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ught and beliefs, such as three celestial bodies consists of sun, moon, and stars。 the heaven ,the earth and human are named 三才or 三靈 。 It is said that people’s life consisted of previous life, present life and future life。 the relationship among sovereigns. Father, Son and Grandson make up 三族 。 Three seats are posed of Confucian, Taoism and Buddhism and so on. In folk legend, there are a great deal of idioms, for instance, many heads are better than one 三個臭皮匠賽過諸葛亮 , 一個好漢三個幫,一個籬笆三個樁 and so on. To western countries, the number 3 is still considered the same important as in china. Firstly, most westerners have a fondness for number 3, as a perfect number. To the English and most of the westerners, they believe that the whole world is made of three partsearth, ocean, sky, and the human body with three layersflesh, soul, spirit。 the whole nature with three ponentsanimal, plant and mineral. In Christianity, they advocated the Trinity, which includes Power (the father), Wisdom (the son) and Love (the Holy Spirit). Pythagoras, an ancient Greece philosopher, believed that three is a perfect number. Secondly, the ancient Egyptian considered 3 stood for Father, Mother and Son. “In Roman myths, god Jupiter governs the others. His power lies in the threepronged thunderstick in his hand。 the authority of Neptune depends on his threepronged spear。 Pluto, the god of the underworld, is a dog with three, which is associated with the three gods, acquires the meaning powerful and holy.” 8 At last, in folk legend, there are some sayings, such as the third time′s the charm 第三次災難; number three is always fortunate 第三號一定運氣好。 As for literature works, it reflected in Shakespeare’s plays. It is that all good things go by 。 To Chinese people, they prefer to 8, deriving from Cantonese. They prefer to pronounce 88 instead of 發(fā)發(fā) , which implies making a future or getting a good future. From then on, the number 8 bees the most popular number in china. Actually, people are willing to cost money to own phone numbers or license numbers which include number 8. It is not coincidence that the time of opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic Games is at 8 o’clock, 8th August, 2021. In western countries, though people do not favor even numbers, the number “eight” is still considered to be mendatory. And different kinds of definition for 8 are spread far and wide among the people. Early in ancient Greek, people thought 8 meant rich, achievement and longevity。 in Bible, 8 implied luck. It was said that only eight persons survived from the great flood that the god used to punish the human being in the way of Noah ark. In Gospels, 8 means happiness. Jesus’ brother, Jacob, says the gospels, gave birth to eight children. The Arabic writing from “8” consists of two “o” (zero), which has the indication of steadiness, friendship, harmony and consummation. The sign“∞” is the symbol of “infinity” mathematically. The number “eight” implies success, happiness, and perfect satisfaction because the horizontal form of “8” is like the infinitive 2. Lucky Numbers in Chinese Culture In Chinese traditional culture, number not only indicates quantity, but also implies good luck. Lucky culture can be classified into several types. Hua Longxu, in a book named Chinese lucky culture, classifies lucky culture into five types。 individually object luck, behavior luck, language luck, written luck and numerical luck. Except for number three, six, eight and nine, lucky numbers can imply lucky meaning, from one to ten, hundred to thousand even ten thousand, such as 一帆風順 (plain sailing),二龍騰飛 (two dragons flying),三羊開泰 (peaceful),四季平安 (safe and secure all the luck),五福臨門 (the five blessings descend upon the house),六六大順 (good fortune and prosperity),七星高照 (bless),八方來財 (wealth),九九同心 (united),十全 十美 (perfection),白事亨通 (go well),千事順遂 (satisfactory),萬事如意(Good luck) and so on. Meanwhile, it implies even numbers, odd numbers, big number, small number, extended meaning and homophony meaning. Number “six” is the luckiest number in people′s mind in china. In ancient times, there was a traditional idea that people respected for 6. For example, in preQin period, six Confucian classics were called the six meridians。 in the various schools of thoughts and their exponents, the most famous schools, Yin and Yang, Confucian, Ming, Taoism, Legalists were totally named 六家; six columns of books of Zhou Dynasty existing today were called LiuTao 六韜, administrative districts were divided into Liuxiang 六鄉(xiāng) 。 Zhouli Liudian 六典; Bureaucratic establishment system were settled 六部 。 royal troops were generally referred to 六軍或六師 。 all directions was 六合 or 六幽 。 in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Heart, Lungs, Liver, Kidney, Spleen, Gallbladder were called 六府 。 Buddhism thinks the mon people have six emotions。 painting strives for the six modes, six requirements, and six colors。 in anchored logical findings all bronze chariots and horses in the terracotta warriors and horses of the Qin Dynasty are counted as multiple numbers of six. People take to 9 from the time of the spring and autumn period and the warring states period. The reason why 9 has been playing an important role in Chinese culture also lies in their belief that there are nine spheres of heavens。 the ninth heaven is the highest one。 such belief brought the numeral 九 the connotation of large quantity or extremeness many expressions. Numbers of heaven and earth starts one and ends nine, says Suwen(素文 ). Number 九 is the limit of number, also called 天數(shù) (The quality of being)。九霄云外 means skyhigh。 九州方圓 means extreme far。九泉之下 means very deep。 數(shù)九寒開 means utmost cold. The meaning of holy is evolved from the homophony both 九 and 久 (longlasting). Emperors of past ages showed favor on it, which was used to stand for their rule lasting forever and never chang