Wednesday, May 6th, 2026, the 20th day of the third lunar month

Go without trace, move as if there is emotion.

——Tang Dynasty's Wang Bo's "Ode to the Wind"

wind，How did ancient people capture invisible things with words?

When you open the rubbings of oracle bone inscriptions, you will see onespread wingsFlying Divine Bird——With a high crown on his head and a slender and magnificent tail feather, his posture soared.The ancients usedFeng "expressThe wind,TheyBelieve it, when the phoenix's huge wings flap, it generates wind. This borrowed character shape expresses the first imagination of the Chinese ancestors about wind: it is the power of a divine bird.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty,Shuowen Jiezi");">The author Xu Shen provided a more systematic explanation:Feng, also known as the Eight Winds, "he named the winds one by one according to their eight directions, with those in the east being calledMingshufeng");">The one in the southeast is called Qingming Feng, the one in the south is called Jingfeng, the one in the southwest is called Liangfeng, and the one in the west is calledChanghe Feng");">The one in the northwest is called Buzhou Feng, the one in the north is called Guangmo Feng, and the one in the northeast is calledspring breeze");">These names not only indicate the direction, but also correspond to the changes of seasons——Wherever the wind comes, the season comes, and both agriculture and life follow it.

Xu Shen also said:The wind moves and insects live. "Here," insect "refers to all animals in the world. When spring arrives, all things revive, and ancient people attributed this vigorous vitality to the wind - it is the wind that brings vitalitySo,The word 'wind' took shape from the word 'insect', and an invisible character grew a root like this.

This wind that has blown for thousands of years seeps into the fabric of civilization. It isThe Book of Songs");">ofThe 'national style' is the 'moral style' that nurtures the people, and the freedom to 'follow the wind'... It is blown into people's hearts from the Eight Wilderness and transformed into a trend, character, and demeanor.

May you be like the wind: invisible yet restrained, flowing endlessly, wherever you go, all things will arise naturally.