As the old saying goes, 'If you marry a wife, don't marry your mouth, but if you marry a Han, don't marry Tian Ting Lei.' What does 'Tian Ting Lei' mean?

In traditional Chinese culture, there is a subject called physiognomy, which gradually disappears in front of people in modern times. In ancient times, however, physiognomy was a very practical subject. Especially after several generations of development and improvements in physiognomy, his accuracy often exceeded modern expectations.

Many proverbs that circulate among ordinary people come from face-to-face learning. For example, the ancients often said don't marry a wife, don't marry a Han, don't marry a heavenly barrier. So what is a cockroach? What is the Heavenly Barrier? Does this sentence still apply? Let us take these questions to find the answers in the article.

01 Chinese physiognomy

Facial science is one of the five skills in China. At the heart of this discipline is the ability to judge a person's character and health by their appearance, and then speculate on a person's fate. The first dynasty in Chinese history with facial science records was the Western Zhou Dynasty. Later, with the development and perfection of the facial masters of the past generations, in modern times, facial science has become more and more scientific by incorporating Western solutions.

Zeng Guofan, a minister of the Qing government, was a model of physiognomy. It is said that this person was born with a pair of triangular eyes, and everyone was afraid, so he was born with a leadership temperament. Zeng Guofan himself was also proficient in physiognomy. He once calculated that Jiang Zhongyuan said that he could be famous and fortune all over the world, and he died very badly in the end. In the end, his guess came true.

In addition, in Zeng Guofan's diary, people also found a lot of records about physiognomy. In many books of the Qing Dynasty, there are also descriptions of Zeng Guofan's physiognomy. For example, Zeng Guofan's fondness for physiognomy is recorded in "Clearance Banknotes Fang Ji".

The core principle of physiognomy is the ancient five elements and gossip theory, and then the human appearance is divided into five senses, three courts and twelve houses. Finally, the human face is evaluated from the five angles of the five elements to draw a conclusion.

In the history of the development of physiognomy, there are many proverbs, similar to the change of odd and even, symbolizing the quadrant. These proverbs are actually summaries of physiognomy so that people can understand physiognomy. Today's proverbs don't marry a wife, don't turn your mouth, don't marry a Han Chinese appear in this context.

02 When you get married, don't marry your mouth.

Literally, the phrase means that you can't marry a woman with a tongue in cheek. So what is a cockroach? In fact, this sentence has two meanings, one is the outer mouth and the other is the inner mouth. Let us explain these two meanings separately.

The first is the appearance of the mouth. Whether it is modern or ancient, people's pursuit of beauty is constant. If a woman is too ugly, it will be difficult to get married. The warped mouth here can be understood as today's buck teeth. In ancient times, unlike in modern times, even crooked teeth could be treated with orthodontic treatment to achieve a beautiful appearance. Therefore, ancient buck-toothed women belonged to the ugly category and were discriminated against in marriage.

Some people may have questions about this. Since the ancients married wives and attached great importance to the appearance of women, why do many emperors' concubines look ugly? Old photos handed down in the history of the Qing Dynasty were rarely seen by women in the palace. Why? In fact, it was not because the emperors disliked beauty that they were forced to be helpless. Qing Pingle explained that the emperor could not marry a beautiful woman, because a beautiful woman would flatter the master and interfere with the emperor's rule. Therefore, ministers often let the emperor choose the wife who does not flatter the lord. For example, Song Renzong married an ugly Cao.

The second meaning of cocky mouth is acerbic. We often say that misfortune comes out of the mouth. In fact, this phrase is also passed down from ancient times. The ancients have long discovered that a woman who can speak will be very helpful to the happiness of the family, and those women who cannot speak will be called cockroaches by the ancients. Therefore, if a woman likes to show off and is unreasonable, she will not be married back home.

03 Marry Han, don't marry Tiantinglei.

The ancients had many demands not only of women, but also of men. Some women are of high birth and they will want to marry a suitable husband, even from a family background superior to their own, so people sum up this sentence.

The Tiantinglei here comes from "Three Kingdoms". In the "Three Kingdoms", the heaven refers to the forehead of a person, which means that the stones are constantly stacked. So the meaning of the phrase is that marriage cannot be married to those who frown when they encounter problems.

Why did you say that? This is because women have a strong heart. They all want their husband to be a capable, responsible, responsible man of God. They even have high weights. So if a man is born weak and doesn't know how to solve difficulties, he will frown and the man will be rejected by the woman.

If you accidentally marry such a man, if the family conditions are good, you can do it. If the family conditions are poor, there will definitely be friction in the future. Emotional breakdown between couples will happen sooner or later.

There are many such people in history, it has nothing to do with their identity. For example, Emperor Chongzhen was such a person. He is the emperor. He should be able to think independently and advise on national governance. So the reality is that he is incapable. When he encounters anything, he will only ask others what to do, so he is despised by many people. It can be seen that even if you are the emperor, if you are heaven, you will be despised, let alone ordinary people.

04 Conclusion

This sentence is explained here, and it is not difficult to find that it is still applicable in today's life.

Therefore, we should not underestimate physiognomy. It can develop in China for so many years, it must have its advantages. We shouldn't underestimate him just as a science of feudal superstition. However, compared with the ancients, the wisdom of modern people is not high. All of our lives today are because our generation has stepped on the shoulders of many ancients.

Chinese traditional culture is extensive and profound, and physiognomy is only one of them. We have the responsibility to kick out the dregs of traditional culture and inherit the excellent culture.