殷墟甲骨文中习见“()”字,象首有触须并突出其背部之翼的昆虫形,后或追加火旁和禾旁,乃为古秋字所本。作为昆虫的秋,今指蝗虫;作为时令用词,则指秋季。甲骨文中有诸多反映蝗灾的记录。商代对蝗灾开展了一些防治活动,或用祭祀祈求神灵消灾除灾,或利用火烧对蝗进行驱赶和扑杀,或利用网具来捕捉蝗虫。 In the ruins of the Oracle, the word “() ” is seen in the inscriptions of the ancient Qiu Zi as the insect shape with the tentacles of the first and the wings of the back protruding. Autumn as insects, this refers to locusts; as a seasonal word, refers to the autumn. Oracle has many records of locust plagues. The Shang Dynasty carried out some prevention and control activities on locust plagues, or used sacrifices to pray for gods to eliminate or eliminate plagues, or used fire to exterminate and cull locusts, or to use tools to catch locusts.