When it comes to colloquialisms, I believe that everyone is not unfamiliar, almost in our daily life will often see and hear, it is widely spread in the folk, and plays a vital role in people's production and life, especially the older generation of people have a high degree of confidence in these sayings, and the sayings are also spread throughout all aspects of society, and usually many sayings have a very deep truth and unknown connotations, such as such a saying: "Then hungry do not eat the grave before the offering, and then tired do not sit on the human flesh stool", So what exactly is the human flesh stool mentioned in this sentence? What is the point of this?
A saying that has been passed down for thousands of years
As a descendant of Huaxia, I think everyone is not unfamiliar with the sayings, whether it is in the process of learning, or in daily life, we will often hear or see some sayings, some of which have been created by people in modern times, and some of which have been passed down for thousands of years, I have to say that these sayings circulated by the people have evolved into a unique culture in the long years, which has become an important part of the traditional culture of the mainland and is deeply engraved in the memory of each of us.
And we often use these sayings when we develop ourselves and serve the society, because these sayings are the life experience accumulated by our ancestors generation by generation or the wisdom of dealing with people, and the knowledge and philosophical principles contained in them are of great significance to us personally, and even play a pivotal role in promoting social development and shaping a good social atmosphere and moral value system.
Of course, on the other hand, many sayings are the product of the background of the feudal era after all, many of which are mixed with some feudal superstitious ideas or decadent and backward cognition, which hinders the progress of social thought to a certain extent, or restricts people's understanding of advanced ideas now, which also warns us that when we recognize and treat these sayings, we must pay attention to distinguishing the truth and falsity of them, neither completely negate nor blindly follow, but establish our own correct values.
But in general, the saying can be passed down to this day is certainly more beneficial than harmful, its own practical value is much greater than its negative impact, in fact, it is not difficult to find that in many cases the colloquial language in the teaching of the world's truth at the same time also convey a lot of spirit, these spirits for the development of the nation and the construction of national cultural values is extremely important, perhaps it is for this reason, the colloquialism can be passed down to this day, enduring.
Why can't you eat the offerings before the grave
Returning to the point, let's talk about the aforementioned saying, why is it said that no matter how hungry you are, you can't eat the tribute before the grave? To explain this sentence also from the mainland since ancient times, there have been traditional customs of sacrifice and offering, it can be said that since the beginning of the establishment of Chinese civilization, sacrifice and funeral ritual culture has also been accompanied, people are full of absolute reverence for ancestors and deceased spirits, and at the beginning people are more hoping that the deceased ancestors can protect the descendants of future generations, so that the family members can prosper and prosper.
Later, with the ideological progress of successive dynasties and the birth of more moral concepts, people have a deeper understanding of the culture of sacrifice, in the eyes of the ancients, sacrifice is not only to comfort the deceased relatives, but also a way of inheriting filial piety, it is this concept that makes sacrifice more complicated, and the exquisite and sayings are also more and more varied, the most common is to burn incense on the grave of Group Xi'an during the New Year's Festival, and also to bring some tributes.
These tributes used to go to the grave can not be perfunctory, basically some relatively good dry food, fruits, wine and meat, etc., and the ancients, even if the family is poor, will try their best to enrich the tribute to the grave, then some people may wonder why these people want to do this? This is mainly the shackles of ancient thought, they regard this etiquette as a way to express filial piety, and even in some dynasties has become a standard for entering the official field, such as in the Spring and Autumn Warring States period and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, people would bury a large number of funerary goods to their deceased relatives to express their filial piety, and the same is true when they bring rich tributes when they go to the grave.
Then why can't these offerings be eaten after the sacrifice is complete? After all, in ancient times, not all the people lived a rich life, it can be said that in most dynasties people's lives were very difficult, but also often lived a day without eating, these offerings for them is undoubtedly a good meal, what is there to eat?
To say that there are two main reasons for this, first of all, in the eyes of the ancients, these tributes are filial piety to the deceased ancestors, do not look at the reality of the place there has not been eaten, but in the eyes of people has been regarded as eaten, if at this time the living lack of these offerings are undoubtedly competing with the dead relatives for food, it will be considered a manifestation of filial piety, but also provoke the anger of the deceased relatives and be punished.
Secondly, these offerings are a kind of spiritual and moral inheritance, the ancients were influenced by Confucianism, paid special attention to moral construction, especially the construction of filial piety, and also put forward "hundred good filial piety first", and through this practice, the descendants of the future generations should be filial to their parents and elders, and they should have a reverence for their deceased relatives, and adults will also lead by example to teach their children to establish filial piety.
What is a "human flesh stool"?
He said the first half of this saying, let's look at the second half of the sentence, in the second half of the sentence there is a key word called human flesh stool, I believe that many people will be confused when they see the first glance, because they have never seen such a word, and do not know what it refers to, then what is the human flesh stool that the ancients said?
The so-called human flesh stool, for example, you can understand, we will see in many TV series that some princes and nobles will have special slaves kneeling on the ground for these people to step on when riding and dismounting, such a posture is very similar to a stool, so it is also called a human meat stool.
And why the human flesh stool must not sit casually, it is because this is a great insult to the dignity of others, don't look at those princes and nobles can sit on the human flesh stool, that was when there was a strict hierarchical and inferior system, these slaves were willing to serve their masters in their hearts, but if they were treated equally, if they let others do it for themselves, it was undoubtedly a great insult to them, perhaps at that time, under some pressure, the people who were treated as human flesh stools would not have any resistance and complaints, but after the fact, once there was a chance to turn over He is bound to find ways to get revenge.
At the same time, out of respect for the individual, the ancients were not allowed to sit on the human flesh stool casually, which already involved the issue of personal morality and cultivation, so in general, whether it is afraid of retaliation in the future or from the perspective of personal dignity, the human flesh stool is absolutely not allowed to sit, which is not only a warning, but also teaches the world how to behave.
epilogue
In summary, there are many profound truths behind this saying, which teaches future generations how to behave and do things, and conveys a correct value and moral concept, which is also the spirit of the Chinese nation, I believe that this spirit, no matter how many years it has passed, and how many generations will not become obsolete, perhaps this is why Chinese culture can be recognized by people around the world.
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