The Book of Poetry Papaya What did the ancients give?

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-23

Vote for me with papaya, and repay it with Qiongju. Bandit retribution, always think it is good!

Vote for me with a peach, and repay it with Qiong Yao. Bandit retribution, always think it is good!

Vote for me with Mu Li, and repay it with Qiongjiu. Bandit retribution, always think it is good!

This poem comes from the Wei Feng of the Book of Songs, there are many ways to say about the theme of this poem, "Mao Shixu" believes that it is to praise Qi Huan Gong, when Wei Guo was attacked by Beidi, Qi Huan Gong sent troops to rescue, and the Wei Guo made this "Papaya" to praise. Han Confucianism's understanding of the Book of Songs is generally far-fetched. Zhu Xi thinks that it is a poem that men and women give to each other. In Zhu Xi's words, it is written about a man's gratitude to a woman, which belongs to the category of love poems.

This poem is written straightforwardly and simply, men and women give gifts to each other, you give me papaya, and I repay you with beautiful jade. Not only to thank you, but also to hope that our affection will last forever.

Gifts given to each other by men and women are not casual gifts, and each gift contains a meaning. The woman gave papaya, peach, and plum, and in ancient society, the division of labor between men and women was clear, men farmed and worked, and women weaved cloth to collect melons and fruits, so it can be seen that papaya, peach, and plum are the fruits of labor on behalf of women, which is a hard-working woman. Papaya, peach and plum are considered by the folk to be a symbol of many sons and blessings, and the papaya is cut open, and the inside is full of seeds, symbolizing many sons and blessings.

As for peaches and plums, everyone knows that peaches and plums are all over the world. In the "Book of Songs", there is also a "Tao Yao" "Escape from the untimely death, scorching its glory." The son of the family is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in the house. "Use peaches to get up, implying that a woman is married. It can be seen that a woman giving a man papaya, peach, and plum is not only giving away the fruits of her labor, but also a yearning for a good marriage.

Coincidentally, there is a story recorded in "The World Says New Words", which says that in the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was a man named Pan An, who was very graceful, and every time he went to the street, there would be countless women to throw melons and fruits on his car, and when he returned home, he was a cart of melons and fruits.

So what does the man reciprocate? It's Qiongju, Qiong Yao, and Qiong Jiu. These three things are all beautiful jade, and the highest praise for men in the pre-Qin period was that a gentleman is like jade. Jade symbolizes warmth, peace, dignity, and flawless morality, and the man sending beautiful jade is also implying that he has a good character, is a gentleman, and is also a good person, and also hopes that our affection can last forever and grow old together.

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The reason why this poem moves us is mainly because of the true feelings carried in its words, the innocent emotions of the pre-Qin ancients more than 3,000 years ago. Compared to the present, this kind of emotion is indeed precious. The gift is in the heart, not valuable, but now, to give a gift, you have to spend a lot of money, and you can't show your sincerity if you don't have a certain **. As for the meaning, modern people have rarely thought about it. This is an era of heavy material money, and people's feelings are not worth mentioning in front of material things.

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