“左”和“右”是一对方位词。地理上汉民族古代以东为左，以西为右。魏禧《日录杂说》载：“江东称江左，江西称江右。”因山东省在太行山之东，故别称“山左”，江西省因而别称“江右”。我国古代以青龙、朱雀、白虎、玄武谓称东、西、南、北地理方位。神话中又以此为四方之 “Left” and “right” are a couple of terms. Geographically speaking, the ancient Han nationality was left to the east and west to the right. Wei Jixi said: “Koto said Jiang left, Jiang called Jiang right.” Because Shandong province in the east of the Taihang Mountains, it is also called “mountain”, Jiangxi province so called “Jiang You.” In ancient China, the dragon, the Suzaku, the white tiger and the basaltic called East, West, South and North. Again in the myth of the Quartet