在古汉语中,我们经常遇到含有“胡”“番”“洋”等词语。指外国或者少数民族的人物、器物、植物或食物等,即我们今天所谓的“老外”或“舶来品”。胡,大约是用得最早的。它原本泛指北方和西方的少数民族,即“胡人”。所以,但凡叫作“胡什么”的,多半来自所谓“西域”。西域,在天山以南,昆仑山以北,玉门以西,葱岭以东(葱岭即帕米尔高原)。远一点,则可涉及克什米尔和伊朗。岑参《白雪歌送武判官归京》“胡天八月即飞 In ancient Chinese, we often encountered words such as ”Hu“, ”Fan“ and ”Ocean“. Refers to foreign countries or ethnic minorities, utensils, plants or food, which we call today ”foreigner “ or ”exotic “. Hu, about the earliest used. It originally refers to the northern and western minorities, that is, ”barbarians.“ So, whatever is called ”Hu What“, mostly from the so-called ”Western Regions.“ Western Region, south of Tianshan Mountains, north of Kunlun Mountains, west of Yumen, east of Congling (Conglingling is Pamirs Plateau). A little further, Kashmir and Iran may be involved. Cen Shen ”snow song sent Wu Magistrate to Beijing“ ”Hu days in August that fly