The history of human civilization in china is noted for its "ancient civilization" and "Liyizhibang", the courteous and modest words as one of the important means of Chinese language diction, always accompanied by a Chinese civilization, they sustained and profound impact on the Chinese interpersonal relationships in the long process of history.

From the use, the modal adverb, mood adverbs, negative adverbs, referential adverbs and honorable adverbs can represent the main uses and meanings in pre-Qin dynasties.

It contains a lot of terms of respect, which reflects the etiquette and rank system of the Han Dynasty.

Different self-depreciatory terms decide their usage extent and different referents.