The magical Chinese number "一"
? ? ?Chinese numbers have magical meanings. It should be said that numbers in all civilizations in the world have their specific meanings. The meaning of the numbers carries through everything in each civilization.
? ? So does the Chinese number "one"(一) have any specific meaning? The Arabic numeral "one"(1) is the image of a wooden stick standing upright, but the Chinese number "one"(一) is like a horizontal wooden stick. Why is this? Does the horizontal "one"(一) have any special meaning?

? ? ?Because the meaning of "one" (一)in Chinese culture is not only the meaning of the number one, more importantly, the ancient Chinese believed that "one" (一)was an important link in the creation of the world. Therefore, "一" is the first word in the ancient Chinese dictionary "Shu Wen Jie Zi"(說文解字).
? ? ? What was the universe like in the beginning? Scientists proposed the concept of the Big Bang and speculated on the initial state of the universe. So think about what the universe was like after the Big Bang? Smoke, ashes, can't tell anything. Everything was shattered in the big bang.

? ?In the mouths of modern scientists, this state is called the world after the Big Bang. In the ancient Chinese population, this state was called "Taichu"(太初)
? ? ?What will happen next? In real life, after the big bang, Smoke was filled, and the air and dust mixed together. But time slowly passed, heavy matter sinking, and flimsy matter floating up. So we can see a thick layer of powder on the ground, and the air returns to the sky.
? ? ?In the Big Bang, heavy matter constantly attracts each other to form planets, while light matter forms the atmosphere. So the planet was formed. When the main body of the planet and the outer atmosphere are formed, we can see the horizon when standing on the surface of the planet.

? ?This horizon is the image of the Chinese character "一".
? ?So do you know why the Chinese character "一" is horizontal?
? ? Because everything is generated from the "一", first there is "一", then there is the distinction between the sky and the earth, and then produce a colorful world. So the Chinese character "一" represents the initial, first meaning.?
? ? A planet can only see one horizon, so the Chinese character "一" means one and the only meaning.?
? ? An apple refers to a complete apple instead of half an apple, so the Chinese character "一" also has a complete, full meaning.?
? ?Different kinds of apples can be classified as apples, so the Chinese character "一" has the same, consistent meaning.?
? ??When everyone does one thing and unites, the behavior can be unified. So the Chinese character "一" also has the meaning of unity.
? ? ?Insist on one thing from beginning to end, so the Chinese character "一" has a single meaning.?
? ? This is the Chinese character "一", do you understand?
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