Now, it will seem too unfamiliar. The process of a gentleman seeking a wife in Guanju is pure from the beginning, and the pursuit process for the purpose of marriage will eventually live up to his love and return to happiness. This combination of a gentleman and a lady must be the result of love that everyone yearned for at that time, which is more in line with the ancient concept of love.
The "gentleman" in Guanju is a general term for young men in ancient times. Of course, "gentlemen" also have certain conduct and identity. In this poem, although a gentleman loves a lady, in the process of pursuing her, there is no physical contact from beginning to end, only tossing and turning at night.
This shows that ancient people's love is pure, without any other ideas. They pay more attention to the virtues of women, and gentlemen respect women while pursuing them. "Preface to Mao Poetry" also said: "Guan Yu, the virtue of empresses, the beginning of the wind, so the wind is the world and the couple are also." It means: Guan Ju is a poem about the virtue of empresses. At the beginning of The Book of Songs, it is used to educate the world and correct the way of husband and wife.
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Some people say that in the past, various conditions were underdeveloped, and you could only love one person in your life. Just like in Guanju, the pursuit of a moment is a lifetime, and the companionship of a moment is a lifetime. "Everyone has a heart for beauty", which can make sense from ancient times to the present, and it is even more interesting for a gentleman to match a beauty.
The reason why Guan Yu can spread widely may be precisely because of the beauty of a gentleman and the life of a beautiful woman. No matter what age, there will always be a moment of love seeds when you are young, and there will always be a girl who will be remembered. Now some people will pursue a temporary passion and vigorous, so they also lack a trace of singles.
In Guan Ju, the gentleman's pursuit of a lady's final marriage is solemn and humorous, like a gentle landscape painting, which can make people understand the romantic beauty.
Among them, the love between men and women, let nature take its course, is a kind of love that conforms to social virtues, that is, love that knows how to restrain, reserve and be cautious and aims at marriage. The love in The Book of Songs is too clean and pure, which makes people sigh. Love in modern life only pursues a temporary passion, but it is not eternal.