Everywhere You Go Is Auspicious

Ji, a knowing word. The part above the character "" (Picture A) in Oracle Bone Inscriptions (Picture A1) is originally a simplified form of Picture (A2). Picture (A2) shows the shape of a tall bowl called "dou" (Picture A3) used to hold food in ancient times, filled with food for ancestors and gods. The "" (Fig. A4) below the character "", as a component of a character, could mean steps, thrones, altar tables, thresholds, etc. In ancient times. Judging from the formation of the whole word "": putting food full of "beans" (Picture A2) on the altar table (Picture A4) means that there is something auspicious for the family. Therefore, the original meaning of the word "" is "auspicious". Picture (B) is still oracle bone inscriptions, but the "beans" and "food" in picture (A1) have been realized into the shapes of picture (B1). This "ji" character developed to the bronze inscription stage of picture (C), and even changed picture (B1) into the shape of picture (C1). Therefore, Xiaozhuan of the Qin Dynasty (Figure D) and official script of the Han Dynasty (Figure E) inherited the form of bronze inscriptions, and later developed into the regular script character "" (Figure F). Nowadays, it is simplified to write ""

Once you write the meaning, you only write the form. A clear view of superiority and inferiority.