The meaning of "men are as asexual as iron and women are as asexual as hemp" is as follows:
It means that men and women should have their own personalities, men should have pursuits and set lofty ambitions, and women should have lofty ambitions. To cultivate your own inner beauty, as the saying goes, "there is poetry and calligraphy in your belly," only in this way can you have a beautiful life.
Chinese civilization has a long history, and its proverb culture has been very popular thousands of years ago. At that time, education was not yet widespread, so folk sayings were easily promoted.
Compared with poems and poems, colloquial sayings lag far behind in in-depth connotation, but colloquial sayings are easy to understand and applicable in many aspects. It is for this reason that many colloquial sayings have been widely used. spread.
Although the status of colloquialisms today is not as good as it used to be, there are still many people who are keen on using colloquialisms, and for many scholars, studying colloquialisms is a very necessary thing. We learn from colloquialisms You can discover many ancient people’s attitudes toward life.
The saying "Men are as asexual as iron and women as asexual as hemp" has been handed down from ancient times. So what does this saying mean? Our ancestors attached great importance to the theory of the harmony of yin and yang. They believed that everything in the world has two sides, and humans are no exception. Men and women represent Yang and Yin respectively.
The difference between men and women does not only exist in their appearance, but also in their personalities. This proverb is about the personalities of men and women.
The first half of this proverb, "A man is as strong as iron," simply means that if a man's character is not tough enough, it will be difficult for him to succeed.
The "iron" mentioned here actually hides an allusion, which is the familiar saying of "hating iron will not make steel". After all, only through constant tempering can you make good steel. In the hearts of the ancients, steel has a noble character and represents tenacity. Although iron is equally hard, if it is not used for a long time, it will easily oxidize and eventually become a pile of useless waste.
So the ancients generally believed that men should concentrate more on polishing themselves and forging their strong character.