Nan Zhou Guanju is the first poem in The Book of Songs, the first poetry collection in ancient China. It is generally believed that this is a love song describing the love between men and women. In the first chapter of this poem, the birds are singing and falling in love, which arouses the association of a lady with a gentleman.
In the following chapters, the hero's crazy lovesickness and pursuit of women are all caused by the act of picking leeks. The whole poem skillfully adopts the expression of "Xing" in art, and its language is beautiful. Being good at using disyllabic rhymes and overlapping words enhances the beauty of rhymes and the vividness of drawing and imitating sounds.
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This poem can be regarded as a model to show the virtues of husband and wife. The love it writes has a clear marriage purpose from the beginning, and finally comes down to a happy marriage, rather than a short encounter or a temporary passion between young men and women. This kind of love, which clearly points to marriage and shows responsibility, is more recognized by society.
It describes both men and women as "gentlemen" and "ladies", indicating that this is a combination associated with virtue. "Gentleman" has both status and virtue, while "My Fair Lady" also means beauty in appearance and goodness in virtue. The combination of "gentleman" and "lady" here represents an ideal of marriage. Third, it is the restraint of love behavior written in poetry.
After careful reading, it can be noted that although this poem is about the man's pursuit of the woman, it does not involve direct contact between the two sides at all. Of course, the "lady" didn't move, and the "gentleman" was just "tossing and turning" there. Things like climbing the wall and breaking the willow seemed to have never been thought of at all, and love was very disciplined. This kind of love has both true and profound feelings and shows peace and moderation, which will not be too intense for readers.