Monday, June 8th, 2026, the 23rd day of the fourth lunar month

Speak up.

A word can last a lifetime, and the greatest joy in the world is to seek benevolence.

——Song Dynasty's Zhao Ruteng's "Sending Meishan Sun Meng to Learn from Rao Boyu and Li Chun's Father"

Imagine the scene when the ancestors of the Shang Dynasty created characters: a person opens their mouth and stretches out their tongue, drawing a horizontal line on their tongue. This is not random graffiti, but extremely exquisite finger pointing——The tongue in the mouth was originally a taste organ, but our ancestors saw language through this soft organ.

A horizontal tongue refers to“Something emitted from the tongue”That is the fluctuation of qi, sound, intention, and the thoughts of the heart. so“words”The word was born——There are marks on the tongue, words come out of the mouth. The original meaning is to speak, that is“straightforward”.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xu ShenShuowen Jiezi"); box-sizing: border-box !important; overflow-wrap: break-word !important;">In the middle, it is written:“Speak frankly, speak harshly.”He put“words”and“language”Distinguish: Words are one-way, direct, and heartfelt expressions; Language is a two-way, interactive, and argumentative communication. This distinction is extremely profound——It tells us that in the eyes of our ancestors“words”Firstly, it is not a tool for dialogue, but rather the externalization of one's inner voice.

But“words”As a character, when there is a horizontal line on the tongue, how light and heavy that line is. It reminds us that speaking is never a small matter. Once a word is spoken, it's hard to catch up with four horses; A word is more important than Mount Tai. In this era of information chaos, every word and sentence we utter still carries the personality and commitment of the speaker.

Words are the voice of the heart, and the horizontal line on the tongue is the reverence engraved by our ancestors three thousand years ago.

Wishing you: May your words be beneficial and virtuous, and your name be as great as the earth.