Qing Dynasty, a magistrate afraid of his wife, drunkenly said a vulgar couplet, show how to do right?

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Chinese culture, a long history, looking around the world, only we can proudly say, we are still very young, only up and down five thousand years only.

There are four major ancient civilizations in the world, but in addition to the continuity of our civilization has not been broken, the continuation of the other three major civilizations have been interrupted.

There are many reasons for this result, which can be summarized as two points: the first is the absorptive capacity of our uniquely created and powerful civilization, and the second is the relatively fixed geographical scope.

The first point is the most critical factor, and in this process, from ancient times has been the continuation of the square character has played a crucial role, as if we can now read thousands of years ago almost without obstacles to the text, which is also a few other ancient civilizations to look forward to.

The written word is the carrier of culture and civilization.

Over the past thousands of years, we also have a lot of traditional culture, based on the unique art form of the Chinese character one character, one tone, couplets is also one of them, couplets contain a very strong culture, it can be said that it is the treasure of traditional culture.

In the eyes of many people, the couplet is very elegant and not something that can be mastered by ordinary people, at least those who don't have ink in their stomachs.

But this view is not absolute, the Qing Dynasty, modern and modern on the emergence of a lot of vulgar couplets, the famous Peking University professor Mr. Hu Shi, is very much like to use the proverbial couplets written by a person.

He once wrote this one: Planting melon gets melon, planting beans gets beans, meeting rice is rice, meeting tea is tea.

Don't tell me, this couplet is indeed vulgar enough, but it is undeniable that it contains the philosophy of life, ancient and modern millennium, can do this and how many people?

The philosophy of life we put aside, let's talk about the Qing Dynasty period, a magistrate said a pair of common couplets, the first line is:

The sky is not afraid of the ground is not afraid of the wife is also not afraid.

And with the magistrate drinking together with the showman heard but silent for a long time, and finally said a pair of couplets, was praised for the classic, exactly what is the couplet it, let's look together.

County magistrate: who is afraid of his wife, as long as a small drink, I have no fear of people

Now talking about wife and family, married men are no strangers to this word, change the way to hide a hidden private money, is the most vivid interpretation of the word, but as a big man, outside is still very jealous of someone to reveal the shortcomings of, even if it is mentioned, but also to cover up with love.

And in feudal society, male superiority or inferiority of women is indisputable, which leads to the impression in many people, ancient men are three wives and four concubines, fear of his wife is also non-existent, after all, who do not listen, a paper repudiation is finished.

In fact, the ancient times are not all like this, can have three wives and four concubines are big families, the poor people can marry a wife is good, not to mention the thought of repudiation of the wife recklessly.

Of course, powerful men, afraid of their wives is not unheard of, as the Ming Dynasty's famous anti-Japanese generals and national heroes Qi Jiguang, is a "fear of" people, say a Qi Jiguang and his wife, Mrs. Wang, a small thing between us to experience:

Chi Jiguang in the army is a man who says no one can do anything. Qi Jiguang in the army is a say no to the main, his subordinates for his fear of his wife this deep "pain", so to help Qi Jiguang thought of a way to let him take the sword to scare his wife, Qi Jiguang can not stand, listened to this advice, the results of the sword to go home he just ran into his wife who had just woken up.

When his wife saw this, she immediately yelled, "What are you doing with the sword?" Qi Jiguang was so scared that his sword fell to the ground, and he hurriedly replied, "I want to kill a chicken for my wife.

It can be seen that in feudal society, fear of his wife is also a large number of people, the Qing Dynasty period there is a magistrate is also such a person, but in the way of face, always do not admit that they are afraid of their wives, and he had a little drink will float.

show: this on the link poked my heart, and look at my next classic is not classic

There was a time, the magistrate and a show (student) to drink together, the two drank to the rise, unknowingly have been some on the head, the magistrate drink more than the thought of the home of the lady can not help but some dark, think about it, he is a hall magistrate, why afraid of their wives, think of it, can not help but and more! I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do this.

People in the case of drinking more, easy to talk more, this magistrate opened his mouth to say the title of that one of the popular couplets, said he drank too much after that is not afraid of the sky, not afraid of the ground, of course, not afraid of their own wives, really drunk and powerful one.

And with the magistrate together with the drink of the scholar, heard this vulgar couplet, silent for a long time, he is not for the magistrate sentimental, nor at home also has a fear of his wife, but thought of the future of his, and then came out of the next couplet:

Kill what is the harm, the death of the death of what, even if the age of the examination of the what is the harm?

Don't tell me, this couplet is quite neat, but also said that their most fearful thing is the age of the examination, and here we have to say that the age of the examination refers to what, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the government will be subordinate to the government, state, county students, the government grants held every year, used to distinguish between the good and bad and discretionary rewards and punishments.

If the test is not good, not only their salaries will fall, it is not possible to lose this status, so there is no hope for the future, so at that time the students are afraid of the annual examination of countless people.

So this is a combination of the county magistrate is emphasizing that he is not afraid of his wife, and the students are also emphasizing that they are not afraid of the annual examination, but they will not be so bold after sobering up?

Showman: This magistrate is afraid of his wife, watch me abuse him

But the magistrate has another couplet and another version of the story, which says that the magistrate is a well-known local wife, a showman heard the magistrate drunkenly said that the couplet is funny, and then thought of abusing the magistrate a little bit.

So after a little thought, he came up with a more down-to-earth couplet:

What's the harm in cursing, what's the harm in beating, and what's the harm in kneeling at the end of the bed?

Also, he used the three "no harms" to the three "no fears" in the first line, but of course, this second line is more like the magistrate's review of his wife's behavior after he sobered up and was scolded by his wife and knelt down on his bed, so what? The first is to be a good example of the kind of thing you can do.

I have to say, this couplet is really interesting, a fear of the wife of the magistrate, its vivid image is so sketched out, memorable.

Couplet culture is profound and profound, these popular couplets passed down, although the content and words hurt, but sometimes it is easier for people to remember, in common language to say their own lives, why not a kind of joy?

So, do you have a more appropriate couplet? Try it out in the comments section.

References:

The Five Miscellaneous Chopsticks and The Complete Book of Chinese Couplets.

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