The ancients' technique of recognizing people: 'The nose is straight and the mouth is square, and it is determined to be a purple-striped man'. What does it mean? Does it make sense?
In the traditional culture, the colloquial culture is the closest to our life. The saying is a colloquial culture created by the working people. Folk sayings are often easy to understand, simple and vivid, so they can become one of the popular folk customs and cultures!
There are many proverbs in the folk, involving all aspects of our lives. There are many folk proverbs about seasons, such as frost does not pick cotton, frost does not complain; there are also proverbs about occupation, such as business is not as good as craftsmanship, and craftsmanship is not as good as gods; there are proverbs about life, such as white tigers cover green dragons, and the poor from generation to generation; Customs about marriage, such as men marrying, women marrying, etc.
In addition, there are many ancient proverbs that know people, such as the nose is straight and the mouth is defined as Zishoulang, so what does this sentence mean?
In fact, this sentence is also very simple, that is, if you have the characteristics of a straight nose, you will definitely become Zisiro. So, what's the difference between Noso Nozata and Shisaoro here ?
Straight nose in this sentence means the nose is high and straight. Straight nose is easy to understand, so what does the mouth square mean? Why can the mouth be square? In fact, the so-called mouth square does not mean that the mouth is square, but that the lips are thick and angular.
In "Water Margin", when describing Lu Zhishen's appearance, he used the description of round ears and a square nose; when describing the golden leopard Yanglin, he also used round ears and a square nose. It can be seen that in the eyes of the ancients, such an appearance is more positive and more fortunate!
So, what does Zishoulang in the latter sentence mean?
In the ancient traditional society, the ancients used color to express their dignity and humility. For example, only the emperor can use yellow, purple represents the nobility among the nobility, and so on. In the "Tokyo Dream Hualu", it is recorded that scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, all walks of life, their clothes have their own colors, and they dare not go outside.
Before the Sui Dynasty, people used the color and texture of silk to express official rank and status. Purple silk is generally given to those noble princesses and princes and generals. Later, people stopped using silk to express rank and status. But the word purple silk has become a symbol of wealth.
Li Bai once wrote the verse of "Empty talk about the overlord's strategy, the purple ribbon does not hang on the body", and Li Shangyin also wrote the verse of "Take care of Qiongzhixiu, and the purple ribbon is glorious in the past". It can be seen that although Zishou is no longer the representative of high officials and wealth, it is still a symbol of high officials and wealth in later generations.
This saying of the ancestors is only a drop in the ocean of ancient people's knowledge, although such a saying is not necessarily accurate and scientific. And with the changes of the times, there are great differences in aesthetics and cognition in different times, so the ancient art of knowing people is not necessarily accurate now.
For example, the ancients believed that if the proportions of the "five short bodies" are coordinated and look harmonious, it can also be called a good appearance. But nowadays, people don't think that way, a guy who is 1.8 meters tall is a handsome guy, not even a person who is 1.78 meters tall!
Therefore, changes in lifestyle and aesthetics will change the ancient folk culture. And the ancients' saying that "the nose is straight and the mouth is square, and it is determined to be a purple-striped man" may not be so accurate now!