"Qiandao becomes a man, Kun dao becomes a woman", people are divided into two genders from birth, the difference in gender has created a difference in personality, the simple view of the ancients for gender is that the heavens and the earth are clean, male is yang, female is yin. Therefore, this about men and women has also given birth to countless catchy proverbs, which can be described as the essence of the wisdom of the ancestors' thousand years of life, and the philosophy and charm behind them are thought-provoking. Today I would like to share a saying about men and women: "Male asexual is like iron, female asexual is like hemp".
What does "sex" mean?
Before interpreting these two sentences, let's first explain what "sex" refers to here. The so-called "sex" is nature, character, habits. The general outline of the "Three Character Classic" is "At the beginning of man, nature is good, sex is similar, habits are far away, gou does not teach, and sex is migratory." Therefore, "sex" is not the meaning of men and women in modern Chinese, Chinese culture has undergone five thousand years of development and baptism, many of which chinese characters have been different from ancient and modern meanings, and the "sex" in the ancient language refers more to the development of human personality.
Male asexual like iron
After understanding the meaning of "sex", looking at this sentence may still be a little confused, since "sex" is the meaning of personality, personality, then according to the written literal translation of this sentence is not to say that men have no personality like iron. In fact, in the eyes of the ancients, although "iron" is metal, it is easy to rust and rot and become scrap iron, and the "iron" here refers to "rusty iron". There is an old saying that "hate iron is not steel" has the same meaning as it.
Therefore, compared with "iron", people prefer that good boys can "refine into steel" and have the will like steel, so that they can get ahead, the Famous Northern Song Dynasty minister Bao Zheng wrote that "Xiu Gan eventually becomes a building, steel does not make a hook", and the well-known great poet Lu You also wrote in the poem "Eyesight new calves, heart source hundred chain steel." "In the ancient society of male superiority and female inferiority, the existence of men as the head of the family, the top pillar, must have a resolute and decisive personality, if there is no personality, it is the same as scrap iron, rotten there no one pays attention."
The most distinctive example is Liu Chan, the son of Emperor Liu of the Three Kingdoms, "Ah Dou", because of his wasteful and incompetent personality, laughed at the Three Kingdoms, and was even madly ridiculed by posterity as "Ah Dou who could not be supported".
Therefore, it is not difficult for people to understand that Wu Jinghuo, the "straight man of steel" in today's society, is all over the Internet.
Female asexual like hemp
The meaning of the first half of the sentence is clear to us, so what does the second half of the sentence "female asexual like a numb" mean? The "hemp" here is "hemp candy", and the whole sentence is to say that women have no personality like "hemp candy". Basically everyone has eaten hemp sugar, which is very sweet when it is eaten, but the more you eat it, the stickier your teeth are, and the more you eat, the more you lose your teeth.
Ancient society male superiority and female inferiority, the sex is not equal, so the woman is only a man's appendage, this sentence mocks the Israeli waiter all day long glued to the husband's side of the woman, the ancient male lord outside, the female inside, the woman has no job and her own career, so the husband is the only one to rely on, at first the woman who just married into the husband's family can also rely on beauty and husband to get along harmoniously but over time, the color declines and loves to chi, a face tired of the husband is also disgusted. A woman who is rejected by her husband and has no ability to do so can only live in desolation.
Therefore, the ancients hoped that women had their own abilities and personalities, so that they could manage the housework well, there is a saying called "the wife is virtuous, can get the power of internal help and succeed", so the virtuous wife can live in harmony with her husband and win everyone's praise.
Of course, this is only ancient society, and the new era has a new understanding of this sentence, that is, women have their own personality and ability, and self-reliance and self-reliance and not dependence on men are what women in the new era should do.
Why the story of Mulan can be passed down for thousands of years, why Liu Hulan is praised, why modern women everyone regards Dong Mingzhu as an idol.
epilogue
Both men and women should have their own personalities in order to have a wonderful life.