What does the number from 1 to 10 mean?

"One": the beginning of everything, the source of the world. "Shuowen Jiezi" is just the beginning, and the Tao stands in one "; Tao Te Ching "gives birth to one, two, three and everything". For example: the unity of heaven and man, the unity of 99, the seamless, national unity and so on.

"Two": the division of the universe and the dualism of Yin and Yang. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Da Le": "Taiyi gives two instruments, and the two instruments give yin and yang"; I also regard "two" as a lucky number, because "it is a person". For example: two dragons playing with pearls, double happiness.

"Three": nothing more than three, and "three" stands for diversity. Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "Third, the way of heaven and earth is also". There must be a teacher for a threesome, think twice before you act, save three times a day and do nothing but serve three times.

"Four": in all directions, it is safe and steady, so as to conform to the inclusiveness, integrity and harmony of the universe. There are four seasons in a year, four ancient civilizations, Four Treasures of the Study, four great inventions, four outstanding literati in the early Tang Dynasty and four gentlemen among flowers, and so on.

"Five": the intersection of heaven and earth represents the center. The most famous five elements of "Golden Wood Fire, Water and Earth", five tones of "Jiao Gonghui Shangyu" and five mountains of "Southeast and Northwest" have five watches in one night.

"Six": it symbolizes unity and harmony, and there is a saying that twelve places raise six rivers. Nowadays, the overlapping sixes are often used to indicate good luck and smoothness, "66 Universiade". For example, six animals are thriving and listening to the public.

"Seven": stands for integrity and integrates different things together. For example, white light consists of seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. The Big Dipper is a secular desire. The human body has "seven orifices" and there are "seven days" in a week. Music has seven syllables, poetry has seven words, seven unique poems and seven rhythms. There are also seven fairies, cowherd and weaver girl in folklore.

"Eight": the symbol of the harmony and unity of the universe, "Eight Diagrams", the symbol of ancient Yin and Yang studies, and the basic philosophical concept. It is often associated with celebration, reunion and homophonic "getting rich". The Eight Immortals crossed the sea, extending in all directions, magnificent, eight-treasure porridge, eight barren six rivers, stable, and so on.

"Nine": the limit of singular number. The ancients believed that odd numbers were yang and even numbers were yin. In the number of yang, nine is the highest, five is in the middle, and "nine" is a dragon-shaped totem character, so the position of emperor is called "the glory of the ninth five-year plan" One word is Jiujiu, Sanjiu Cold, Jiugong Bagua, "Doubt is that the Milky Way has fallen for nine days", and the homonym takes a very long meaning.

"Ten" means completion, perfection and perfection. According to the concept of Zhouyi, extremes must be reversed, and poverty will change. Then the number "ten" has both extremely auspicious implications and tragic dangers. It may herald perfection, or it may represent heinous crimes and ambush on all sides.

Relevant representative

"Count from one to ten", the most interesting thing should be Shao Yong's poem "Poetry in a Mountain Village": when you go twenty or thirty miles, there are four or five smoke villages, six or seven pavilions and eighty or ninety flowers.

Ingeniously embedding ten figures into a five-character poem with a cross of twenty is naturally simple and catchy, so this poem has also become the enlightenment for children to receive traditional culture education.