The Source Implication of Witch Image

The origin of witch characters means that the earliest characters appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. The original intention was that the ancients said that they could dance the gods.

1, Introduction

Witch (pinyin: wū) is a kind of words (commonly used words) in the General Standard of Chinese. This word first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, and its original meaning was the person who could dance to bring down the spirits in ancient times. Witches in ancient times also practiced medicine, so witches also meant doctors. The existing meaning of wizard, witch, etc. Witches are also used as surnames.

2. The origin of characters

The word "witch" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions consists of two I-shaped components, like ancient measuring tools. It is said to be a hieroglyph of the instruments used by ancient wizards when casting spells, which means to emphasize ingenious thinking. Wizards associated with gods in ancient tribes prayed to God with magical instruments to eliminate disasters. The word "witch" in the bronze inscription has not changed.

The word "witch" changed greatly during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The upper and lower short transverse directions extend left and right, and the middle long transverse direction is folded out from the middle. Together with the original left and right short vertical direction, it was transformed into a ""shape on both sides of the middle vertical direction.

The left and right sides of the word "work" in the seal script have become the shapes of two "people". These two people seem to be dancing, indicating that the witch invited the gods with physical movements. Therefore, Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi thinks that witches are "the same as workers", which is based on the word "witch" in Biography.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions's "bow" has a T-shaped handle at the upper part and a blade similar to a knife and axe at the lower part, which can be used for cutting. So "witch" has nothing to do with "work" Official script and regular script are both inherited from seal script, but changed to two people.

Some people think that the word "witch" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is formed by the intersection of two non-Nuo schools, and its meaning should be similar to that of non-Nuo schools. Oracle Bone Inscriptions's "non-harmony", when it comes to "non-harmony", the upper and lower horizontal lines represent heaven and earth respectively, and the middle vertical line represents the connection between heaven and earth, and the whole meaning is the person who communicates with the God of heaven and earth. People who can communicate with heaven and earth were nothing but witches in ancient times.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions and the word "witch" are just the intersection of the word "Ren", which means connecting heaven and earth. Vertical communication is heaven and earth, and horizontal communication is four directions.

From the original meaning of "witch", we can see that only those who can communicate with heaven and earth can engage in this profession. Ancient diviners, also known as wizards, were people who specialized in divination. Witch, originally a general term for male and female wizards, was later called witch, and wizards were called "wizards".