很多人都以为“黎民”和“百姓”是一回事,其实不然。“民”字义训为瞑、盲、冥,都含有恶意。《说文解字》:“民,众萌也。”所以“民”的本意是奴隶。但文字发展到小篆,已经看不到汉字原来的形象了,汉以后把“民”引申为被统治的人。 Many people think that “Lebanon ” and “people ” is one thing, it is not. “People ” meaning training for 瞑, blind, Ming, all with malicious. “Explain Word”: “people, all Meng too. ” So “people ” is the original meaning of slavery. However, the text developed to Xiaozhuan, can not see the original image of the characters, the Han after the “people” extended to be ruled.