Chapter 27 Section 3 The Status of "Sheep"

In Chinese characters, there is a group of characters that use "sheep" as the basic component to breed. It can be seen that sheep, as an important livestock when the ancient animal husbandry developed, was in the minds of ancient Chinese people. What "sheep" shows in the ancient text is the shape of its head: The word "group" should be mentioned at the end of this group, which we think is also very interesting.Its original meaning is a flock of sheep, and then it can generally refer to crowds and masses.Some people think it is a pictophonetic character of "congyangjunsheng", but some people think it is a knowing character of "congjuncongyang".According to the latter explanation, the word "group" refers to a group of tame "sheep" under the rule of the monarch.In China's long-term feudal society, this explanation really spells out the ruler's views and practices towards the masses of the people.