First, the purpose of this poem appearing in textbooks is to give children a "vaccination". The word "self-protection" in this poem is a typical representative of love rat. When he was in love, he was sweet-tongued, but after marriage, he forgot all about the original vows of eternal love and went back on his word. It is mentioned in the poem that "a scholar is also extremely useless." This shows that love needs to be cautious.
Secondly, the reason why Meng was selected as a Chinese textbook in senior high school is more important because of its profound literary value. The lines in this poem show that in ancient society, women were oppressed and destroyed by love and marriage. It also reflects the struggle between the progressive forces and the reactionary forces at that time from the contradiction between men and women, and the spirit of fighting against evil forces and pursuing freedom shown in it is still of progressive significance.
This poem is also the first lyric narrative poem in ancient China, which has a far-reaching influence on later narrative poems. There seems to be traces of Mencius in the famous narrative poems Peacock Flying Southeast and Song of Eternal Sorrow. The power of classics lasts forever. As a high school student who is about to enter an institution of higher learning, it is necessary to pass on this classic.
Educational significance
First, the result of being too infatuated is to bury yourself.
When love comes, there seems to be nothing in her life but self-protection in her eyes. Happy for him, but also sad for him. This shows the woman's naive and enthusiastic personality, but it also implies that she has to pay more and be hurt more than that man in this love.
Second, the result of being naive is to push yourself into the abyss.
Although from the first half of the narrative, the two have a sweet love, but from the later verse, the woman committed herself to protect herself because the other party swore an oath to him. It's secular to say something before and after the flowers, but it's also human nature. I'm just afraid that the other party will say these things just to please her.
Third, too accommodating can only be asking for trouble.
In love, it is inevitable for one person to accommodate another person, but if one person is in a subordinate position in love for a long time and blindly accommodates another person, then the final outcome of this love is no suspense.
The poem says, "When I was robbed, my son didn't have a good media", which shows that the heroine still knew some wedding etiquette at that time and didn't intend to get married immediately. But, obviously, this man is impatient. "The child will be angry, and autumn will be temporary." As soon as the woman sees the other person getting angry, she makes concessions and gives in to the other person. Began to accommodate before marriage, and gave in step by step after marriage.
Fourth, I am too stubborn and push myself to the wall.
People in love are paranoid, especially women. At that time, the relationship between brothers and sisters in the extended family was still very harmonious. There is only one reason during this period, that is, her brothers and sisters must persuade her to meet someone, but she stubbornly pursues her own love, and finally she can only take the consequences.
Throughout this ancient poem, I pointed out that women (including men) often make mistakes in love, such as being too naive, too blind, too accommodating and too stubborn, which may push themselves to the abyss. From this perspective, this ancient poem is actually warning these children who are at the best age in their lives to have a pair of wise eyes to distinguish and to look at love with a rational eye.