1. In modern times, this sentence is often used to describe a man who has an affair with many women. He is romantic and indulgent, but in the end he doesn't belong to any one, and he won't leave any hope and fantasy for any woman. They seem affectionate, but they are heartless. Most of these people are highly emotional, reckless and lack of responsibility.
2, there is another meaning, that is, dealing with many women, there is no entanglement.
This sentence originally came from Peony Pavilion written by Tang Xianzu. This story describes Du Liniang's dream that a scholar was holding a willow branch in his hand and asked her to write a poem. Later, he was taken to the peony pavilion by a scholar and enjoyed sex.
Second, the source is the Peony Pavilion by Tang Xianzu.
1, specific poems are:
Through the flowers, every leaf never touched the body. In the morning, there are light smoke apricot flowers, and at night, it condenses and blows flat sand. There is a romantic place in the long street, which closely reflects the Su family in Qiantang. Bring back the Hundred Arts Casting Poetry Hall, and you are busy with many poems. Inspire Kyushu's feelings and inject poetry into the program. Peony is dead, and it's romantic to be a ghost.
2, poetry introduction:
The work combines legends and stories with Ming society, and it is a romantic spiritual masterpiece. There are fifty-five plays, each of which provides hints for the following plot. The following poems all adopted Tang poetry, and none of them were satisfactory.
It can also be seen that Tang Xianzu paid more attention to his Peony Pavilion than his other works. The Peony Pavilion not only eulogized human nature, but also attacked Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism which was popular at that time in another unique way.
Extended data:
Du Liniang, the heroine of Du Liniang Muse Rejuvenation, which was widely circulated in Ming Dynasty, provided a basic story for Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion, and made it famous all over the world. Many parts of The Peony Pavilion still follow the story lines in the script, such as dreaming, dreaming and mourning, and some original sentences in the script are still preserved.
Du Liniang is one of the rare images of girls in classical Chinese opera. As the apple of Du Bao, the magistrate of Nan 'an, her birth determines that she should be a good wife and mother with three obedience and four virtues. However, under the temptation of Chunxiang, the handmaid, she sneaked out of the embroidery room and walked into the garden. Inspired by nature in spring, she inspired her youthful vitality and her desire for love, and met her lover Liu Mengmei in the peony pavilion in her dream.
References:
Mudan pavilion Baidu encyclopedia