This sentence is also provocative. In the face of the heroine's question, the average man will say something like "very well, we are very happy together", not to mention happiness or not. In order to save face, the man is usually not to be outdone.
The man in this poem didn't answer like this. On the contrary, men constantly praise their ex-wives' looks and skills, which is far superior to "newcomers".
Every word is sincere. After listening to the concession and confession of the man, the heroine was naturally filled with a trace of pride. At this time, the heroine will take advantage of the situation to pursue, "New people enter through the door, so old people come out." The woman seems to be saying, "Knowing that I am so good, you marry her from the new door and let me leave from the side door?" A sentence seems to be a reproach on the surface, but in fact it is full of lingering affection and is very interesting.
When men see women start to blame themselves and know that this is an opportunity to save their beloved women, they will no longer leave themselves a backward path and their feelings for the heroine are getting deeper and deeper. It is embarrassing to admit that "the newcomer is not as good as the old one", which must have amused the heroine.
Originally, it was an embarrassing scene when the ex-wife met her husband, but in the end it ended in such joy. Reading here not only makes readers smile, but also greatly impressed by the poet's ability to control poetry.
In his answer, the man ignored the feelings of the big man and blindly expressed his infinite nostalgia for his ex-wife. It is also conceivable that the ex-wife was very moved. A man's tone is humble and sincere. Finally, he couldn't wait to sigh "Let's get back together". The last sentence, "A new person is not as good as an old one", unreservedly expresses a man's deep yearning for the heroine.
Original poem:
The Han Dynasty: Anonymous in "Picking Wu from the Mountains"
Pick weeds up the hill and see your wife down the hill.
Kneel down and ask the old father-in-law, where is the newcomer?
Although the newcomer speaks well, he is not as good as his old friend.
The color is similar, but the claws are different.
The newcomer enters the door, so the old man leaves.
New artificial weaving, so artificial weaving.
Weave a horse a day, weaving more than 50 feet.
New people are better than old people.
Explanation:
Climb the mountain to pick weeds, and go down to see your ex-husband.
The old man knelt down and asked him, "How is your new wife?"
The husband said, "Although the new wife is good, she is not as good as yours."
Although the beauty is similar, the textile technology is much worse.
Husband and wife married at home, and you left me at the door.
Newcomers are good at weaving yellow silk, but you can weave fine silk.
Yellow silk weaves only one horse a day, and the essence is more than five feet.
Compared with the essence of yellow silk, my newcomer is not as good as you. "
Extended data:
First of all, we must find out why our old friends were abandoned. As we know, due to the social form and economic structure of feudal society, rural women at that time were the main producers of cottage industry in individual economy. Under the system of buying and selling marriage at that time, the daughter-in-law was equivalent to the labor force bought by the man with "bride price money".
Therefore, the ability to work is one of the criteria for evaluating the daughter-in-law in a family. For the clutch of marriage, women's ability to work has become an important factor.
In "Picking Wild Flowers on the Mountain", we can see that the old man's labor ability is obviously better than that of the new man, and the color is not worse than that of the new man. According to the so-called "merit-based admission" principle we talk about today, how can her husband choose a new man and abandon the old one?
Obviously, the old friend was not driven away because he could not meet the labor requirements of his husband's family, nor was he abandoned because he was old, just like the heroine in The Book of Songs, so it is inferred that the reason why the old friend was abandoned is probably "childless".
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