This sentence comes from the fourth chapter "Evening Beauty" in the Tale of Genji.
Tale of Genji is a novel by Murasaki shikibu, a Japanese writer in heian period. Tale of Genji is a genre of Japanese literature. Generally speaking, the age of writing works is between 100 1 and 1008. ?
Tale of Genji, with the heyday of the Heian Dynasty in Japan as the background, describes the life experience and love story of the hero Genji. The book has 54 chapters and nearly one million words. Including four generations of emperors, it has been more than 70 years, involving more than 400 people, among whom 20 or 30 people have a clear impression. The figures are mainly upper-level aristocrats, but also middle-and lower-level aristocrats, ladies-in-waiting, ladies-in-waiting and ordinary people.
Tale of Genji reflects the cultural life and social background of heian period. While carrying out the realistic aesthetic thought of "truth", it also created the romantic thought of "mourning for things" in Japan.
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In primitive Japan, Shinto was the main religion in Japan. Due to the worship of reproduction and the worship of the Great God, Japanese women once occupied a high position in the family. However, with the increasing demand for labor and the establishment of feudal ethics, the status of men gradually surpassed that of women and became the head of the family.
In Heian period, Japan gradually completed the transition from the ancient legal system to the new feudal social system manor system. By the middle of the Heian period of 10 century, the rich and noble represented by Beichuan monopolized the position of Regent Wang He and seized the power of the emperor. The consorts of the royal family controlled the state affairs and formed the rule of the dynasty and the nobility, which was called Guan Politics in history (about 995- 1027). Caring about politics means that the spouse is dictatorial and supportive. When the emperor was young, the assistant minister was called "Regent".
When the emperor was old, the assistant minister was called "Guan Bai" and "Regent" was the abbreviation of "Regent Guan Bai". As a Korean woman, Murasaki shikibu once served the Queen and was hired by Fujiwara's director Akiko Fujiwara as a female palace official to explain Bai Juyi's poems. This queen is Fujiwara's daughter. Tale of Genji is a pastime she wrote to the emperor and the palace. ?
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