Chinese culture is broad and profound, long-standing, all-encompassing, one of the branches, is the colloquialism, colloquialism is a kind of summary of people's daily production and life, is passed down by word of mouth through generations of people, therefore, many sayings are tested by time, its existence is a certain truth.
For example, what does the saying I want to talk about today: "There are three empty houses in the house, and the children and grandchildren are poor for generations"? To this day, does this proverb still work?
Literally, the meaning of this saying is very simple, in line with the characteristics of the saying "easy to understand, concise and meaningful". This saying can be simply interpreted as "if there are 'three voids' in the home, it will lead to poverty for future generations"
Of course, the second half of the saying often has an exaggerated component, which is one of the manifestations of the saying, in order to arouse people's attention to the first half of the saying, so there is nothing wrong with it.
From the above explanation, we can see that the key to this saying lies in the understanding of the "three voids", so which three voids are there in the home?
Regarding the "three voids", there are two interpretations, one refers to the real finger and the other refers to the virtual finger. Let's look at the first explanation first.
The first explanation is that there are three places in the home that are "empty", one is the kitchen, which does not have enough food and plenty of utensils. The second is the study, which does not have enough books and stationery. The third is the hall, which does not have enough furnishings and furniture.
If the above three kinds of emptiness are empty to the extreme, they can be described by an idiom, called "the four walls of the family disciple"
The second explanation holds that the emptiness mentioned here is a virtual finger, not a physical object, and the author believes that this interpretation is more reasonable, so I will focus on it.
First, the sound is empty.
In the previous saying, it has been mentioned that "no three sounds in the home is not a home", the "three sounds" here refers to the sound of children playing in the family, the nagging sound of women and the impact of kitchen pots and pans, the above three sounds, all reflect the fireworks in the world, is a home more common three sounds.
Second, the home is empty.
The ancients attached great importance to the construction of family style, and the family style of a family needed the persistence and efforts of several generations to establish it. Having a good family style can regulate the behavior of future generations and cultivate good habits, not to say that a family can prosper and develop, and it can also avoid falling down.
There are not a few ancient sayings on the construction of family style, such as "heirloom two words to cultivate and read Xingjia two words to be diligent and thrifty", "one diligent, two thrifty, three thrifty, the whole family is happy", "ploughing and reading heirlooms for a long time, poetry books continue to live on for a long time", etc., there are not a few ancient books on the construction of family style, such as "Zeng Guofan Family Book", "Commandment Book", "Yan Family Training", etc. The wisdom left by the ancients on the construction of family style is worth learning from future generations, so as to avoid "family style and emptiness"
Third, the family is empty.
People have connections, and families have family connections. The so-called "family pulse" refers to the connection and interaction between a family and the outside world, such as the relationship with the neighbor, the relationship with relatives and friends, etc. The ancients believed that home and wanshixing, not only the harmony within the family, but also refers to the harmony between the family and the outside world, so it is very important for the members of the family to have good connections and good family connections.
The above is the explanation of "there are three vacancies in the family, and the children and grandchildren are poor", do you think it makes sense? Comments are welcome.