Chapter 11 Chapter nine

The representative color and clothing of Gaokang University Gao Kangda’s representative colors are white and blue. As I have read above, his father’s intention is to let people realize that these two colors represent heavenly happiness, because in his opinion, white symbolizes joy, happiness, Comfortable and comfortable, blue symbolizes things in the sky. I think you will laugh at the old alcoholic when you read this, thinking that he described colors too arbitrarily and casually, and you will say that white represents faith and blue represents fortitude.But don't get excited, angry, angry, impatient (because anger is too dangerous), I just ask you, if you like, to answer me a few questions.In no way am I putting pressure on you, nor on anyone, whoever he is.I just ask a sentence or two.

Who is exciting you?Who is provoking you?Who told you that white symbolizes faith and blue symbolizes fortitude?A little book, you must say, that is sold at any book-stand, entitled The Colors of Heraldry.Who made it?Never mind who he is, he's smart enough not to put his name on the book.Still, I don't know what I should appreciate about him, his arrogance or his ignorance. His arrogance is that without reason, without basis, without any reason, he dares to arbitrarily formulate the meaning of color symbols based on his own opinion. This is completely despotism. He wants to take his decision as the truth. The attitude of sages and scholars, sages and scholars openly give reasons to satisfy readers.

His folly and ignorance is to think that without sufficient explanation and argument, other people will make their own coat of arms in accordance with his foolish proposition. Of course (as the saying goes: "A man with diarrhea has no shit in his ass."), he will meet a few stupid people left over from the "high hat" era who believe what he writes and write according to his words. own mottos and inscriptions; devised saddles for chariots and horses, livery for servants, patterns of breeches, embroidery for gloves, fringes for bed-borders; Tricks, secretly slander chaste women.

Such stupid people include dignitaries in the court and people who change their names randomly. They draw a "ball" to symbolize "hope"②, use a bird's "feather" to represent "pain"③, and "funnel vegetables" to represent "Depressed" ④, "moon winding" means "rich life" ⑤, a "broken bench" means "bankruptcy" ⑥, a word "no" plus a piece of "armor" means "unstable clothes" ⑦, a A "bed without a top" represents a "bachelor" ⑧.Such homonyms are so dull, dull, vulgar, and unreasonable that anyone who wishes to use them after the correct French script has been restored should wear a fox's tail on his collar, and A mask made of cow dung was placed over his face.

① The work of Sicile, the general at the time of King Alphonse V of Aragon, around 1458. ① The beginning of the fifteenth century was a period when "high hats" were popular. ② The pronunciation of "sphere" (sphere) and "hope" (espoir) are almost the same. ③ "Feather" (pennes) is the same as "pain" (poines). ④ "Funnel vegetables" (l'ncholie) and "depressed" (melancholie) have similar pronunciations. ⑤ "Croissant" and "vivre en croissant" can be homophonic. ⑥ "Banc romptu" (banc romptu) has a similar pronunciation to "bankruptcy" (bancque roupte).

⑦ "不" and "armor" (non durhabit) have the same pronunciation as "unfastened clothes" (non dur habit). ⑧ "Bed without a top" (lit sans ciel) has a similar pronunciation to "Bachelor" (licencie). According to the same reason (if it should be called a reason, it should not be called a dream), I can draw a "basket" to represent someone calling me "sad"①, a "mustard bottle" to represent "impatient"②, a "Urinal pot" means "religious judge" ③, "back crotch" means "merchant ship" ④, "front crotch" means "tough guy detention center", "a piece of dog dung" means "the stick in the crotch". favorite things.

The ancient Egyptian scholars, when they wrote what they called hieroglyphics, were even different from this.Unless the viewer is familiar with what the words represent and understands their meaning, function and nature, no one can understand them.Aurus Apollo wrote two books in Greek about it, and Polypherus even more in the Dream of Love.On the coat of arms of the French Admiral of the Navy, you can still see a few words ⑦, Octavian Augustus ⑧ was the first to wear it. Well, my ship will not go down this chasm and uncomfortable crossing, but I will return to my original port.I hope some day—as long as God saves me this hat tree, that is to say, what my grandmother called a wine jug—to write something more broadly on this subject, using philosophical grounds and what has always been accepted and affirmed. An authoritative point of view, pointing out what and how many colors there are in nature, and what each color symbolizes. ⑨① "Basket" (penier) is pronounced similar to "to make people sad" (pener) according to the Parisian accent.

② "Mustard" (moustarde) has the same pronunciation as "impatient" (moult tarde). ③ "pot a pisser" and "official" are ambiguous. ④ "Merchant ship" (vaisseau de paix ou de pets) can also explain "fart pocket". ⑤ These two books by the philologist Aurus Apollo were often reprinted in the sixteenth century. ⑥ "Dream of Love" (Hypnerotomachia Poliphili), authored by Francis Gus Colonna, published in Venice in 1499. ⑦ Refers to Giomo Gouffier, Admiral of the Navy in 1517. The author saw his coat of arms at Fort Bonneville, with a dolphin (symbolizing speed) on an anchor (symbolizing slowness).It is said that Admiral of the Navy refers to Philip? Sandbag? De Brion (died in 1543), and his coat of arms is also a dolphin on an anchor.

⑧ Octavian Augustus (before 63-after 14): Emperor of the Roman Empire, his motto is "Festina lente", which means: drive slowly.