Population, in ancient times, refers to adults. In ancient times, it was said that men were men and women were mouths, and adult men could go out to undertake forced labor.

Prosperous population: refers to a large population and also refers to a large number of men. Used of a large family with many children and grandchildren. It is usually described as a large number of family members, from the elderly to grandchildren, especially male members.

There is an old saying; "There are three kinds of unfilial, and no queen is the biggest." The "queen" here refers to the boy, that is, "Ding". With boys, they will get married and have children when they grow up, and their surnames will continue all the time, so that the ancestral graves and ancestral tablets of the family will not be broken.

"No children" is a swear word, which means that there are no descendants, and the surname has disappeared since then. In ancient times, a girl had no last name. Married, she took her husband's surname and became a member of her husband's family, and her incense naturally broke. So incense is associated with people.

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"Ding" and "Ge" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions are written in the same way, and they are also common to each other. Ding is a quantifier. The population is equivalent to the current population and horses, but of course it is only the same in word formation. Ding was used as a special quantifier for adult men after the Han Dynasty, instead of using "kou" to address adult men. This is a special tax term, that is, a proper term for tax collection.

Women don't pay taxes, so whether they are adults or not, they are not called Ding. The word "Wang" and "Wang" mean that there are many men at home. Of course, there are generally no adults and minors here, but minors will grow up sooner or later and get married sooner or later, so it will do. However, many girls at home can't be called rich, because the people and people here don't include women.

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