Should be called case rectangular called case case and the difference between the table in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is a famous scholar called Liang Hong, temperament, literary talent, in the local very famous. There was a woman named Meng Guang in his hometown who wanted to marry him with all her heart. When she reached the age of 30 and had not yet married, her parents asked, "Why don't you get married?" She replied, "I am not married to Liang Hong." Liang Hong was happy to hear this. I guess at that time is to ask the matchmaker to pull the strings, build bridges, and have never seen the real person, so Meng Guang married back. Meng Guang was very happy, so he traced his eyebrows and eyes. But once Liang Hong saw her like this, he was not happy, and did not pay attention to her for seven days in a row. Meng Guang panicked and wondered what the reason was: how could she marry me and then ignore me? She then asked Liang Hong to apologize. Liang Hong said, "You depict eyebrows and eyes not as good as a plain face, I have to have a wife who can live." Meng Guang said, "Then I won't paint, let's live a good life." So Meng Guang prepared the meal every day and brought it to her husband, holding it up high. This is the story of "Lifting the Case to the Eyebrow", and this idiom has become a symbol of respect between husband and wife today. The "case" here was a tray at that time. Today's tray is a plate, when the tray "case", with four feet, four feet is indented. It was very close in shape to what we call today's book case. This kind of tray is still used in Japan today, Japan is very willing to follow our ancient system. Case and table in the form of essential differences. What is a case and what is a table? Generally speaking, the position of the legs determine its name, and has nothing to do with the height, size and function. The position of the leg shrinks in a piece for the case, the position of the leg on top of the corners for the table. In addition to the difference in form, the more important difference between table and case is the difference in spirit. Where is this difference? In the case of a higher level than the table. For example, we often say that the case is surprised, the case is up, the case is great, are relatively high level of emotion; if we say that the table is staring at the table, the table is smashed bench, are low level of emotion. Tapping the table in amazement is surprise, and slamming the table and staring is anger; it expresses a different emotion, and this is its spiritual level. For example, when I was an editor in the past, I used to work at night and write at the desk, didn't I? If I was lying on the table, I'm afraid I was either asleep or writing a check. Feel that? Anything related to the table is on the low side, and anything related to the case is on the high side. Chinese people have a clear distinction between a bearing, this is the essence of our culture is higher than others. We usually do not pay attention to, and "case" related to the derivation of a very rich vocabulary, such as paperwork, programs, drafts, motions, are related to the case. Because we used to work in the office, all use the case, and the table is relatively unrelated. Only China has this kind of furniture, the form is different. Because the case of the furnishing function is getting bigger and bigger, its practical function is relatively lower; On the contrary, the table's practical function is getting bigger and bigger, the furnishing function is getting lower and lower. So, the table and case are differentiated functionally, a differentiation that occurs in use and was not designed that way from the beginning. The table became differentiated from the case as it got closer and closer to being practical. Table, first written as excellent "Zhuo", it is the meaning of high up. For example, Zhuo Ran Standing, Zhuo Er Duo Qun. It means to stand high above others. "Zhuo" character later turned the bottom "ten" character into "wood" character, written as the current "table" character. Functionally speaking, the difference between table and case is not very big. For example, if we have a bar table, we have a bar case; if we have a painting table, we have a painting case; if we have a book table, we have a book case; if we have a kang table, we have a kang case. But if we have a dining table, we don't have a dining case. Because although the matter of eating is very important in life, it is not important from the spiritual level. Most of the tables at which the ancients ate were square tables, why? It has to do with our system of eating. In our early days we were a nation of separate meals, one for each person. Why is there such a thing as lifting the table? Because it was a shared meal system. I will raise one portion for you, and I have another portion here. Our meal sharing system gradually evolved into a **** meal system. When we adopted the square table system, we had the **** meal system. This can be seen in our chopsticks. In the early days, any family with long chopsticks was a rich family; those with short chopsticks were relatively poor. The Chinese have extra long chopsticks for holding distant dishes when there are a lot of them. Japanese chopsticks are short and pointed. Because Japan is a meal sharing system, chopsticks do not need to be very long. Why are they pointed? It is because the Japanese people eat raw things, such as sashimi, which is very slippery and you have to pierce it a bit when you pinch it. We are different. In the past, Chinese people used to be very particular about what they ate, and they were absolutely not allowed to pierce it. When I was a child, I remember my grandpa teaching me, "Eat it if you can't get it up, don't eat it if you can't get it up, don't tie it." Later, when I was a little older, people told me, "Chopsticks in steamed buns, is for the dead to eat." According to the more strict etiquette, in the past at the table to eat, chopsticks are absolutely not allowed to extend over the center line, the food is delicious, you are not allowed to extend chopsticks over to the clip, at most people give you over, you can only clip a chopstick. This is the traditional habit of Chinese food, so the Chinese people have practiced a pair of dexterous hands since childhood, and by the way, they have also practiced dexterity of the brain. Let's look at the Korean chopsticks, they are metal, because the old Korean barbecue, catch us this kind of chopsticks have long been burned out, so we must use metal. From the small chopsticks, we can see a lot of characteristics of the national culture. The same is true for the case, but there are also many shapes. The first one is called the Warped Head Case, which belongs to the form of offering case with very exaggerated legs. In the past, it was used in temples and ancestral halls, and it expressed a kind of reverence to the gods and ancestors. Offering cases are also used in government offices. Here, the head of the offering case is very high and exaggerated. It has a sense of majesty and psychologically suggests and warns you. Today, when a criminal case is heard in court, the judge sits on a chair with a very high backrest, which serves as a deterrent. If the judge moves a small bench to sit there, it is estimated that the prisoner's heart should think how to escape the sanctions of the law. The use of furniture as a cultural symbol to pass on to you, which is the important intent of the case. Then, the derived word is "case", the original meaning refers to the case of the documents.