There is a saying in Yishan, Gong Yu that "a dustpan transports the bottom of the Bohai Sea". The textbook notes: "dustpan, an instrument made of bamboo or wicker, means to put earth and stone with dustpan." The notes are not accurate enough to cause ambiguity. In modern Chinese, dustpan has two meanings. (2) utensils used to raise grain. The first meaning is common in the north, and the second meaning is common in the south. The dustpan has the functions of filling and winnowing in the north and is widely used; However, in the south, we can only raise grain or dry it. As for taking things, we have a special appliance-dustpan. It can be seen that dustpan refers to different objects and has different meanings in different regions. This is the reason why southern students can't understand the notes in the textbook. Liezi was written in the Warring States Period. In the pre-Qin period, most ancient Chinese words were monosyllabic except for a few disyllabic words with disyllabic and overlapping rhymes. "dustpan" is two words with the same meaning. "Ji" is a tool woven from bamboo strips. "Fan" is a tool woven from cattail. At first, these two words may spread in different areas. Later, with the increasingly close social communication, "Ji" gradually replaced "Fan" and became a generic term. But in some dialects, "Fan" 636700 (total 1 page) [Continue reading this article], 5,