In our country, there are a large number of folk proverbs, which contain the wisdom of life summed up by our people for thousands of years, as the saying goes: "Do not listen to the old man's words and suffer losses in front of you", many things are a summary of experience, we will find out carefully after careful consideration, it seems that this is really the case.
The ancients often said, "Three do not ask, four do not touch", these three do not ask, one does not ask age, two do not ask about mundane things, three do not ask about place of origin, what does this mean? In fact, this was originally a rule spread by Taoism, one does not ask the age, because the Taoist monks have been searching for immortals all their lives, they have long ignored the length of life, regarded life and death very lightly, and are basically very free, so they do not ask about age between them; second, do not ask about mundane things, just as the so-called family has a difficult scripture, who does not have a parent short? Since we are bent on seeking the Tao, then the worldly things should be put aside, so why bother to ask about the past; third, do not ask the place of origin, we think carefully, ask the place of origin of the family for what? In fact, there is no word to find words, in order to please a near, Taoist monks travel the world, the world for home, very taboo words and deeds for no reason, pull the family common place.
In fact, the "three no questions" is very applicable to today's society, because everyone pays more and more attention to privacy, presumably everyone has been pulled to ask questions about the west experience, it is indeed very disgusting, but sometimes it is hindered by the face, can not refuse, can only increase the endless pain in their own body, such as the New Year, others ask you salary, object, whether you want three children and so on.
And this "four do not touch" is even more interesting, respectively, the carpenter's axe, the luggage of the bare stick, the cook's knife, and the widow's waist. Today we will talk about these four no-touches.
The axe of the first carpenter, since Lu Ban created the carpenter's work, the dynasties and dynasties are indispensable to their figures, up to the princes and nobles, down to the people of Li, are inseparable from the carpenter, and the ancient carpenter is not like now there are training institutions to learn, then you have to go to the master to learn the art, only the master accepted you as an apprentice, then you have the opportunity to eat this bowl of rice.
Just as the so-called work must be used first to do good things, this carpenter's axe is a guy who eats people's meals, equivalent to a professional symbol, and some are heirlooms, which are quite precious, so it is not recommended that everyone touch it.
The luggage of the second single stick, the single stick in ancient times will not be called a single nobleman, the real nobles are married and have children in their teens, how many can be single? So singletons used to be a deeply derogatory term, why? Because if you hit a bare stick, then there are three things, one is poor, one is ugly, one is sick, but who doesn't say a daughter-in-law to himself? Either you are too ugly and have no money, and if you share some illness on your body, it will be even more doomed.
You think, an ugly poor bachelor, what valuable things can his luggage have? If you touch it, you may have to blackmail him, saying that you stole his money, so Bare Stick's luggage can't be touched.
The third cook's knife, this is similar to the carpenter's axe, who is not allowed to go out to the restaurant, this cook is an inseparable occupation in people's daily lives, and people who often go to the kitchen must have some understanding, that is, a good kitchen knife, which will really affect the efficiency of cooking. Now many big chefs have their own special knives, and in the past, they could have a kitchen knife in their hands, which was a sharp tool for cooks to walk the rivers and lakes.
Moreover, the cook industry is very special, is to make food for people, which will involve a food safety problem, now the kitchen is pasted with "kitchen heavy, idle people are exempt from entering", in fact, in ancient times, the cook's knife naturally can not let people touch casually, in case it is really a good thing to eat for guests, it is indefensible.
The waist of the fourth widow, the past society is not as open as it is now, and what gentleman's hand, at that time, the emphasis was on "men and women are not intimate", this woman's waist is not casually touched, except for the husband, if you dare to touch, light legs, heavy to eat prison food, because playing hooligans since ancient times is a sin.
And this widow's waist can not be touched, in the past there is such a sentence called "from one to the end", this widow will only follow one man in her life, the village is to give people a chastity archway, if you do not touch people's homes, it is not good to say, may ruin the reputation of people's lives, you think about how much sin it is.
In the past metaphor, in fact, these "four do not touch" summed up in one word, that is, respect, we should respect other people's profession, respect other people's privacy, respect other people's bodies, but the ancients have long understood the truth, and now people often do not understand.