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If you want to parse it.

The word "li tian" in modern Chinese.

It is composed of two parts: "two" and "person".

The character "人" (people) includes the modern character "人" (people) and the oracle bone character "人" (people) from thousands of years ago.

In fact, it just changed some shapes.

It's still essentially the same.

This is a side view of a person.

In fact, this can be considered to be within the scope of Professor Zhou's research.

"An expert once said that the herringbone is the side."

“It is the working people who are working hard with their backs to the sky.”

“That’s why the herringbone is sideways.”

There is some truth to this statement.

This can also be seen in some current paintings.

If you are working in the fields, watch from a distance.

He was indeed hunched over in the field.

After all, our country is a traditional agricultural country.

It is indeed very reasonable to use this method to represent the character "人".

But there is actually another explanation.

Oracle bone script is the writing system of the Shang Dynasty.

However, during the Shang Dynasty, slavery still existed.

The washerwoman sacrifice at that time was very bloody.

If you look at it from a modern perspective.

That is no different from a cult.

What was the most common sacrifice during the Shang Dynasty?

That's right.

Just people.

It is the people who are bound.

In that era, some people were used as sacrifices.

There is no difference between them and cattle and sheep.

So some oracle experts think.

The oracle character for "人" actually represents a tied-up sacrifice.

Curled up on the ground.

Only then did the sideways “人” character appear.

However, such a statement is obviously inconsistent with positive energy and core values.

So this saying did not spread.

Ye Zhen pointed at the oracle bone script of the word “天” and said, “This looks a lot like the oracle bone script of the stickman.

In fact, it also represents one person.

But this is a positive person.

It’s normal for everyone to think that he looks like a stick figure.

Because this is the simplest sketch of a person.

But it’s different from what everyone thinks.

The circle on top of the stickman’s head.

It’s not a human head.”

At this point, some people began to get excited.

This is the alien enthusiast who often appears in Ye Zhen’s show.

They believe in alien religion.

Some alien enthusiasts began to express their opinions in the barrage.

"This oracle bone script of the word 'tian' has a big round head on top."

"You can tell at first glance that this person is not an ordinary human being."

"And this is still related to the word Tian."

"Where do the aliens come from? They come from the sky!"

"So they are celestial beings, and that's why the word 'celestial being' contains the word 'human being'."

"This is the best proof of aliens!"

I have to say that their imaginations are indeed very open.

Some people on the live streaming platform saw such comments.

Some viewers thought what they said made a lot of sense.

"They make a lot of sense."

"It does look alien."

"I remember some primitive cave painting."

“There have been similar patterns before.”

This got some alien enthusiasts excited.

"Could this be related to aliens?"

"Pangu is actually an alien!"

However, Ye Zhen's voice that followed dispelled all their speculation and excitement.

“Why this is a positive one.

Because this depicts a person looking up at the stars.

Standing under the sky.

Nothing could be more understandable than this.

The circle above your head actually represents the sky.

We all know the worldview of our ancient people. The sky is round and the earth is square.

The circle above your head is called the sky."

At this time Si Xiaoping had doubts.

"Is it possible that what's overhead is actually the sun?"

"Because isn't that more graphic?"

"Among many symbols, the round one is usually the sun."

"Isn't this more fitting?"

Just at this time, Professor Zhou spoke.

"Write a word to represent the sun."

Si Xiaoping thought about it and dipped his fingers in the tea.

The word "日" was written on the table.

Professor Zhou nodded, "Not that stupid yet."

“This character for sun originally represented the sun.”

"Do you see the horizontal line in the middle?"

"In ancient Chinese characters, the sun is a circle with a dot in the middle."

“This represents the sun.”

Old Wu also didn’t understand, “Why do we need to put a dot in the middle of the circle to represent the sun?”

"Isn't it usually replaced by radiant light?"

Si Xiaoping had the same question.

This brings us to Professor Zhou’s area of ​​knowledge.

"This brings us to our country's exaggerated astronomy."

"Our ancient people even observed things like sunspots."

“And it was recorded in detail in the log.”

This time it was Si Xiaoping and Old Wu's turn to be shocked.

You know, there's this thing called sunspots.

It is only after the development of various astronomical observations by modern humans.

Only then did I realize that there are things like sunspots on the sun.

But our ancient people already knew it.

"So this point is the finishing touch." Professor Zhou looked at the shocked expressions of Old Wu and Si Xiaoping.

I couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.

Professor Zhou took a sip of tea with a smile, and he finally felt a bit of Ye Zhen’s happiness.

The audience heard the concept of the round earth and square sky.

Any Chinese audience will understand it immediately.

Foreign audiences were confused.

Why is the sky round?
They don't understand such a concept.

But Ye Zhen immediately said.

“But if you look at it, the character for ‘天’ in the oracle bone script starts to change.

From a circle at the beginning, it began to become separated.

You can see that the character "天" goes through a separation process.

In the end, it became separated into upper and lower parts.

One horizontal line on top and one on the bottom.

But there is a vertical link in the middle.

Just like the character “工”.

Later on, this vertical line also disappeared.

The two horizontal lines above the person separated directly, completely turning into the shape of "two".

In oracle bone script, do you know what this horizontal stroke represents? "

After Ye Zhen finished speaking, he drew the word "mountain" on the small white board.

Everyone listened with great interest.

Especially domestic audiences.

This is integrated into our daily life.

Words are something that matters to you no matter what industry you are in.

There will be contact more or less.

But our most common characters actually have such an interesting history.

This is something that everyone didn't know before.

Especially some children, those who are just learning to speak.

Normally when the teacher teaches, they find it very boring.

But after Ye Zhen's analysis, they felt that every word seemed to have life.

They came alive before them one by one.

Ye Zhen once again drew the word "mountain" as if he was painting a picture.

Ye Zhen doesn't need to explain this time.

Foreigners also noticed it.

“Isn’t this what a mountain looks like?”

"Ah? So this is how the Chinese word for mountain came about?"

“This is too graphic.”

Domestic audiences can see it at a glance.

They also know why the word "mountain" is written like this.

“It turns out that the character ‘山’ really means mountain.”

“Is this the charm of our Chinese characters?” (End of this chapter)