"The Quiet Girl": Sweet love is really enviable

In the era of the Book of Songs, young men and women were very open, straightforward, and honest in love. They often agree on a tryst at a time and place to strengthen their affection for each other. The following scene is the story of a man and a woman dating in the corner of the city wall.

A graceful and beautiful woman made an appointment with the man to meet at the corner of the city wall, and the man arrived at the rendezvous early, but the woman had not yet arrived. He looked around impatiently, but his view was blocked by trees and houses, and he scratched his ears and cheeks in such a hurry that he had no choice but to linger in place. Judging from the man's external movements, he knows that he is already deeply in love with women and is infatuated.

Who knows, when the man was restless, the woman had already quietly stood behind him, wanting to surprise him. The man finally waited for his sweetheart, and his heart was immediately relieved, and he hurriedly told her his feelings. The woman gave the man two gifts, one a red flute and the other a thatch. The flute is bright in color and very exquisitely made. When the man saw this thatch, he seemed to be very moved. The thatch grass was still green, and it must have been picked for him by the woman who trekked in the countryside, which was too precious for a man.

Men are in love, women are in love, how happy and satisfied they are immersed in such love. How worthy of praise is such love:

The demure girl is so beautiful, she asked me to wait by the corner of the city. The sight is obscured and invisible, scratching his head and wandering nervously.

The demure girl is so delicate, give me a new pen and a red pen tube. The bright red pen tube has brilliance, and the girl who loves her good face.

Giving soft wattles from the countryside is admittedly beautiful and precious. It's not that the grass grows beautifully, and the beauties give each other affection.

"Xintai": A comical historical farce

Wei Xuangong was a desolate and mediocre monarch, he once had an affair with his father Wei Zhuanggong's concubine Yi Jiang, and gave birth to a son, Gongziling. Wei Xuangong was very fond of Yi Jiang, so he made Gongzi Ling the crown prince, and also married Xuanjiang, the princess of Qi State, for him. Xuan Jiang is the daughter of Qi Xugong and the younger sister of Qi Xianggong, but when he was not married, Wei Xuangong saw that Xuanjiang was beautiful, so he married her himself, and married another woman for the prince. After Wei Xuangong got Xuanjiang, Xuanjiang gave birth to two sons, Gongzi Shou and Gongzi Shuo.

Yi Jiang lost Wei Xuangong's favor and hanged himself. After Yi Jiang's death, Xuan Jiang and Gongzi Shuo slandered the prince together. Since Wei Xuangong married Xuan Jiang, he began to dislike the prince from the bottom of his heart and always wanted to abolish him. When Wei Xuangong heard the bad words of the crown prince, he was very angry, so he sent the prince to envoy to the state of Qi and instructed the robbers to ambush the border of the kingdom. Wei Xuan gave the prince a white festival, and then told the robber that he would kill the person who held the white festival when he saw it.

When the prince was about to leave, Gongzi Shou knew that Gongzi Shuo hated the prince, and Wei Xuangong wanted to kill the prince, so he said to the prince: The robbers on the border will kill you when they see the white knots in your hands, don't go! and asked the prince to flee quickly. The prince disagreed, saying: I can't disobey my father's orders to survive, if there is no father's country in the world, then I can flee there. When the prince was leaving, Gongzi Shou drunk the prince with wine, and then stole the prince's white festival. Gongzishou inserted the white knots into the car and galloped towards the border of the country, and the border robbers saw that there was really someone holding the white knots, so they killed him.

After Gongzishou died, the prince arrived and saw Gongzishou's body, grief-stricken, and said to the robbers: I am the one who should be killed, what is his crime? Please kill me too! The robbers killed the prince and reported it to Wei Xuangong. Wei Xuangong saw that his two sons were dead, so he had to make Gongzi Shuo the crown prince. The following year, in 700 BC, Duke Wei Xuan died, and Prince Shuo ascended the throne as Duke Wei Hui.

After Wei Huigong ascended the throne, his position was very unstable. Prince Ling and Gongzi Shou also have their own henchmen, and they always want to avenge the two sons. So soon he launched a coup d'état, drove out Wei Huigong, and set up Gongziling's younger brother Qianmu as the monarch of Wei Guoguo. Gongziling also has a younger brother named Gongzi, and Wei Huigong has fled to Qi at this time. In order to let Gongzi stubbornly rebel away from Qianmu, Qi Xianggong gradually consolidated the position of his nephew Wei Huigong, and in order to protect his sister Xuanjiang, he planned to marry Xuanjiang to Gongzi Yan, Xuanjiang is the eldest of Qi Xianggong's sisters, Wei Huigong's biological mother, Gongzi's mother-in-law.

Qi Xianggong sent someone to defend the country and ordered Gongzi to marry Xuanjiang, and Gongzi stubbornly said: Xuanjiang is my mother-in-law, how can I marry her as a wife? Later, Gongzi was drunk and led him into Xuanjiang's bedroom. Since then, Gongzi Yan and Xuan Jiang have married and given birth to three sons and two daughters. Wei Huigong fled in Qi for eight years, and Qi Xianggong led all the princes to attack Weiguo, and finally he returned to Weiguo again. Wei Huigong reigned for 31 years, and his son was Wei Yigong, the faint monarch who liked cranes and gave them official positions and fortunes.

In fact, in the whole story, the direct victim is Xuan Jiang, who was originally a beautiful girl who was supposed to marry a good prince, but married a bad old man, hunchbacked chicken breast, who was supposed to be her father-in-law. Even more unfortunate, Xuan Jiang became an outright political victim.

The above are some anecdotes about Wei Xuangong. Wei Ren was very disgusted with Xuangong's forced marriage to Xuanjiang halfway, and also built a platform for Xuanjiang to visit the view, so he made up this song to ridicule him:

The reflection of Xintai is so vivid, and the river is flowing non-stop. I wanted to marry a beautiful boy, but my chicken-breasted husband really can't do it.

The reflection of Xintai is long and long, and the river is constantly flooding. I wanted to marry a beautiful boy, but my chicken-breasted husband was really ominous.

The net was cast and it missed, and a toad fell into the net. I wanted to marry a beautiful boy in exchange for a hunchbacked ugly husband.

"Two Sons on a Boat": I wish you a smooth journey

The thought of parting is always chaotic, whether it is to say goodbye to relatives or friends, as long as we are concerned about the person, farewell will be a heavy feeling. The love is unlimited, and the placket is more scattered than the silk. Holding hands and looking at each other's teary eyes, they were speechless and choked. The scene of parting should be cold, because parting is sad.

By the river, the two young men finally said goodbye to their relatives and friends and boarded the boat, and in a blink of an eye, they turned into a lonely boat and drifted away on the vast river. Let's change the picture again, a send-off person has been standing on the bank of the river for a long time, looking into the distance, and thinking for a long time. It was as if he was praying that the journey of life was full of waves and risks. Those who are far away, you must survive the stormy seas smoothly and not be swallowed up by unexpected risks.

The two of you are away in a boat, and the boat is drifting away. I miss you so much, and I can't get rid of the love in my heart.

The two of you are away in a boat, and the shadow of the boat is fading away. How I miss you, and don't let woe befall you!

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国风·鄘 (yōng) wind

According to the examination of the predecessors, Shao Feng, Hu Feng, and Wei Feng are probably all poems of Wei Guo. There are a total of 10 poems in "The Wind of the Wind", namely "Bai Zhou", "Wall Youci", "The Gentleman Grows Old", "Sangzhong", "The Running of the Quail", "The Fang of Ding", "The Scorpion", "Xiang Mouse", "Gan Xuan" and "Carrying the Ride".

Let's take a look at them!

"Bai Zhou": Mother, please fulfill your daughter

A more realistic social problem is that on the issue of mate selection, the opinions of mothers and daughters are often not in agreement. The mother is in love, and the daughter is dismissive; The daughter liked it, but the mother resolutely refused to take him home. This kind of thing exists today, even in the era of the Book of Songs!

This woman lived in an era in which young men and women could still enjoy a certain degree of freedom of love within the scope of the government decree, and the primitive marriage customs were inherited. But on the other hand, it is already the general situation that marriage can only be effective after the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. At this time, etiquette and religion have already intervened in life through marriage customs and public opinion. When a woman chooses a man she likes, she is conditioned by her mother. And where there is oppression, there will be resistance. From this girl's statement, you can see her sense of resistance for the freedom of marriage and love.

When the woman reached the age of marriage, the object she chose was a young man who was less than twenty years old, because he had a separate head and had not yet been crowned. (According to the Liturgy, a man's coronation is at the age of twenty.) The woman's choice was not approved by her mother, so she was full of resentment and vowed to fight her mother to the end.