This is What the Ancients Used to Say!
by Xu Hui
About This Novel
"This is what the ancients said!" ", Takes you into the mysterious world of ancient Chinese language from a new perspective - for example, what did the ancients call themselves? How to address others? What do men call women, and how do women call themselves? What did the ancients call slaves? What did the ancients call death? Also, how did the ancients curse people? ... The book contains many unexpected knowledge points: "I" was originally a weapon, and "consort" was originally an official position; "daughter" originally referred to a boy, and "Quanzi" was Sima Xiangru's nickname; "pearl in the palm" first referred to a lover, and "budai" turned out to be a mocking term for a son-in-law; "the posture of Puliu" was originally a man's self-effacing remarks, and "po melon" has nothing to do with sexual intercourse; "three eight" comes from the Mandarin of the Central Plains...
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