What are the words that denote letters, and what are the idioms of letters?

In ancient China, there is a difference between letters, which refers to letters, and letters refer to people. It was later that the book was called an epistle. In other words, what is known in modern times as epistles was commonly referred to as "books" in ancient times.

Famous letters such as Sima Qian's "Book of Reporting to Ren'an". In modern Chinese, "shu" still retains the meaning of "letter", such as "family letter". The other names of ancient letters are introduced as follows:

Jane: Before the invention of papermaking, people used to use bamboo pieces cut into long and narrow pieces as writing materials, calling them bamboo slips.

牍: Thin and small pieces of wood used for writing in ancient times, when the Han Dynasty strung together to write the words, the width of the edict was not more than 3 feet, and the width of the general letter was not more than 1 foot, so the letter was called the ruler.

Cambodia: In ancient times, it was used with "Jane", which is a general term for letters, business cards, stickers, etc., such as invitations, congratulatory cards, and letters.

Su: In ancient times, white silk was called Su. Letters written on white silk (or silk) were called "rulers", and later "su" became synonymous with letters.

Notes: Originally a small piece of exquisite bamboo, used by people to write poems or paint. Generally, stationery is also called a note, and later extended to the name of a letter.

Letter: Originally referred to as the envelope of the letter. In ancient times, the wooden box used to send credit was called a letter. Later called letters are letters, such as letters, letters, official letters, etc.

札: In ancient times, it referred to letters, public and private documents. Originally meant to be a small wooden tablet used for writing in ancient times, the word "letter" is still commonly used.

The above aliases are all related to the materials of China's ancient ** credit. In addition, ancient letters have some other names. The ancient legend that Hong Yan can pass on the book, this allusion comes from the "Hanshu Su Wu Biography":

Yan Tianzi shot into the forest, got geese, enough to have a silk book, and Yan Wu and others were in a certain Ze. Therefore, Hongyan was used as a substitute for the letter.

Carp also refers to letters, this allusion comes from the Han Yuefu poem "Drinking Horses Great Wall Cave Travel": "Guests come from afar, leave me double carp, Hu'er cooks carp, there is a ruler book." There are several ways to refer to the letter as a carp, one is called "double fish", such as the Song people's "Butterfly Loves Flowers":

The butterfly goes to the warbler and flies nowhere to ask, across the water from the high-rise building, looking at the broken Pisces letter. The other is called "double carp", Liu Yuxi's "Luozhong Sends Cui Siye": "Acacia looks at Huaishui, and double carp should not be thin."

Han Yu's poem "Sending Lu Tong" also has the verse "More Dispatch Commander Must Deliver to Double Carp". Some are directly said to be "fish books", and the Tang Dynasty poet Wei Gao's "Remembering the Jade Flute": "The Yangtze River does not see the fish book, and it is like Qin to send lovesickness."

Because carp is often used instead of letters, so the ancients often knot letters into carp shapes, Han Yuefu poems have "the ruler is like the remnant snow, forming a double carp, to know the heart, look at the book in the curtain".

The bookbox also refers to the letter, which originally refers to the mailbox containing the letter, and the ancient letter is often found to be a bamboo or wooden tube after it is written. In Li Bai's poems, there is a sentence of "peach and bamboo book, Qixiuwen". Later, the bookhouse also became synonymous with letters.

For example, there is such a sentence in Song Zhaofan's poem: "But I am afraid that Hengyang has no geese, and the booklet is not troublesome." ”

The Eight Elements Book is also a synonym for the letter book. In the old days, letters were eight lines per page, so they were called eight-line books. "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Dou Zhang" Li Xian's note quotes Ma Rong's "Book with Dou Zhang":

Meng Lingnu came, gave the book, and saw the handwriting ......Although the book is two pages, the paper has eight lines and seven characters. Wen Tingyun said: "Eight Elements Book, a Thousand Miles of Dreams, Wild Goose Flying South." ”

[Hongyan Biography]: Hongyan: Wild goose. It is used to refer to correspondence.

Yellow ear sent a book]: Yellow ear: dog name; Book: Epistle. Huang Er delivers a letter to his master. Refers to the delivery of family letters.

Sending a Wild Goose to Convey a Book]: Refers to the delivery of letters.

Jiang Gan steals books]: Jiang Gan: A character in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Jiang Gan stole the letter and returned to Cao Ying to kill his general. The metaphor of someone else's counter-plot.

Longtou Yinxin]: refers to a letter sent to or from a distant place.

Presumptuous speech, insulting to clear listening]: Clear listening: It is an honorific for the obedient. The humility commonly used in the letter indicates that he is straightforward, and the recipient of the letter is asked to understand

Eyes Broken Scales]: Scales: Fish and geese, figurative letters. Describes the desire to pierce the eyes and the hope that the letter will come.

Letter to the Family]: A letter that reports the safety of the family.

Bluebird Messenger]: Refers to the messenger who delivers letters.

Books are not exhaustive]: books: letters. It is difficult to fully express its meaning in the letter. Later, it is often used as an idiom at the end of the letter.

The book is not satisfactory]: It means that it is difficult to fully convey the meaning of the text. Later, it is often used as an idiom at the end of the letter.

The book is not exhaustive, the words are not exhaustive]: the book: the letter. It is difficult to fully express its meaning in the letter. It refers to the fact that it is not easy for language and writing to express the content of ideas completely and accurately.

Stopping the clouds and setting the moon]: It expresses the nostalgia for relatives and friends (in the old days, it was mostly used in letters).

Words are inexhaustible]: Affection is tortuous and far-reaching, and it is difficult to express all of it in words. It is often used at the end of an epistle to indicate that the meaning of what is said has not been expressed.

The geese go to the fish]: correspondence. Geese and fish are all metaphors for letters.

Yan Su Yu Note]: refers to an epistle.

Goose Foot Biography]: Wild goose: wild goose; Book: Epistle. Geese can deliver letters.

Goose foot book]: Wild goose: wild goose; Book: Epistle. Geese can deliver letters.

[Cast on Hong Qiao] Hong Qiao: A native of the Jin Dynasty, his surname is Yin Mingxian, and his name is Hong Qiao. The metaphor is the loss of the epistle.

The metaphor is that the letter is incomprehensible and the message is cut off.

The fish sinks and the goose is a metaphor for the incommunicability of the letter and the cut off of the message.

The fish sinks and the goose is misty] is a metaphor for the incommunicability of letters and the cut off of letters.

Fish Shen Yan Jing] is a metaphor for the incommunicability of letters and the cutting off of letters.

Eyes Broken Scales]: Scales: Fish and geese, figurative letters. Describes the desire to pierce the eyes and the hope that the letter will come.

Yushu Yanxin] refers to letters in general.

Fish intestine goose foot] refers to the epistle in general.

Yushu Yan Ti] refers to letters in general.

Yushu Yan Silk refers to letters in general.

Fish Note Goose Book] refers to letters in general.

Fish Seal Goose Post] refers to letters in general.

Ichtaenterin] refers to letters.

Yan Su Yu Note]: refers to an epistle.

Fish Ruler Element] Ruler Element: In ancient times, it was written on silk silk, usually one foot long, so it was called a letter. Refers to the delivery of letters.

Sending a Wild Goose to Convey a Book]: Refers to the delivery of letters.

River Fish and Wild Goose] Ancient legend that fish and geese can transmit letters, and later used it to refer to those who transmit letters.

Longtou Yinxin]: refers to a letter sent to or from a distant place.

The book is not satisfactory]: It means that it is difficult to fully convey the meaning of the text. Later, it is often used as an idiom at the end of the letter.

Butterflies flutter among flowers. It is a metaphor for a man and a woman who brokers or delivers letters.

Bao Tho: Pubao, refers to a gift, and by extension, bribe; Pole: Bamboo slips are books, referring to letters, and here specifically referring to the letters. It refers to carrying gifts and letters to visit people. Refer to the line hui to entrust.

The correspondence was cut off, and there was no news at all.

The geese go to the fish]: correspondence. Geese and fish are all metaphors for letters.

The Book of Letters. Ancient writing with wooden tablets, the letter of the Jane long ruler, so called.

Broken feathers and scales] Broken Letters. Feathered scales, like fish and geese.

Books are not exhaustive]: books: letters. It is difficult to fully express its meaning in the letter. Later, it is often used as an idiom at the end of the letter.

Stopping the clouds and setting the moon]: It expresses the nostalgia for relatives and friends (in the old days, it was mostly used in letters).

Words are inexhaustible]: Affection is tortuous and far-reaching, and it is difficult to express all of it in words. It is often used at the end of an epistle to indicate that the meaning of what is said has not been expressed.

Yellow Ear Biography] Yellow Ear: Dog name; Book: Epistle. The yellow dog passes the book back and forth for the master. The post-figurative transmission of family letters.

Heaps] Heaps: Piles. Case: Desk. Official documents, letters, books, etc. are piled up on the desk. Originally referred to a large backlog of diplomas awaiting processing. The latter also refers to a large number of books or written materials.

Represented by Hongyan, carp, Shujian, Baxingshu, Jian, Mo, Cambodia, Su, Note, Letter, Za, etc.

In ancient China, letters were different, books referred to letters, letters referred to people, and later books were generally called letters, in other words, the modern letters were commonly referred to as "books" in ancient times. The other names of the ancient epistles are described as follows:

1. Hong Yan: The ancient legend that Hong Yan can pass on the book, the allusion comes from the "Book of Han": "Yan Tianzi shot into the forest, got the goose, enough to tie the silk book, Yan Wu and so on in a certain Ze." Later, Hongyan was used as a substitute for the letter.

2. Carp: This allusion comes from the poem "Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Caves" of Han Yuefu: "The guest came from afar, leaving me a double carp, Hu'er cooking carp, and there is a ruler book."

There are several theories about the carp as the name of the letter, such as "double fish", "double carp", "fish book", etc., and the ancient people often knotted the letters in the shape of a carp.

3. Book Jane: Book Jane originally refers to the mailbox of the letter, after the ancient letter is written, it is often found that a bamboo tube or wooden tube is packed and then sent, and later the book tube has become the name of the letter.

4. Eight-line book: In the old days, letters were eight lines per page, so it was called eight-line book.

5. Jane: Before the invention of papermaking, China used to cut into a long and narrow bamboo piece as a writing material, people called this kind of bamboo piece Jane, and the bamboo piece used to write letters was called bamboo Jane.

6. 牍: The thin and small pieces of wood used for writing in ancient times are called 牍, when the Han Dynasty strung together to write the simple and the 牍, the width of the edict law is not more than three feet, and the width of the general letter is not more than one foot, so the letter is called the ruler.

7. Cambodia: In ancient times, Cambodia and Jane were used together, and they were collectively referred to as letters, business cards, and posts, such as invitations, congratulatory cards, and books.

8. Prime: In ancient times, white silk was called prime. Letters written on white silk (or silk) were called "rulers", and later "su" became synonymous with letters.

9. Note: The paper was originally a beautiful piece of small talk back to the bamboo, for people to inscribe poems or paint, and the general letter paper is also called the note, and later extended to the pronoun of the letter.

10. Letter: The letter originally refers to the envelope of the letter. In ancient times, the letter was mailed in a wooden box, which was called a letter, and later called a letter a letter, such as a letter, a letter, an official letter, etc.

11.札: 札 in ancient times refers to the letter Henghu, public and private documents, 札 originally meant a small wooden tablet used for writing in ancient times, and the word "letter 札" is still commonly used.