Zhuangzi faked his dead wife and split the coffin to take the brain marrow
Yi Heng Xiang contains: "The woman is chaste, from the beginning to the end. "The concept of chastity is the requirement of ancient Chinese society for women's moral norms and sentiments. This concept originated from the saying in the "Book of Rites" in the pre-Qin period that the husband would not marry, which means that women's chastity has attracted widespread attention from the society.
However, it also meant that the status of women began to decline, and they gradually lost their freedoms and rights as whole human beings, and were even seen as part of the property of the family and clan.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the concept of female chastity was not very strong. In the family, men and women of the same generation can remarry and remarry, and marriages across generations are also common.
In addition, some women can even marry and remarry. For example, Zheng Mugong's daughter Xia Ji is a typical example. Xia Ji is famous for her beauty, she first married Chen Guo's doctor Uncle Yu, and later had an affair with Chen Linggong and Qing Doctor Kong Ning.
When the state of Chu attacked the state of Chen, he heard about Xia Ji's beauty and took her captive again. In the end, the Duke of Chu Zhuang gave Xia Ji to Lian Yin Xianglao, the minister of Chu State. After Lian Yin Xianglao died in battle, Xia Ji had an affair with his son.
Although Natsuhime's actions caused a lot of controversy at the time, she was still considered a beauty of her time.
I am only a woman, but I have served two husbands, even if I can't die because of this, what can I say? "During the Warring States period, there was social unrest and frequent wars, and the rulers, in order to increase the population, encouraged widows to remarry.
In ancient societies, despite the fact that rulers tried to regulate the relationship between husband and wife through policies, under the influence of patriarchal societies, people still had high expectations of the chastity of their wives.
This is reflected in the experience of Zhuangzi, a representative of the Taoist school. Once, on the road, Zhuangzi saw a young woman sitting on the head of a grave with a fan fan, which triggered his thoughts on chastity.
Zhuangzi was puzzled, so he stepped forward and asked the woman why she had behaved so strangely. The woman was a little embarrassed, but still explained: "My husband told me before he died that if he remarried, he would wait until his grave was dry. ”
Obviously, the woman's husband wanted her to be faithful to him, but she seemed to have another love and was anxious to remarry, so she went to her husband's grave to do so. Zhuangzi didn't say much, but meditated on human nature on the way back.
If Lao Tzu is like a god in the clouds, then Zhuangzi is a real mortal. On the way home, he had a unique idea to try to see if his wife, Tian, would insist on his chastity after his death.
After returning home, Zhuangzi complained to his wife, seemingly casually: "Women's feelings can easily change, and if their husbands die, they will definitely remarry." Tian retorted: "There is no absolute in everything, if this woman adheres to chastity, then she will never want to remarry." ”
Chuang Tzu asked curiously, "What if I die?" Tian said firmly: "I will never want to remarry!" Zhuangzi smiled and did not argue with Tian. However, Tian didn't know that her husband had already planned a test for her.
After some time, Tian suddenly discovered that Zhuangzi's health was getting worse and worse, and eventually his condition deteriorated to the point where he could not use medicine**. Tian was filled with grief, and she tried her best to find a famous doctor for her husband, but to little avail.
Soon after, Zhuangzi died of illness. In extreme grief, Tian took care of her husband's funeral with great difficulty, bought a coffin, and buried Zhuangzi in it. Zhuangzi was very influential in the local area, and after the news of his death spread, many people came to pay their respects.
Tian receives these people every day. Until one day, a handsome man came to Zhuangzi's house, claiming that he had agreed to meet Mr. Zhuang before, but he didn't expect to wait for the news of the old man's death.
Tian is immersed in the grief of her husband's death, but a personable young man catches her eye and fills her heart with love. Tian frankly expressed his feelings to the man, and the man agreed to her, and the relationship between the two was sweet and deep.
Unfortunately, however, the man fell seriously ill and suffered from unbearable heartache. Tian was so anxious that he immediately asked a doctor for him. The prescription prescribed by the doctor surprised Tian, and it turned out to be that the brain marrow and hot wine can be taken together to ** the condition.
Tian is in a predicament, she can't kill people for the sake of healing. At this time, she remembered Zhuangzi, who had died not long ago, and the brain marrow might still be useful. Just as she was about to split Zhuangzi's coffin with a knife and then slash at his head, Zhuangzi suddenly opened his eyes and was resurrected!
Tian sat on the ground in fright, only to learn later that Zhuangzi had devised the plan to test whether she could keep her husband's chastity after his death. Tian was ashamed, but Zhuangzi did not pursue it, and he continued to live with Tian.
Zhuangzi has a deep understanding of emotional issues, and he believes that the transformation of human nature is very normal, so he does not take this matter to heart.
Tian died of depression due to guilt, and while Zhuangzi was taking care of the funeral, his friend Hui Shi came to mourn. He saw that instead of being sad, Zhuangzi was clapping the clay pot with his hand and singing, and Hui Shi did not understand.
Zhuangzi explained that life is impermanent, from nothing to nothing, and then to nothing, just like the cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter. People will eventually fall into eternal sleep, and I am sad and weeping is not to understand fate, so I stopped.
The relationship between men and women is complex and important, and if it is not handled properly, it will bring serious consequences, and it is recommended that everyone should not imitate Zhuangzi's behavior of trying his wife, because it is difficult for people to withstand temptation.