Wen | Moss Flower (Reading History Columnist)
Two days ago to attend the wedding, the bride and groom male and female appearance, pearls, very right, occasionally heard guests compliment the bride's father said: "Your daughter is really blessed, married a golden turtle son-in-law."
"There are dragons and phoenixes in everyone, and there are dragons and phoenixes in Zhilan Yushu, but saying that others are "turtles", even if they have crossed layers of gold, also makes me feel a bit like cursing, but "golden turtle son-in-law" is indeed a positive word.
"For the infinite petite of the cloud screen, Fengcheng is afraid of the spring supper." Marry the golden turtle concubine for no reason, and live up to the early dynasty of the Xiang Dynasty. Li Shangyin's "For There" writes that a woman complains that her husband, who is a high-ranking official, has failed the spring supper because of the early dynasty, and this poem is the origin of the word Golden Turtle and Son-in-law.
In fact, the "golden turtle" refers to the ornaments worn by Officials of the Tang Dynasty, representing the rank of officials and is a symbol of status.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the internal and external officials were above five products, all of which wore fish bags and fish charms, and later changed to the inner and outer officials pei fish as pei turtles. In ancient times, there were four elephants, green dragon, white tiger, suzaku, Xuanwu, representing the four directions of east, west, south and north, respectively, derived from the ancient Chinese astrological belief, Xuanwu refers to the north, is the legend of the combination of turtles and snakes into the spirit of the creature, the earliest Xuanwu is the turtle.
The ancients believed that turtles were very long-lived and had gone through vicissitudes, so they could see the past and see what people did not know. Wu Zetian, after becoming emperor, changed the official pei bag and soldier charm to turtle shape, because the turtle had the name of Xuanwu, which was the same as her surname, and stipulated that more than three turtle bags should be decorated with gold ornaments.
Four products are made of silver jewelry, and five products are decorated with copper. However, whether it is a turtle charm made of gold or a turtle bag decorated with gold, it is a prince or an official of three pins or more, and the status is noble, and later the golden turtle son-in-law is used to represent the son-in-law with status status.
The golden turtle also has a very famous allusion, which also occurred in the Tang Dynasty. He Zhizhang, Tang Yue Prefecture Huijianren, returned to his hometown from Beijing in his later years, lived in Jijian Lake, called himself a Siming Fanatic, known as a wine immortal. "Zhizhang rode like a boat, and his eyes fell into the well and slept under the water", Du Fu in the "Eight Immortals in Drinking Song", the first person to chant is him.
Li Baichu went to The Beijing Division, went to a Taoist hall to play, and happened to meet He Zhizhang. He Zhizhang had talent and was a member of the Second Pin of the DPRK and China, who had long read Li Bai's poems, admired Li Bai greatly, and wanted to read the newly written poems, Li Bai showed him "Shu Dao Difficulty", and before he finished reading, he praised li Bai one after another, calling Li Bai a who immortal.
The two met and hated late, at dusk, He Zhizhang invited Li Bai to drink, just sat down in the hotel, only to remember that there was no money around, so he untied the gold ornament turtle bag around his waist as wine money. Li Bai stopped and said, "No, this is an ornament given to you by the royal family according to the grade, how can you exchange it for wine?"
He Zhizhang laughed on his back and said, "What is this?" I remember your poem 'Life must be full of joy, don't make the golden bottle empty to the moon.' Both of them can drink, naturally it is a thousand cups of wine for confidants. Later, He Zhizhang recommended Li Bai to the emperor, and the emperor had long heard of Li Bai's name, so he appointed Li Bai as a Hanlin scholar.
When He Zhizhang died, Li Bai was alone with the wine, remembering the past of the golden turtle changing wine in that year, and he was overwhelmed, so he wrote "Remembrance of the Second Song of the He Prison for Wine" and the preface, recording this past: "Prince Guest He Gong." Yu Yu saw Yu in Chang'an Ziji Palace. HuYu is a who immortal. Because of the solution of the golden turtle for wine for fun. After the death, he had a nostalgia for the wine, and the composition was poetry. ”
One
Siming has crazy guests, and the wind and flow are he Jizhen.
When Chang'an saw each other, he called me an immortal.
Once a good cup of contents, turn into pine dust.
The golden turtle changed the wine, but remembered the tears.
Second
The madman returned to the four Mings, and the mountain vagina was welcomed.
The water of the Mirror Lake is given to Juntai Numa.
After the death of the people, there are lotus flowers in the air.
Reading this is like a dream, and it hurts my feelings.
The poets' past affairs have become smoke, but the word "golden turtle son-in-law" is still passed down from generation to generation, and it is still used today, and the meaning is more broad, and it does not only refer to the husband of the official, but also the rich, talented or promising person can be called the golden turtle son-in-law.
No longer blindly pursuing power and wealth, and more refining talent and ability, I think this also reflects the progress of the concept of marriage and love in modern society to a certain extent.
Someone said, "It is better to be born well than to marry well." Spending a lifetime with a man with quite good external conditions is indeed the idea of many women's hearts, and even some beautiful women have flocked to the "second generation of the rich" and "the second generation of officials", doing everything in their power to marry a "golden turtle wife", which simply shatters the three views, such an approach has clouded the dust of this originally positive word.
No one denies the important role that material factors play in a happy marriage, but overcorrection is not beautiful. Most modern women believe: "It is better to marry well than to live well."
"Marry a man who is responsible, responsible, loves you more than he loves yourself, he may not have much wealth, he may not have much power, but he is willing to pay for you, he has the courage and wisdom to make you happy, and he will give you the most simple and innocent thoughtfulness and love." 」
Who would say it's not happiness? The right is the best.
Red face snaps to the old, momentary fanghua, may all good women be able to marry happiness.
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