Separation and interpretation of autumn words

The separation and explanation of Qiu's ci;

In autumn, the word "fire" on the left and the word "grain" on the right constitute the word "autumn", which is a modern simplified Chinese character in autumn. In fact, the word "autumn" of Xiao Zhuan is also composed of this glyph.

Next to "He", the mature scene of "Autumn" is highlighted, but the autumn of Xiao Zhuan is different from today's autumn characters. Xiao Zhuan moved "fire" and "harmony" to the left, and "harmony" to the right, so Shuo Wen Jie Zi said: "Autumn, five grains are ripe." That is, when the crops are ripe, it means a bumper harvest.

In ancient times, our ancestors used the method of burning fields. After the autumn harvest, they set fire to the grassland to prepare for the next year's farming. There is another saying about "fire". The "fire in July" in the Book of Songs refers to the sunset of Mars at dusk, the weather is getting colder and autumn is coming. The word "autumn" stands for Mars, next to the word "fire".

It makes sense to use fire to start a prairie fire or "July fire" to represent the "fire" in autumn, depending on which statement you are more willing to accept.

The font of "Autumn" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions

In fact, to analyze the most primitive image of Chinese characters, it is best to find its earliest font. Oracle Bone Inscriptions's "autumn" shape is a cricket with both form and spirit, with long tentacles and thick hind legs, vivid image and realistic modeling.

What does autumn have to do with crickets? Let's look for the answer from the Book of Songs. In the Book of Songs, I called the wind in July (or B or N). I said, "In May, I moved my stock, and in June, I put up my feathers.

I was outdoors in July, at home in August and September, and crickets came under my bed in October. "Insects sing in autumn, it's cold, and crickets sing, so ancient ancestors understood crickets as a symbol of autumn. So the word "autumn" is cricket!