it mean that there is no grass at all. On the contrary, being barren means a lot of grass, more than it should be. The word "light" plus "nothing" in the square is the house, and the houses on both sides of the main hall are called "two temples". Liang Biao does not mean that there are no houses on both sides, but that there are many houses on both sides.

It turns out that everything that is large, complex and rich is often represented by "nothing", but today, the word "nothing" only means "nothing" in people's consciousness.

"Land" is easier to explain. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": "De, also. Xiaoya said, Chang De also; Qin Feng preach yue, Tang Di also. It is often the same word as Tang. Bai Di is also called Tang Di. The wind is scattered, and the jade emperor is a genus. " "Ci Hai" said: "Di, Tang Di, deciduous shrub".

Wudi is the territory of nine rivers, and the Yellow River water lingers between Tianjin and Wudi for a long time, creating an ecological environment with dense rivers and lakes, abundant water sources and warm climate. The "Emperor Wu" in the Spring and Autumn Period should not be "boundless" or "barren land", but "lush vegetation" and "widely admired by the Tang Emperor", thus forming the name of "Emperor Wu".

"Zhu Kezhen concluded that for five thousand years, starting from Yangshao culture, the climate in China was generally warm and rainy. Except for the semi-arid areas in the northwest, the climate of the Yellow River Basin is roughly similar to that of the north of the Yangtze River and the south of the Huaihe River, belonging to the tropical climate of North Asia. " "In the plain area north of the ancient Yellow River, there is indeed an ecological environment with dense rivers and lakes, rich water sources, dense forests, many animals and a warm climate. This situation continued until the Tang Dynasty, and great changes began to take place in the Song Dynasty. "

"In the nearly 2,000 years from 5,000 to 3,000 years ago, the eastern foot plain of Taihang Mountain has a warm climate, abundant rainfall and lush plants. At that time, the deciduous broad-leaved forest on the plain was extremely developed. According to the calculation of relevant experts, the average temperature in June 5438+ 10 is 3 ~ 5 degrees higher than it is now, the average temperature in July is 1 ~ 2 degrees higher than it is now, and the annual rainfall is 200 mm more than it is now. "

On March 6th, 2003, archaeologists cleared 34 tombs from the late Shang Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, the Han Dynasty and the Song and Yuan Dynasties at the Yangxin Wu Li site, which is more than 0/0 km southeast of Wudi, and unearthed hundreds of bronzes, jades, porcelain, pottery, bone wares, mussels, Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jia Bu. A large number of cattle, pigs, dogs, fish bones, mussels and antlers were also found in this site, which provided scientific data for restoring the natural landscape of this area 3,000 years ago. According to the preliminary analysis of archaeologists, because a large number of mussels and elk bones have been found here, according to their living habits, we can know that this place should have a subtropical climate in the late Shang Dynasty, and the temperature is much higher than it is now. This is an area with humid climate, numerous lakes and abundant aquatic plants. Most of the mussels unearthed here are mussels, and this place was also a place with dense rivers at that time. In addition, a large number of warm and wet broad-leaved tree species were found in the areas of Ninghe, Baodi and Tangshan on the west coast of Bohai Sea, buried 3.5- 12.7 meters underground. It can be seen that this place is all in the Tang Dynasty, and the original name of "Wudi" came into being, and the subsequent names of city, mountain, water, city and county were all derived from it.