Afang Palace, a magnificent building of the Qin Dynasty, although it has not been fully presented in the long river of history, has attracted countless historical explorers because of the mysterious name behind it. This palace, because it was not fully completed until the fall of the Qin Dynasty, was later burned down by Xiang Yu, so it was not officially named, and people are Xi to call it "Afang Palace".
Regarding the interpretation of the word "Afang", there are roughly four theories in the history books. First of all, "Historical Justice" quoted Yan Shigu's point of view: "Ah, near, it is also close to Xianyang, and it is called 'Apan'." However, the correct interpretation of "Ah" is not "near", but the meaning of "near" derived from its "curved" meaning. Therefore, it is far-fetched to interpret "Ah Fang" as the name because of its proximity to Xianyang. In addition, Afang Palace is actually located south of Weishui, across the river from Xianyang, and it is also geographically illogical to call it a "near" palace.
Secondly, "Historical Records Suoyin" believes that Afang Palace is named because of its shape: "This is also named after its shape." It is said that the four are wide, so the cloud 'can build a five-color flag'. However, the "four a" actually refers to the four sides of the palace, i.e., "the four sides of the palace and temple". In order to describe the size of the palace, it is more accurate to use the word "wide". Therefore, even if the ancients simplified the "four Apang", "Aguang" is more appropriate than "Apan".
The third statement is the point of view in "Sanfu Huangtu Afang Palace": "As the palace Aji, the world is called 'Afang Palace'." But the question is, what exactly is "Aki"? "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" explains: "Ah, Da Ling also, a Qufu also." This means that "Aki" may have been the foundation of Daling or Qufu. However, according to the existing ruins of Afang Palace, it is located in the area of Afang Village, Sanqiao Street, Weiyang District, Xi'an City, and there is no obvious tomb or Qufu, so the palace was not built next to "Aji".
The last explanation comes from the "Anthology" Li Shan's note quoting "The Story of Sanfu": "In the mountains, so the name is Abyunye." The word "mountain" here refers to the corner or slope of a mountain. However, the ruins of Afang Palace are still tens of kilometers away from Nanshan (Qinling), so it cannot be said that it was built next to the corner of the mountain.
To sum up, there are certain problems with all four traditional interpretations. So, what does "Abe" really mean? Huang Huaixin put forward a creative insight: in today's Guanzhong dialect, in the words "ada" and "a", "a" can be pronounced as a second and third sound, respectively, and used as interrogative pronouns to indicate "where" and "which side". At the same time, in the words "A (Wu) Da" and "A (Wu) Pong", "A" is pronounced as "Wu", which is used as a demonstrative pronoun to indicate "there" and "there". From this point of view, "A" and "this pong" are relative words used to describe one position relative to the current location.
In the literal sense, "along" has the meaning of "aside, nearby", while "pong" can also be interpreted as nearby, aside. Therefore, "along" and "pong" can be regarded as a pair of ancient and modern words, and "apan" is "apan". From the pronunciation point of view, the pronunciation of "pong" is ** than "be", and the two should be homophonic. And the pronunciation of "be" is ** in "square", in ancient times there was no light labial sound, "Apang" can be written "Apan" or "Afang". As for the different pronunciations of "A" ("Russian" or "Ukrainian"), it is due to differences in the dialect lineage.
Combined with the record of "Historical Records of the First Emperor of Qin": "The first emperor thought that there were many people in Xianyang, and the court of the first king was small..."It is the camp as the palace in the south of the forest garden. First make the front hall of the house, five hundred steps from east to west, fifty zhang from north to south, you can sit ten thousand people on it, and you can build five zhang flags under it....For the resumption of the road, from Afang to Wei, belonging to Xianyang...Afang Palace was not completed. If you want to change your name, you will choose to make it famous. As a palace, the world is called the palace. It can be seen that people at that time were very concerned about this newly built palace on the south bank of Weishui, especially the residents of Xianyang City on the north bank of Weishui, because they were located in the "this side" of Weishui, so it was easy to call the new palace on the other side of Weishui "Apang". Afang Palace