? Why is mouse considered an ancient word, and why is it despised as a mouse?

In daily life, we will call some people we respect teachers, while some elderly people will call them Lao Zhang, Lao Li, Lao Wang, Lao Fan and so on. These are honorifics for the elderly, and they contain a sense of respect. So why is the mouse also regarded as an ancient word? After all, its life span is only two short years. Why was it later called a mouse?

First, the ancients thought that mice lived long.

According to the current scientific research, although rats have amazing fertility, their normal life span is only two years, otherwise the earth would have been ruled by rats, not by humans. The reason why rats are named after this high-end atmosphere is mainly because in ancient times people mistakenly thought that rats had the longest life span, so they were called old.

Second, officials are corrupt and rats lie down with guns.

As we all know, in ancient times, people had to pay grain tax to the court. At this time, taxation is carried out by officials layer by layer. But when the people give food to officials and then to the emperor layer by layer, the food will be greatly reduced. But these corrupt officials made excuses to say that food was harmed by rats and sparrows.

Third, people are angry and dare not speak, and mice become mice.

Later, in order to control this situation, the court asked the people to collect more food for sparrows and mice. On the contrary, some officials will take this opportunity to double the grain collected by the people, so that even when the weather is favorable, the people often do not have enough to eat. However, at this time, although the people have grievances in their hearts, they dare not speak out, so they have to vent their grievances on the mice, so they call them mice.