据考,尧置谏鼓,舜立谤木,华表的由来起于舜时谤木。“谤”即“诽谤”,但古时的“诽谤”决非是造谣中伤,而是指提意见,指责过失的意思。民众把对时政的评论书于街衢的谤木之上应算一种民主议政的形式。至秦时,始皇帝为强化专治废除了华表这种诗木式的意见栏,汉代虽恢复了华表,但随着封建制度的不断强化,人民的呼声则不能通过华表来反映了,华表也就变成了古代大型建筑中的一种标志,而这种标志往往只和帝王联系在一起。 According to test, Yao set remonstrance drum, Shun Li slander wood, the origin of the Chinese table from Shun when slander wood. “Slander” is “slander”, but in ancient times “slander” was by no means a slander, but rather a suggestion to accuse negligence. The general public should comment on the current politics in the streets of slates should be regarded as a form of democratic politics. To the Qin Dynasty, the emperor to abolish the special form of abolition of the poetic opinion of the column of columns, although the Han Dynasty restored the Chinese table, but with the continuous strengthening of the feudal system, the voice of the people can not be reflected through the Chinese table, Chinese table also Become a sign of ancient large buildings, and this sign is often only associated with the emperor.