What did the ancients mean by "romance"? What's the difference with modern "romance"?

During the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the word romantic was used in two ways. One is the subject-predicate structure word, the wind subject, flowing. This usage has been used all the time Wang Shen in Han Dynasty called it "the wind blows away", and later it was called "the wind blows away, the wind blows away" in Song Dynasty.

Extended meaning, first of all, is popular, such as what Yan Zhitui in Northern Qi called "romantic and broad".

Others talk about customs, that is, customs. There is a so-called "romance still exists" in common history books or notes.

It was in the Wei and Jin Dynasties that the meaning of the present really began. The Book of Jin says "romantic", and the so-called "there are many heroes in the six countries, and there has just been romantic."

And emperor Wu of song said: "I hate it, and future generations can't see its romance!" " "

The so-called "the so-called celebrities in the Han Dynasty, their romantic life experience is well known."

Probably from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the word romantic mainly describes the magnanimity of celebrities in Wei and Jin Dynasties at the end of Han Dynasty. Generally speaking, it is elegant and natural, informal and elegant.

By the time of the Tang Dynasty, the romantic style was basically a generation of cities that were beyond mystery and elegant. Si Kongtu said, "Without a word, it's fun." So the legends and poems of the Tang Dynasty describe handsome husbands and so on, and they are "romantic"

Stories in the Song Dynasty and novels in the Ming Dynasty were popular, and they loved to tell ancient and modern stories, so they secularized their romantic husbands. For example, it is always romantic to see Feng Menglong describing ancient talents. In the Ming dynasty, it was generally believed that "ancient and modern romantic, Song Youzi Zhan, Tang Taibai, Jin Dongshan, these are a few." "Romance here or take the original meaning. But then everyone got used to it, and the words "romantic", "Pan An in appearance" and "knowledgeable" were easily summarized.

In fact, some love-hate lyrics in the Ming dynasty began to dislike Mr. Lang's romance. At this time, the elegance of the word romance began to change.

Basically, after the popularity of novels in Ming and Qing dynasties, the meaning of the word romance is also divided into academic and folk. Academic scholars or scholars talk about the word romance, basically according to the ancient meaning. For example, in A Dream of Red Mansions, it is said that Lin Daiyu's poem "If it is romantic and unique, it is this one". Several girls in a dream of red mansions are all elegant people. Of course, this is not to say that Miss Lin is a playboy, but that in terms of spiritual temperament, Lin Daiyu is elegant and chic.

However, it doesn't matter if the articles of ballads are original. The interpretation of the word "romance" is more physical and tends to the relationship between men and women. For example, Jin Ping Mei is like "There is a romantic child in Qinghe County, Dongping Prefecture, Shandong Province." "Romance here contains many meanings, such as charming, unrestrained, unreliable and playboy.