In our country, it is always a kind of honorific title. Why can mice be called old?

When the mouse is old, the annual rings turn again. This year is the Year of the Rat. In China, "old" is a respectful name, so why can a mouse be called old? Let's take a look with you today ~

Cultural self-esteem of China people.

People are always respectful, with old surnames, such as Lao Wang and Lao Li. They are most proud of their old money because they have money!

My uncle Lao Zhang, known as Lao Zhang, has been excited for a year, and a literate person has high self-esteem. Starting from the great sage "Laozi", many parents also call themselves "Laozi".

Why do mice cry old? Rats are harmful to the family.

Drilling holes in buildings, destroying walls and smashing halls; Stealing food and pulling food, stealing people's rations; Diseases spread diseases and endanger people's lives. Why? Rats, big or small, are old.

Isn't this against cultural self-esteem?

Rats are harmful to families, and people hate them. Medicine, grab it, trap it, and fear it endlessly. However, rats are extremely fertile.

As the saying goes: a man and a woman, three years and two hundred and fifty. "Generally speaking, young rats can mature after two or three months. A pair of adult rats will have 15 thousand offspring a year, which can be described as ten generations living under one roof.

Even if rats were exterminated by the whole people in the last century, they could not be exterminated. There are still tens of billions in the world, more than ten times that of human beings, which is quite moist. Rats are walking around between the walls and beams of earth holes, in the garbage in the shaft and in the crops in the forest. They are really "heroes" against violence, and they can't kill Xiao Qiang!

The hatred of the people never stopped. In ancient times, corrupt officials were called rats, thieves were called rats, and short-sighted people were called "short-sighted" He was spurned by the world and called it "a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouted." It can be seen that calling a mouse a mouse is what the old word says, and it is by no means respect.

The Analects of Confucius says, "Being old and never dying is a thief".

Rats are caught but never released, and drugs emerge one after another, just like old people and demons, they are old and slippery and annoying, so they are called rats! All ages are called mice, and there is no pity.

Rats are pictographs. They copy their fangs and claws.

From Oracle Bone Inscriptions's point of view, it focuses on describing the image of a grain thief. The grain was scattered all over the floor, swallowed by rats and teeth, and its long tail swept the floor to warn the police. From the perspective of Xiao Zhuan, it not only depicts sharp mouth and sharp teeth, but also emphasizes the health of feet and long tail.

Whether it is the legend of the word "old" or the image of creating words, it reveals the people's gnashing of teeth against mice. The "old" mouse is really hateful!

The meaning of China culture is ambiguous, which really makes foreign barbarians kneel again! !

The happiness of mice

Rats and people have been killing each other for thousands of years, and the number of people has not increased, and the number of rats has not decreased. Joy and fun are not uncommon.

Needless to say, the power of a mouse is as expensive as an official; Don't tell stories about mice marrying women, but read a couplet:

Once upon a time, there was a rich man who planned to open a hotel. He is willing to pay twelve taels of silver to buy a pair of couplets and stick them on the shop door. A scholar discovered the rich man. The rich man was also generous, paying him a silver or two as a down payment, saying, "The couplets should praise my wine, acetic acid and pig fat, and the population is prosperous, and there are no mice in the shop." The scholar came home, thought for a whole night with a frown, and finally wrote it.

The next day, the scholar went to the rich man. The scholar read it again: "raising pigs is like a mountain, and the mouse's head dies;" Brewing is always good, which makes the vinegar altar sour. Horizontal batch: more people, less illness, more money. The rich man was very happy to hear that. He should have given the scholar another nine taels of silver, but he didn't want to, and the scholar couldn't help it. Later, the rich man's restaurant opened, and couplets written by scholars were posted on the pillars of the store door. On the opening day, many guests came to the hotel, and the scholar also came, but he didn't come to eat, but stood at the door of the store and read aloud the couplet on the post: "Raising pigs is as big as a mountain mouse, and his head is dead; Brewing is always easy to be vinegar and sour. Many people are ill and have little money. " Hearing this, the guests all left. The rich man's face is blue with anger!