The appellation of ancient men to women

1. Lady: Originated from Lady Lear in the Book of Songs, Confucius omitted "Lady, which means a woman has a scholar-a walker", which is a metaphor for a woman's manly behavior and talent, that is, a title of respect for a woman with knowledge and cultivation.

2. Female flow: Scholar No.41records: "You see, she is a female flow, but she has many heroes." This is a general term for elderly women.

3. Maiden: There is a sentence in the "Mulan Ci" of the ancient Yuefu "Twelve years with you, I don't know that Mulan is a girl". It symbolizes the ambition of "a woman in the middle" and is also synonymous with young women.

4. Women's towel: Originated from the Book of Jin, it is an ornament worn by ancient women on their heads to represent women. People often call the heroes among women "female heroes".

5. Female history: refers to the women who were learned in ancient times and served as officials in charge of the etiquette, classics and documents of the court queen.

6. No salt: An ugly and virtuous woman is called "no salt".

7. Address other people's daughters as "Qianjin", "Lingyuan" and "microscope".

8. Address other people's wives as "madam" and "madam", which are also called "meeting place", "householder" and "vacating house".

9. Call your wife a "bitch", "wife", "humble", "wife" and "scum's wife".

10. Xiao Niang: a general term for women. After the Southern Dynasties, many generations in poetry refer to women that men love.

Extended data:

In ancient China, there were many beautiful titles for women. For example, "Mrs" originated from "Mrs Lear" in the Book of Songs, which was a respectful title for women with knowledge and culture. "Mulan Poetry" written by Han Yuefu: "After traveling together for 20 years, I didn't know Mulan was a girl", and "girl" is synonymous with young women. The "lady" of "My Fair Lady, Gentleman is Good" represents a gentle, kind and beautiful woman.

Another example is "Jiao Ren", "Beauty", "Jade Man", "Chanjuan" and "Niangzi", but most of them are no longer used in modern Chinese and social occasions. At present, the word "Ms" is only commonly used so far, mostly used in more formal occasions to show respect and face limitations.

References:

Xinhuanet-35 names given to women by ancient China literati? Xinhuanet Weibo-Lack of universal female appellation.