“前后左右”与“南北东西”相配说

On the Collocation between the Words about Front/Back/Left/Right and South/North/East/West

春秋战国至明清,在文献中,"前后左右"与"南北东西"在作为地理方位时是相匹配的。这种匹配取决于中国大陆所处北半球的特殊地理位置与环境,"坐北朝南"南向方位决定了我们的祖先在方位上的选择只能是"前后左右"与"南北东西"这样相配,由此又衍生出一系列的新的文化意义。

As a kind of names of geographical position,the front/back/left/right is corresponding to the South/North/East/West in ancient literature in Chinese history from Spring and Autumn Warring States to Ming and Qing Dynasties.This collocation depends on a special geographical position and natural environment of Chinese Mainland.Being placed in Northern Hemisphere,the only choice for geographical position of our ancestors is this collocation and from this collocation a series of new cultural significances had been derived out.