The Original Meaning of Witch Language in Witch Culture

Witch, the word has a long history. There is a word "witch" in both Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen. It should be the first batch of characters created by Chinese ancestors. The word "witch" has long been found on the cultural relics unearthed in the Yangtze River basin. Some people have made textual research on the symbols on the pottery pots of Liangzhu culture unearthed in Hucheng Lake, Hao County, Jiangsu Province, and interpreted the four-character symbol as "Wu Yu". There is also the word "witch" on the woodcut unearthed from No.4 tomb in Lingjiatan, Hanshan, Anhui. In ancient China, there was a subtle relationship between sound and meaning. Textual research scholars in Qing dynasty often spend their whole lives studying the relationship between sound groups and meaning groups. Witch, witch, blare, filth, slander, mistake, evil, fog, parting, reading and nonsense are all dark words.

Witches and false communication. In Yang Xiong's The Gentleman of Law in the Han Dynasty, there is a saying that "failure means failure, and people use witchcraft drums". Gui Li noted, "Witch drums are still unbridled. It is better to say that it hurts righteousness than to say it. " Wang's Book of Changes says: "Witches read lies. A fake drum is a fake drum fan. "

In addition, witchcraft and dance are homophones, which may be related to witchcraft movements. Wu's first impression was dancing.

Witch culture is a primitive culture created by human beings in ancient times to adapt to and transform nature in the process of reproduction and social development. It is also the general name of the culture in animism worship period and an ancient culture of human beings. Witch culture combines astronomy and geography, humanistic mathematics, medical divination and astrology, five lines of gossip and ritual entertainment. It interprets China's traditional Taoism, philosophy, rationality, literature and marriage, and permeates and influences Yin-Yang theory, Zhuang-Lao thought, Qu Yuan's poems and Kong Qiu's benevolence and righteousness. It constitutes an important part of the Chinese nation's multi-culture, greatly enriches the treasure house of China's literature and art, religious philosophy, science and technology, and promotes the growth of China culture.

Witches in Oracle Bone Inscriptions's time are the general names of wizards and witches. Later witches are called witches, and wizards are called wizards. Shuowen's explanation for witches is: "Women can do things without dancing." It is said that they can make ghosts and gods possess themselves or see ghosts and gods in other ways. In short, they have the function of communicating with ghosts and gods, which is different from ordinary people. Legend has it that there is a witch who knows the fate of life and death; Before the Yellow Emperor fought, he was asked to use yarrow for divination. According to records, his son Wu Xian became the minister who assisted Wang Yinzu Yi. Theoretically, Zu Ti is far from the age of the Yellow Emperor, and their father and son have a really long life. But since it is a legend, there is no need to be so true; However, one thing is certain, witches had a high status at that time, because they were the most educated people at that time, and they could report human events to ghosts and gods and bring back instructions. But the responsibility is also great. For example, if it doesn't rain, he will take off his clothes and put them in the sun, and even set them on fire, thinking that this will alarm ghosts and gods to rain and save him, and as a result, he will burn a lot; During the Warring States Period, when Ximen Bao was in power, he would swindle witches who harmed the people in the name of the river god and throw them all into the river, saying that it was the application of this ancient law to let them inform the river god. Treating diseases is also a profession of wizards. I thought I was possessed by something. Ask the witch to exorcise evil spirits. Exercise magic by singing and dancing, or muttering strange body movements; Sometimes give the patient some medicine. Witches often take some drugs to get excited before they show their possession of ghosts and gods, because they have to show different madness. These drugs are their accumulated experience from generation to generation, and only they have and dare to use them. It is also necessary to burn cracks in tortoise shells or animal bones during divination. Most people don't burn it, but witches can eat it quickly. They do have some skills that others don't have, so they become professional households who "recruit gods, drive away epidemics, eliminate disasters and eliminate ominous". Witch is their last name.

Yin people especially worshipped ghosts and gods, killed many animals and sacrificed prisoners and slaves, but they were all destroyed by Zhou people in the end. Compared with Zhou people, they didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and doctors began to treat diseases. Witches are not that important. Medicine is differentiated from witchcraft, and it is said that Wu Peng is the founder of medicine.

After Confucianism rose and became orthodox, Zi remained silent about Machamp's confusion, and the social status of witches became low. In addition, some witches (usually women at this time) went in and out of the court, and the traffic dignitaries intervened in the court power struggle, which was severely suppressed after the failed coup. The ambitious family used witchcraft to confuse people and create social unrest, which has always existed since ancient times. The emperor was also wary of such people. On the surface of society, there are not many people who take witchcraft as their profession. However, judging from people's thoughts and behaviors, witchcraft has not decreased, and it has penetrated into people's daily lives. The most common thing is that in the old society, every family had a yellow calendar, in which they recorded when to go out, get married, break ground and make money, and so on, as well as social assistance.

So I used the word witch culture. There are also wizards who take witchcraft as their profession. They may have a bad reputation because they are related to harmful things such as witchcraft, but people actually believe it. Instead of using a witch's name, changing her costume and appearing as a master and master, she is actually practicing witchcraft and can be popular in society. He claims that he can communicate with invisible gods and ghosts, can predict the future, and can bring happiness and misfortune to people. In short, he is an extraordinary psychic, which is their common feature. Grasping this feature, it is not difficult to equate them with scientific armed forces. It's a pity that in China, believing in witchcraft instead of science, but believing in witchcraft because there is no science, has formed a cycle, which is really difficult to break through.