There is an indissoluble bond between arrogance and law, which can be reflected from the structure of the ancient word "law". In ancient times, the word "Fa" was written as "Cloud" (f m 4), and the book "Shuo Wen Jie Zi Bu" recorded: "Cloud, punishment is as smooth as water, and it comes from water. Hey, so let's go if we can't touch it straight. " The word "Ling" consists of three parts: water, Geng and Qu.
"Water" stands for justice in law enforcement, such as water, "Geng" stands for punishing offenders, and "going" stands for resolutely removing grievances.
For the animal "Geng", "Shuo Wen Jie Zi Bu" said: "Geng, solving animals, like a mountain cow, a corner; The ancients decided to sue, so that the touch was not straight; Pictographic, from the province. " Many scholars believe that "embarrassment" is a statement. "Gao" and "Fa" are integrated into one, which means justice and fairness like water. Over time, for the convenience of writing and memory, the word "Gao" in the word "Gao" was hidden and simplified as "Fa".
Avengers, as the embodiment of "law", appeared in the costumes of ancient judges from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The book Yu Fu Zhi in the later Han Dynasty recorded: "A holy sheep can distinguish right from wrong, and the king of Chu tasted it and thought it was the crown." According to legend, King Wen of Chu once had an affair and made a crown according to its shape to wear on his head, which became fashionable in Chu.
"Arrogant crown" means that law enforcers are impartial, clear-cut, fair and just. Law enforcers in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as Shi Yu, should not only wear a "sword crown", but also wear auxiliary clothes embroidered with a sword pattern to show that they can distinguish between good and evil and are upright and upright. Even in modern times, one or two unicorn statues can be seen in front of many courts to show the inheritance and development of traditional legal culture.
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In ancient China, it was said that a debate could distinguish right from wrong, know good and evil, and be loyal to traitors, so it was always regarded as a symbol of judicial justice. In ancient books, it is also called "God Sheep" and "Benevolent Beast".
Yang Fu, a scholar in the Han Dynasty, summed up the characteristics of this argument in his monograph "Records of Foreign Objects": "The nature is straight, and people cannot be touched; When people argue, they are wrong. " In other words, I can distinguish right from wrong, distinguish good from evil, and be loyal to traitors. Anyone in the world who doesn't obey the law and acts recklessly will touch dishonest people with sharp corners when he sees others fighting. When it hears someone arguing, it will bite the unreasonable party with its mouth.
There is also a fable about the Avengers. Su Shi once wrote in Ai Zi's Essay: "Qi Gongxuan asked Ai Zi,' I heard that there was an animal called Avenger in ancient times. "Are you familiar with it?" Ai Zi replied, "When Yao was emperor, there was a beast called Avenger, which was kept in the imperial court. It can distinguish good from bad. If it finds an evil official, it knocks him down with a horn and eats him.
Ai Zi paused, then sighed with emotion:' If there is such a beast in the court today, I don't think it needs to look for other food.' Ai Zi's words not only satirized too many traitors and corrupt officials in the officialdom at that time, but also showed that confrontation was a symbol of "aboveboard" and "fairness and justice".
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