Tibetan (pinyin: cáng, záng) is a first-class standard Chinese character. This word first appeared in the Warring States script. The original meaning of "hiding" refers to concealment and is extended to storage. Also read zàng, which refers to a place where things are collected and stored, especially money and treasures. In addition, the classics of Buddhism and Taoism are also called Tibetan scriptures.
According to textual research. In Chu bamboo books, it means storage and storage. In the ancient prose, Shang Chengzuo interpreted this word as "born from the north". Is to use the word "hidden" to represent the sound. Speaking from the mouth, from the Han Dynasty, the component "mouth" was changed to "minister" and "zang". In addition, he also said that from shellfish, there is the meaning of hiding shellfish (shellfish is an ancient currency), which is the initial body of "hiding".
It can be seen that Chu bamboo slips were hidden before the Han Dynasty. The word "Zang" is sometimes used to mean "Zang" in the literature, and some examples can be found in the literature, such as "History of Food in Hanshu", which says: "Spring ploughs Xia Yun, autumn harvests winter Zang." Another example is "History of Rites and Music in Han Dynasty": "Today, the rites and laws written by Sun Tongshu are recorded and hidden in the official." Yan Shigu's Note: "The words hidden in ancient books are all in Tibetan."
Because "Zang" is also a common usage of "goodness" in ancient times, in order to distinguish the meaning of words, people use "Zang" with the prefix "Mi" to express the meaning of collection and hiding. The word "hidden" in the ancient seal has been written like this. Zang is a pictophonetic character, the shape of grass is an edge, and Zang is an edge.
Zang became a grass because Zang was originally a grass name (Sima Xiangru's Zi Xu Fu had a grass name Zanglang, and the Biography of Han Sima Xiangru quoted Guo Puri as saying, "Zang is a cow and horse in the grass." A grass that cows and horses can eat); Covering with grass means hiding.
The basic meaning of "hiding" is concealment. Hiding things is usually to preserve them and make them perfect, so "hiding" is extended to the meaning of "hiding", such as "Zhou Li Tianguan Zaifu": "Wu Yuefu, Zhang Guanqi governs Tibet." Besides being used as a verb, "Tibetan" can also be extended to a noun. Many hidden things have certain value, such as gold and silver jewelry, which are all valuable things.
Put them together is a fortune. It should be noted that when used as a verb, the Tibetan pronunciation is "cáng", and when used as a noun, the Tibetan pronunciation is "záng". For example, Historical Records: "Mountains and seas are the hiding places of heaven and earth", in which "hiding" means "treasure". Another example is The Original Road of Huainanzi, in which "Zang" refers to the noun "Zang-fu".
The ancients believed that the five zang-organs were places where qi and blood were stored. On the basis of the word "Tibetan", people add the symbol "moon" as "dirty" to express the meaning of "viscera", which is called "dirty" for short in modern times. Ordinary people regard money and jewelry as treasures, while practicing Buddhists and Taoists regard the classic books they teach as treasures, so "hiding" also refers to collecting Buddhist or Taoist classics.