Chu Prisoner
囚 (imprisonment,captivity)
- Qiu (囚) in oracle bone inscriptions describes a “人” (man) in a frame,...
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It originally refers to Zhong Yi, a man from the Chu state who was imprisoned in Jin state during the Spring and Autumn Period and kept playing Chu music in jail. The phrase described the solicitude for homeland. Later it was also used to refer to people in prison or those in poor situation with no way out.
- King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty (1213 to 1117 B.C.) was the head of the Zhou nation in late Shang Dynasty. It's said that during the seven years when King Wen was imprisoned in the town of Maili, he developed Fu Xi's Eight Trigrams, or the Early Heaven Arrangement into King Wen's Eight Trigrams, or the Later Heaven Arrangement. This is the famous story of "Imprisoned King Wen makes the Book of Changes" in history.
King Wen Imprisoned in Maili
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