Interpretation of semantic words

The meaning of this word is as follows:

The word "Yi" first appeared in Shang Dynasty Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Shang Dynasty inscriptions, and its ancient glyph is like a serrated long-handled weapon with ornamentation. This weapon is a ritual vessel used in various ceremonies. Later, it was used as a metaphor for etiquette and dignity, and extended to the root of moral and ethical principles. Also means justice, used as a modifier.

This also refers to the unified and appropriate interpretation and meaning of things or words, and from the appropriate and reasonable extension refers to the appropriate connection and friendship between people in feelings, words and deeds. Righteousness also refers to nominal.

Etymological evolution

Recognize Chinese characters and pictophonetic characters. Sheep is one of the common sacrifices in ancient times. In the concept of the ancients, sheep can indeed become a symbol of beauty and goodness. Therefore, the original meaning of the word "Yi" is a sacrificial ceremony. "I" is a phonetic symbol here (the ancient sounds "Yi" and "I" belong to the phonetic part of the mother tongue), which means that the pronunciation is close to this. You can also think that "I" is the victim.

"I" originally refers to a weapon with angular and serrated blades, and later refers to myself as a first-person pronoun. "I" originally refers to a weapon with a long handle. This weapon is not very useful on the battlefield, but it can be used in the honor guard. Therefore, in the tribal ancestor worship, in addition to the sheep's head, there are warriors holding "I" as a guard of honor.

The "sheep" and "I" to which "I" belongs share a vertical painting, like a trumpet-shaped decoration above "I". The word "righteousness" with "sheep" on the top and "me" on the bottom is used for "ceremony". The original meaning of "righteousness" is dignity and etiquette.

Sacrificial ceremony is only a kind of etiquette, and it is the object of choice when creating words, so it is used to express all etiquette. "Zuo Zhuan Zhuang Gong Twenty-three Years": "The order of the DPRK is handsome and young." Wang's "Spring and Autumn Zuozhuan" quoted Wang Niansun as saying: "Righteousness, reading is the instrument."

Shen Yucheng translated: "Hajj is a ceremony to correct the arrangement of titles and follow the order of young and old." In ancient books, the original meaning of "righteousness" was prestige, and later it gave way to "qi". "One" is a post-differentiated word of "one". "Yi" has a proper meaning, and this usage is borrowed from "Yi". The Book of Rites, The Doctrine of the Mean, says, "Righteousness is appropriate." According to the Book of Rites: "The fittest is suitable for this. Those who remember the Tao are also. "

Mencius even thought that when it comes to profit, it will inevitably hurt righteousness. China people have a tradition of valuing righteousness over profit since ancient times. Because of this, the word "righteousness" in Chinese has been endowed with beautiful meanings such as "decency", "justice" and "justice", and even has lofty meanings such as "the basis of moral quality and ethical principles", which has become one of the important symbols of Chinese traditional virtues.