Freehand brushwork China explores the origin of Chinese characters. How many words are included in China’s first dictionary？ Walking into Luohe to see how ＂Zisheng＂ explains Chinese characters.

　　Cctv news(Reporter Wei Junhao) As the first dictionary in China, how many words are included in Shuo Wen Jie Zi? How to build a bridge between ancient characters and later generations?

　　On February 20th, "Freehand brushwork in China — — Exploring the Origin of Chinese Characters ",the online theme propaganda interview group entered the Xu Shen Cultural Park in Luohe City, Henan Province, to see how Xu Shen, the sage of Chinese characters, explained Chinese characters and opened the door to Chinese characters.

　　In September 121 AD, Xu Chong, the son of Xu Shen, a famous Confucian scholar and philologist in the Eastern Han Dynasty, presented Shuo Wen Jie Zi to Emperor Han An. China’s first dictionary came out.

　　This book, which took Xu Shen’s life’s efforts, has 15 volumes, including 9353 words, 1163 "tautology" (i.e. variant characters), and 133441 words for explanation and explanation. Zhang Han, deputy director of Xu Shen Cultural Research and Protection Center, said that Xu Shen put the original scattered Chinese characters into 540 radicals by analyzing the font structure, and created a dictionary compilation method with radicals as the command, which made the shape, sound and meaning of Chinese characters tend to be standardized and unified.

　　Since then, there has been a unified standard and norm for Chinese character writing, both official and folk, which has been followed by future generations and has been used to this day.

　　According to reports, the earliest writing system in China, represented by Oracle Bone Inscriptions, has undergone profound changes for thousands of years and has written a profound history of Chinese civilization, among which Shuo Wen Jie Zi played an important role.

　　Shuo Wen Jie Zi has also become the first most authoritative Chinese dictionary in China. It is highly praised by emperors and literati in previous dynasties for its ladder and bridge to study pre-Qin characters. After reading this book, Zeng Guofan in Qing Dynasty spoke highly of it: "Xu Shu has only 200 words, and the ancient mirror has swept away the dust for thousands of years. Seal script has become popular, and the explanation is especially refreshing. The old Confucianism in Ganjia is elegant and elegant, and the strict section in the southeast is unparalleled. " After reading this set of Shuowen Jiezi, you will be familiar with the history of languages for thousands of years.

　　Xu Shen was also honored as "the sage of Chinese characters" and "the master of Chinese characters" by later generations. Today, more than 1000 years later, in order to carry forward Xu Shen culture and inherit Chinese character civilization, Luohe, the hometown of Zisheng, has built Xu Shen Cultural Park, a national 4A-level cultural tourist attraction, held many international seminars on Xu Shen culture, organized and carried out projects such as Xu Shen culture entering the campus, family and community all the year round, started the construction of a famous Chinese character cultural city, and promoted Chinese characters and Xu Shen spirit with the help of the whole city.