The classic poem of love and marriage
In Chinese culture, the classic poem of love marriage, often in the hearts of lovers, is a poem “Shi Jing – Zhou Nan – Guan Ju”. “Guan Guan Ju, in the river. My fair lady, the gentleman good martyr”, from time to time the heart raises the famous lines of the love song, from ancient times to the present. Guan Ju” is the opening chapter of “The Book of Songs – Zhou Nan”, depicting the “gentleman” who is in love with a virtuous lady, loves her, and then the gentleman and the lady complete the match made in heaven. The love song “Guan Ju” clarifies the position and meaning of love and marriage as a match made in heaven.
Guan Guan Ju, the osprey in the river. My fair lady, the gentleman is good at martyrdom.
The waterlily flows left and right. The fair and gentle lady is sought after at any time.
The girl is not wanted. The lady is at ease, and she is tossing and turning.
The waterlily is plucked from the left and right. My fair lady, friend of the piano and the seer.
Nymphoides peltata, flowing from side to side. My fair lady, the bell and drum music.
Who are the “gentleman” and “lady” who perform in the poem “Guan Ju”? The Preface to the Poem of Mao says that the poem Guan Ju is meant to illustrate the virtues of the “queen consort”. The “lady” in the Psalm indicates a particular “concubine”. The Preface to the Poem states that it is a poem in praise of King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty and his wife, Taisi. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the term “gentleman” was not a general title, but rather a term of respect for “my ruler’s son. Zhou Nan – Guan Ju” is the state wind of Zhou, so of course “gentleman” refers to the son of the ruler of Zhou, Xi Bo Ji Chang, later posthumously named King Wen of Zhou, that King Wen’s “consort” is Ta Si.
Gentleman and lady of the first encounter love song
King Wen of Zhou surnamed Ji Chang, son of Ji Li, the Shang emperor sealed it for the West, that is, the western lords of the long, also known as West Bo Chang, West Bo Hou. The son of King Wu of Zhou started the Zhou dynasty, posthumously honored as King Wen of Zhou. The poem “Guan Ju” records the love and marriage between King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty and Ta Si.
King Wen met a fair lady at the Wei waterfront. A brief encounter, conversation, the beautiful woman’s smile, knitted silhouette, hard work and virtuous virtues, so that King Wen left an unforgettable impression. King Wen and Ta Si’s first encounter, a short conversation with the interstellar rendezvous, rubbing out of the infinite light, the rhinoceros rays of love and affection. After the separation of night and day tossing and turning, whether in a dream or wake up, are the echoes of the thoughts, can not forget that kind and wise beauty Fengcai ……
The turtles are in the river. The most important thing is that you can get a good idea of what you are doing.
The most important thing is that you have to be able to get a good idea of what you are doing. The most important thing is that you have to be able to get a good idea of what you are doing.
The woman who is not able to get it, is not able to get it. The most important thing is that you can’t be afraid of the world.
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King Wen of Zhou’s love song for his wife Ta Si at first sight, the true and passionate love is delicate and profound, evocative, pouring out the thoughts of admiration and pursuit. The romantic desire for love, the wish to marry and form a family, which is the heart of lovers since ancient times, but also the most beautiful, solemn love poetry, marriage music, the foundation of a solid society of family and human relationships. From the scroll of history, the love and marriage of King Wen and Ta Si, the establishment of human norms, family and state, interlocking, is a match made in heaven in the underworld.
Chaste osprey divine marriage music
Off and singing osprey is a kind of water bird, Zhu Xi “poetry collection of biography” said, osprey “born with a fixed mate and not disorderly, even often and swim not apathetic”, that is, this bird fixed mate, dedicated to love; usually travel together with noble demeanor, loaded and not loose. The love of a fixed mate Ju metaphorical relationship between the couple should be ethical, as well as dignified and noble behavior, and the love and marriage of King Wen and Ta Si is such an example.
The boat as a bridge to marry the heaven and earth
According to the “Biography of Women – Mother Yi Biography – Three Mothers of the Zhou Chamber”, King Wen’s wife, Tai Si (surnamed Si), was born in Xinli Village, Dongwang Township, Heyang County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, a tribe of the Youxin Clan, descendants of the Great Yu, and is known for her virtue in history.
As a princess from a noble family, she was not only free from extravagant habits, but also of high moral character, as the history books record that she was “virtuous and worthy of heaven and earth”. She is filial to her parents, respect for teachers, loyalty and love of husband, love others, frugal and self-sufficient, specializing in a variety of women’s red and family affairs, kind and gentle and virtuous, filial kindness and love and understanding of righteousness. Such a kind and beautiful lady touched the heart of the Marquis of Xi Bo (later called King Wen) and made him toss and turn, thinking about her day and night. As the Zhou people worshiped the gods, it was impossible to make a hasty decision on marriage, so King Wen consulted the gods and the divination patterns showed that it was very auspicious to marry this chaste, kind and hardworking lady.
The king welcomed her to the waterfront. At that time, there was no bridge on the water, so the Marquis of Xi Bo built a boat as a bridge in order to marry Ta Si. Boat after boat, the boats were connected and became a pontoon bridge. King Wen was finally able to lead his subjects to marry his beloved lover, Ta Si, and “the water flowed from side to side. My fair lady, bells and drums of music”, the bride array across the pontoon bridge to welcome the bride into the territory of the Western Marquis of Xiqi; Zhou people cheered, hanging flowers to celebrate the country. At that time, bells and drums were played, the celebration was grand and joyful, the willows were green and dewy in spring, the Weishui River was bright and clear, the dense mist was auspicious, and the people of heaven were celebrating together.
The poem “Shi Jing – Daya – Da Ming” records the scene of the marriage between King Wen and Ta Si.
The heavenly superintendent is below, there is an order both set.
King Wen was born in the beginning, and the match was made in heaven.
It was in the sun of Qia and in the river of Wei.
The King of Wen was in his first year of life, and the great state had a son.
The son of the great state is considered the sister of heaven.
Wen Ding was the first to welcome him to Wei.
He built a boat as a beam and ignored its light.
The virtue of the queen consort and the support of the holy king
King Wen married the fair lady Ta Si, whom he admired, and then the couple worked together as a family and ruled the country, creating a great work of virtue and government that will be admired by future generations.
Ta Si worked hard all day and night and gave her best effort to play the role of a good wife, good mother, consort, and auxiliary minister. With the support of his wife, King Wen had no worries and concentrated on governance and education. Modest and compassionate, King Wen adhered to the legacy of his ancestors, ruled the country with benevolence and virtue, exercised rigidity and virtue, “opened three sides of the net”, respected virtue, protected the old and the young, and carefully punished and protected the people. He wore a simple cloth, but his heart was concerned about our land and our people, and when the people of the country were sinned against King Zhou, he redeemed the sinned people with his own land in exchange.
King Wen’s saintly virtue was like the wind blowing down the grass, which attracted many virtuous and famous scholars to join him. Bo Yi and Shu Qi, who were famous in history for resigning from their positions and living in seclusion in the mountains, heard that King Wen had great respect for the old man and also made a special trip to submit to him. These benevolent ways of governing by King Wen created a great political example that made Confucius dream of returning to the time of Zhou.
At that time, there was a land dispute between the people of Youyu and the people of Rui, and they could not settle the lawsuit. Since they heard that the marquis of Xibe was so holy and wise that all the vassals would seek his judgment if there was any dispute among them, they went to the Zhou state to seek Xibe’s judgment. When they entered the land of Zhou, they saw the following scenes: farmers gave way to each other in the field, and juniors always gave way to elders; when they came to the town, they saw men and women walking separately, and old men with gray hair did not carry heavy loads; when they came to the court, they saw scholars giving courtesy to the governor, and the governor giving courtesy to the minister. These two people came all the way here and felt groundless before they saw Xibo, saying to each other, “What we are fighting for is exactly what the Zhou people think they are ashamed of and don’t want, and going to see Xibo again is just humiliating themselves!” So they returned to each other and went away. When the vassals heard this, they all said, “Xibo is the king who has been appointed.
Later people respected King Wen’s concubine Ta Si as “Mother Wen”, and King Wen’s grandmother Ta Jiang, King Wen’s mother Ta Ren and called the “three mothers of the Zhou family”, is the world’s motherly model. Inheriting the virtues of King Wen’s grandmother Tai Jiang and mother Tai Ren, Tai Si worked hard day and night and diligently promoted the way of housewives and virtues of wives, and motherhood. In the late years of King Wen, the Zhou Dynasty was already “two of the three worlds”. “Wen’s mother, Tai Si, was revered by later generations as the “Ten Ministers of Zhou” (ten famous ministers of the Zhou Dynasty), and was the only woman among the ten ministers of Zhou. Ta Si paid great attention to the moral education of her ten sons, whose son King Wu started the great Zhou dynasty, the Duke of Zhou made rites and music, laying the foundation for the Zhou dynasty and future generations of culture, Ta Si set the example of the Chinese nation “the virtue of the consort”.
History left the praise of “King Wen ruled the outside, mother Wen ruled the inside”, later generations called his wife “inner son”, “inner man”, called her husband “outer son It is also said that the allusion to the wife as “inner son” and “inner man” and the husband as “outer son” came from this. The match made in heaven between King Wen of Zhou and Taisi is a classic Chinese love song and marriage music, which has been sung from ancient times to this day.
Note: The ode to the story of “The Legend of the Women” praises the virtues of Tai Jiang, Tai Ren and Tai Si, who made King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou a great success, especially Tai Si, who was the most virtuous. Ode praise: “the three mothers of the Zhou family, the great ginger Ren Si, the rise of Wen and Wu, from the cover. The most virtuous of the first sister, named Wen mother. The virtue of the three aunt, also very big!”
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