Ji and Su is actually the common millet. When it is used as a staple food on people's table, it is called Su. When it is presented to the court as a result of offering sacrifices to heaven on the altar of grain, it is named Ji. At the same time, a crop has two different names, and behind the division of labor of this crop, there is a hidden division of labor among people. at a moment in the long history, millet has taken two paths, one is grain called Su, the other is sacrifice called Ji; people have also taken two paths, one is a group of farmers, the other is a group of scholars. The former is only engaged in folk work, while the latter is only responsible for the records on the court, not knowing that this sacred name is the same material as the millet on the table. When the eyes of reading words no longer pay attention to the field, and when the hand holding a pen no longer touches seeds and farm tools, estrangement makes sense.
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The dispute over the name of Su and Ji has been going on for a long time.