Master's explanation: the East is orthodox, and the East is the largest since ancient times, and the "master" is an authentic family. "East" means the owner. What we usually call "host" (host's treat), host.
Now in the workplace, your old boss is your boss and your old boss is your former company. After leaving this company, this is your old club.
About the meaning of the master:
In ancient times, the owner means: the owner of the residence; Banquet host; Helpers call their employers masters. The allusion comes from the fact that the State of Qin attacked the State of Zheng in the Spring and Autumn Period, provided logistical supplies to the State of Qin, and requested to withdraw troops. Because the State of Zheng was in the east of the State of Qin, it was called the host country. In modern times, employers who have been employers for many years, the bosses of the older generation, and employers are employers. However, there is other meaning:
1. refers to the east neighbor.
Biography of Wang Han: "There is a jujube tree hanging in Jiting." Song Tang Geng's "You Xuefeng Academy Book" poem says: "The East Society is majestic and meets the west." Gao Mingqi's poem "Looking at Hibiscus in Dongchi" said: "Dongshe is happy with Hibiscus, and several trees flourish in the green marsh."
In the past, employees, tenants and assistants were called employers, landlords and bosses.
The second time of Legend of Heroes of Children: "When the master heard that the boss was coming, he quickly put on his hat and bowed to meet him." Lao She's Camel Xiangzi me: "He really got a one-month subscription, but the fact didn't completely help hope ... he took care of himself, so his employer didn't leave him." Guo Xiaochuan's poem "Long live the people": "What we are worried about is no longer the abacus of creditors, but the small scale of owners."
3. See "Dong Guxing".
4. refers to the ugly women in ancient times.
Qing Ji cloud "Reading Notes of Wei Caotang, Ruowen IV": "Xizi and Dong Jia are the same surname; Stealing feet and Liu Xia are compatriots. Can it be beautiful and virtuous? " See Dong Shi Xiao Yi.
5. It refers to the oriental beauty described in Lottie's Fu on Prostitution by Chu and Song Yu during the Warring States Period.
Ming Xianzu Ye's Luan Yongji Cheng Yuan: "If you talk about the name of the south, the appearance of the owner is absolutely gorgeous." See Dong Jiazi.
6. refers to Confucius.
Yang Xuanzhi's Luoyang Tai Temple in the Northern Wei Dynasty: "Xunzi is not Xu (Xu Shao) Guo (Guo Tai), and I don't know his master. Although they speak ill of themselves, they should not be honored or humiliated. " Song and Huang Tingjian's "The Exhibition" is Zi Zhan's nephew, and his talent and virtue are also beautiful. He is interested in learning and is willing to write a poem in Tao Li's own words: "Sages learn from Lu Dongjia, and courtesy comes from the same." Qi's "Autumn Writing" Seventh Song: "Dare to complain about vulgarity? Lu people are still laughing at their masters. " See Dong Jiaqiu.