The Extension Of The Meaning Of The Word "jing" In The Pre-Qin Period And Its Cultural Connotation

The characters are the symbols which were used to record language. As the symbols which recorded one of the world's oldest language, the Chinese characters had rich cultural connotations. As recording symbols of Chinese, the meaning which is carried by the Chinese characters will change with the development of the society and culture. So the research about the development of some specific Chinese characters' meaning will help us to know more about the meaning of these Chinese characters. "Jing" is a very important concept of the traditional Chinese culture, so the research about the original meaning and the way to extend new meanings of "Jing" will help us learn more about the language symbol "Jing",including the meaning of this symbol and the cultural development which is carried by this symbol.Firstly, With the analysis of the shape of "Jing", the pronunciation of "Jing", the thinking mode of Han nationality, this article uses the current achievements of archeology and the methods of the traditional Exegesis to study and get the conclusion that "Jing(?)" is the original shape of the "Jing(?)" and that the original meaning of "Jing" should be warps.Secondly, this article will conclude the meanings of "Jing" on the basis of the most authoritative dictionary in nowadays. And then combine with the materials of the language which is used before the Qin dynasty and the prototype theory of cognitive semantics to construct the extent way of "Jing". "policy, guidelines"," Circulation, passes, through"," hanging","Road or land of north-south direction"," Body meridians","sort out the warps " are extended directly from the original meaning of "Jing" and other meanings are extended from these six meanings.Finally, on the basis of the research results of the second part of this article, the article will analysis the cultural meaning of the common meaning of "Jing" in different periods, including the Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period, the early days of Warring States and the late stage of Warring States. And then finds out the development of the cultural connation of "Jing". As a symbol indicates to follow the fate, "Jing" become a symbol whose meaning can cover the entire social and political norms and a symbol contains rich cultural connotations step by step with the push of the development of history.