Mulberry leaves flourish before they fall. There are no mulberries in the nest! I'm a woman, what's there to worry about! What does this poem mean? (Note not for explanation)

Mulberry leaves are covered with green branches before they fall. Hush, hush, those turtledoves, don't eat mulberries in your mouth. Oh, young girls, don't part with men.

It comes from Guo Fengwei Feng Meng and is an article in The Book of Songs. This is a long poem about a woman who abandoned her wife and confessed her marriage tragedy. The heroine in the poem recalls the sweetness of love life and the pain of being abused and abandoned by her husband after marriage with great sadness. This poem consists of six chapters, each with ten sentences.

Extended data:

During the Spring and Autumn Period, productivity was still quite backward. Women are not independent economically in the family, but form a subordinate relationship with men in personality. Once a man changes his mind, he can abandon her without care. At that time, the ideology of feudal relations of production and hierarchy was gradually formed, and women's love and marriage were often bound by ethics, interfered by their parents and condemned by customs.

Further formed the spiritual shackles of women. The poem Feng Wei Meng reflects the heartbreaking story of an infatuated woman. Before marriage, she bravely broke through the shackles of etiquette and resolutely lived with her self-protector, which was a valuable thing at that time. It stands to reason that married life should be harmonious and beautiful.

However, contrary to expectations, in order to protect herself, she was used like an ox or a horse, even beaten and abandoned. The reason is that at that time, women had no position in society and family, but were only vassals of their husbands. This political and economic inequality determines the inequality between men and women in marriage, which enables Mongolians to play with and abuse women at will with impunity, and have the right to abandon their wives and dissolve their engagement.

The word "beginning chaos and ending abandonment" can summarize the evil behavior of self-protection to women. Therefore, although she bravely broke through the feudal shackles, she ended up with the fate of a woman who resigned under the pressure of her parents' orders and matchmakers' words.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wei Guofeng Feng Meng