The idiom "people's words are fearful" comes from "The Book of Songs"
Zheng Feng·Jiang
Zhongzi
": "People can also be afraid when they talk too much."
Words: refers to rumors; Wei: fear. People's gossip is terrible.
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Tree, but I am afraid of what my parents will say. Zhongzi, I miss you too
But I am afraid that my parents will scold me.
." The girl remembered that her brothers would scold her when they found out about this, so she continued to sing: "Please Zhongzi, don't climb my wall, don't break the mulberry trees I planted. It's not that I don't want to leave the tree, but I'm afraid of what my brothers will say. "Zhongzi, I miss you too. I'm just afraid that my brother will scold me." The girl is also afraid that others will know this. There were rumors about her, so she sang again: "Please Zhongzi, don't climb into my back garden, don't break the sandalwood trees I planted. It's not like that. I am reluctant to leave the tree, but I am afraid of what others will say. Zhongzi, I miss you too, but I am afraid of what others will say about me."
About
Ruan Lingyu
Ruan Lingyu was the first to connect these four words into an idiom.
Ruan Lingyu left these four words before her death, which became
her last words
. What people say is terrible. She died in such pain. Unfortunately, how many people understand her pain? What people say is terrible. There are fake reports everywhere, but the truth is covered by falsehoods. Do you possibly understand her pain? People's words are scary, just like
Zhang Huimei
's song "
If you have heard of it too
", if you also If you hear it, will you believe me? In that era, how many people
believed
her? Almost nothing, so she left behind the four words: "People's words are fearful",
and drifted away
What was left in the world was despair!
"
Guofeng·Zheng Feng·Jiang Zhongzi
" is an article in "The Book of Songs". The poem consists of three chapters, each chapter has eight lines. This poem is a Chinese
folk love song
that was popular in the Zheng State during the Spring and Autumn Period. A beautiful love poem from a girl to her lover. The whole poem is purely composed of
inner monologue
style of love language. However, due to the lyricism of the heroine, she connected with the inner wall of her home
The garden wall
The tree spread out and used the word "call to the other party"
< p>, the tone of consolation gives thepoetry
the unique charm of Xu Xu
dialogue
. "The Book of Songs" is
the first collection of poems
in the history of Chinese literature
. It had a profound impact on the development of poetry in later generations and became the source of the realist tradition of classical literature.
Original text of the work
Jiang Zhongzi comes to you
No one can cross my inner boundary, and no one can break my trees.
How dare
love it? Afraid of my parents. You can still be pregnant, but you can also be afraid of your parents' words.
Come to Zhongzi,
No one can cross my wall
, no one can break me
the mulberry tree
. How dare you love it? Fear my brothers. You can be pregnant with Zhong, and you can also be afraid of the words of brothers.
When Zhongzi comes, he will not exceed my garden, and will not break my sandalwood tree. How dare you love it? Afraid of people talking too much. You can be pregnant, but you can also be afraid of people who talk too much.
Vernacular translation
Please, my Zhongzi, don’t climb over the door of my house, and don’t break the wolfberry tree I planted. I couldn't bear to part with the Qi tree. I was afraid of my parents. Zhongzi, you really concern me, but
my parents’ words
also make
me afraid
Please, my Zhongzi , don’t climb over my fence, don’t break the green mulberries I planted. I couldn't bear to part with the mulberry tree, I was afraid of my brother. Zhongzi, you really concern me, but my brother’s words also scare me.
Please, my Zhongzi, don’t cross my vegetable garden and don’t break the green sandalwood I planted. I can't bear to part with the sandalwood tree. I'm afraid of the slander from my neighbors. Zhongzi, you really concern me, but the slander from your neighbors also scares me.