吴国取“句吴”为国名,是促成吴国立国的一个重要因素。这一点,司马迁在《史记·吴太伯世家》中有明确表述:“太伯、仲雍乃奔荆蛮,文身断发,……自号句吴,荆蛮义之,从而归之者千余家,立为吴太伯”。两位来自异族文化的远客,文身断发、自号“句吴”以后,竟博得土著居民的信赖推举,创立吴国,其原因何在?要解答这一问题,就必须了解“句吴”一词的文化蕴意。 Wu took “sentence Wu” as the country name, is to promote Wu Guoli an important factor. This point, Sima Qian in “Shi Ke Wu Taibo family” has made it clear: “Tai Bo, Zhong Yong is Ben Jing Man, tattoo broke ... ... since the sentence Wu, Jing Man justice, and thus more than a thousand , As Wu Taibo. ” Two of the far-offs from the alien culture, broke their tattoos, since the number “sentence Wu”, actually win the trust of indigenous residents recommended the establishment of Wu, why? In order to answer this question, we must understand the “Sentences Wu” Cultural meaning of the word.