What is the meaning of the saying, 'A man without hair is as valuable as gold, and a woman with hair is half the street'? Does it make sense?

In the long history, our ancestors turned countless experiences and philosophies into proverbs. Proverbs survived through word of mouth and passed on to countless descendants. While time passes and society evolves, these proverbs still hold true.

Among these proverbs, the most precious ones are about the philosophy of communication between people and the philosophy of observing people.

For example, three-year-olds look old, drunks look at sex, profits look cheap, men without hair are as expensive as gold, and women with hair hang out in the street. These are all common sayings that warn people to meet people and make friends.

However, the first two sentences are easy to understand, so what does the Mao in the third sentence mean? Does it make sense now?

Why is hairless men as expensive as gold

As the saying goes, parents whose body and skin are affected, since they want to understand the saying that a man's hair is as expensive as gold, and a woman's hair is half the street, he must first understand what hair means. Human beings, as one of the primates, are destined to have hair growth from birth. Men and women, both on the head and on the body, have hair, and the hair on each part has a different function.

For example, the hair on the human scalp can preserve the heat of the head and reduce the harm of sunlight; the eyelashes and eyebrows are used to introduce the damage to the eyes, dust and even sweat; The fine hairs on the skin can perspire, which is beneficial to the metabolism of the human body.

In most people's perception, men's hair is thicker, darker and thicker than women's hair. In fact, in addition to gender, the most important thing is according to each person's personal physique, different lifestyles, different living environments, and different hair states. People who usually live in areas with long light hours and high temperatures tend to have higher hair growth and density than people in other areas, while people who work and exercise regularly have thicker and faster hair growth than other people.

As the saying goes, the hair mentioned in the "hairless man is as precious as gold" refers to the hair on the human skin. In ancient times, people often lived by labor, and men with strong physiques assumed the main labor force of plowing and hoeing. As a result, men's hair tends to be very thick, thick and grows rapidly. At the time, not all men were involved in the work force. There are two kinds of men who will not work on the ground. The first is the children of dignitaries and royal relatives.

They were born with good living conditions and no worries about food and clothing. They don't have to think about making a living, let alone engaging in work. They are pampered and happy all day long, without particularly intense exercise, so the development of sweat glands is far less than that of men who work and exercise a lot all day, so the hair is sparse, and you can't see it unless you look carefully.

The other refers to those scholars who regard taking science examinations and obtaining titles as a lifelong event. Although these people's family conditions are not very good, they are addicted to the sea of ​​​​books every day. They just look forward to passing science exams in one fell swoop and don't want to work at all. Also, their families are naturally fully supportive of them, so they share their tasks, so their hair is naturally as rare as those sons, masters.

Whether it is the son of a noble prince or the young master of a rich family, their status is relatively noble. Even those who worked hard to study poetry and books were expected to pass the imperial examinations to achieve prominent status. That's why the ancients regarded these hairless men as noble people, and that's why there is a saying that a man's fifty cents is as expensive as gold.

Why do women have hair on the streets

Men without hair like gold is the interpretation of male identity by the ancients, and it is used to warn future generations how to predict male identity through observation. So what does it mean for a woman to be hairless on the street? Women's hairless mixed hair also refers to hair.

Generally speaking, due to different physiological structures, women should have far less hair than men, but in fact, some women even have longer hair than some men, which is closely related to their lifestyle. If women are often engaged in work or a lot of exercise, the sweat glands will be more developed, so the hair growth rate will be faster, resulting in heavier and darker hair.

In ancient times, most of these women worked at home, or performed physical labor with a lot of exercise, and became the head of the family.

They can go from the living room to the kitchen, and handle all the big and small things in the house in an orderly manner, so in that era when men were superior to women, they would become nearby celebrities. That's why there is a saying that women with hair are half-street.

In fact, this is not disrespect for women, but measured from the current perspective, but a compliment to women's self-reliance and ability.

wisdom in common sayings

In fact, the proverb to infer a person from his hair is not just this sentence, such as no hair on the mouth, work is not firm, it is also to infer a person's ability to work from his hair, but here it refers to men's beard.

There are only two types of hairless people, one is young males. Because of little social experience, problems are prone to occur in the process of handling affairs, so you will be accused of not doing things firmly. The other is a woman.

We all know that in ancient times, women's social status was lower, so they had less ability to learn and master, so they didn't know much about many things, so they were accused of being unreliable.

Of course, whether it is a man without hair is as expensive as gold, a woman with hair in the street, or a hairless mouth and can't do things well, it is the ancients' perception and evaluation of a person from the hair.

This makes one have to admire the ability of the ancients to sum up, as well as their ability to apply the truth to common sayings and pass on their wisdom from generation to generation.