The cultural symbolism of the Chinese zodiac monkey

"Monkey" is originally "hou" and it is also the same as "hou"
. The original meaning of "hou" is "wait and observe", which is a manifestation of monkey nature and cleverness. The ancients said that monkeys wait for you; when you see people set up food and drink machines, you can rely on high expectations and be good at waiting. In other words, apes are smart and alert by nature, and are good at identifying hunters' baits. They find that food is not easy to get. They wait and see for a long time, and feel that there is no ambush before they act.
"Hou" is a compliment to the monkey, which is extended to a kind of beauty. "The Book of Songs" has the sentence "Hai Zhi and Hou", "Han Shi" explains: "Hou, Mei Ye." It is referred to as the second class of ancient noble titles, the so-called "gong, hou, uncle, son, man" "Marquis" in China. It also refers to local monarchs with titles, such as the princes of the countries during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the Qin and Han dynasties, the prince worshipped generals. Therefore, the "monkey" of the envoy added a kind of auspicious symbolic meaning. But Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote: "I am unwilling to be born to thousands of families", indicating that his concept has changed.
The surname "Hou" is said to come from Cangjie, the historian of the Yellow Emperor, originally named Hou Gang, and later referred to as Hou's surname. Historical records, the Hou clan of Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, Hou Ying, a famous hermit in Wei State, once helped Emperor Xinling steal the symbols to save Zhao. In the Han Dynasty, there was the Great Situ Hou Ba. There was a collection of Prime Minister Hou Jun in the Tang Dynasty. Hou Fangyu, a talented scholar in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. There is Hou Baolin, a famous cross talk master in modern times.

"Ape" is originally "Yuan", and the character "Yuan" is very ape-shaped, even the tail is drawn. Therefore, in the biography, the white ape often calls himself "Yuan Gong".

According to legend, the surname "Yuan" came from the descendants of Yu Dashun. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chen Guoguo was Shangqing Yuan. In the Han Dynasty, there is a widely circulated "Yuan An Wo Xue" story. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who had fought with Cao Cao for hegemony. There was Yuan Zhihong, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there were writers Yuan Hongdao, Yuan Zongdao, and Yuan Zhongdao known as "Gong'an School". There was a famous poet Yuan Mei in the Qing Dynasty.

"Yu" was originally a pictograph describing the appearance of apes. According to Lu Xun's "New Stories", the Yu of Dayu was actually "Yu" and was also changed from "Big Monkey".
"Yu" is also known as "dwelling", which is about keeping the monkeys in the house, which is called "Jiyu". The descendants gradually turned into human dwellings.
"Yu" is also known as "stupid", implying that monkeys can evolve into humans by getting rid of ignorance.

"Jue" is also a word describing the monkey state. Its golden inscription resembles a monkey stealing alcohol and food.
Legend has it that "Yue" is the most suspicious monkey. Whenever it encounters the wind and grass, it climbs up and down in horror, hesitating. "Hesitation" and "hesitation" are both named for this.

"Sniper" is a word commonly used to denote macaques in ancient times. The person who raises apes is called the "sniper man".
"Sniper" is often used to mean "cunning, waiting for opportunity" in the discourse of the past dynasties. As a result, a series of words such as "sniper", "sniper", "sniper" and "sniper" appeared.

"Du" is also a word that means a kind of ape. It is said that it is lonely by nature and not gregarious. The meaning of "loneliness" probably comes from this. A series of words such as "independence", "independence", "independence", "dictatorship", "independence" and so on came into being.
The "Dugu" surname is a rare double surname. Comes from the ancient Huns' Dugu Ministry. The people of the Jin Dynasty lived in the Central Plains, and the Tang Dynasty gradually became sinicized in the years.

The common name of the ape is "Huang", also known as Hu Sun. Therefore, the "Hu" surname and "Sun" surname also have an indissoluble bond with the monkey.

According to legend, the surname "Hu" also came from the descendants of Da Shun, who was named Hu in the Zhou Dynasty because of his surname. Hu was a small country and was destroyed by Chu. In the Song Dynasty, there was Hu Quan, a scholar of Zizhengdian. There was Hu Yinglin in the Ming Dynasty. There is a famous scholar Hu Shi in modern times.

"Sun" surname, according to ancient times, there are three. One is from the surname "Ji", a descendant of Wugong Wei in the Spring and Autumn Period. One is from Chu State, descendants of Sun Shuao. Another expenditure comes from Qi State, a descendant of Chen Tian's family. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were famous people such as Sun Wu and Sun Bin. In the Tang Dynasty, there were medical scholar Sun Simiao and calligrapher Sun Guoting. In particular, the Monkey King in "Journey to the West" made the "Sun" surname more prestigious.

There are many allegorical sayings and sayings related to monkeys. ( Chinese Zodiac http:///shengxiao/)

Huaguoshan Monkey-Lawless
Monkey Climbing Mountain Cliff-Capable of
Monkey Climbing Bamboo Pole-Jumping Up and Down
Monkey Climbing Tree-
Good at Play Monkey Long Horns-Making a
Fool-Monkey Playing Big Sword-Hu Chop
Monkey Eating Chili-Red-eyed
Monkey Sitting In Sedan Chair - Bushitaiju
monkey sweeping - only the immediate
monkey picking ginger - eating is not, nor is throwing
a monkey in the mirror - people inside and outside
the monkey's face - fickle
monkey reading a book - Sven fake
monkey ass - sit still
monkeys sing opera - nonsense Taiwan
monkey fishing for the moon - an empty busy
monkey off fire crackers - self-discharge from the shock
hair monkey talk - I do not know the severity of
a small monkey wearing a straw hat - charge people
monkeys hands behind walking - people loaded with
monkey walked Hu macaque - did not even get
Hu macaque wear the clothes - Xiangsha a man
mountains no tiger , monkey king
gorilla gorilla pity (compassion hero hero)

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