China has a long history, culture has a long history, in the long years, the ancients used their own life experience, for the future generations of us to summarize a lot of valuable experience miscellaneous talk, in the form of colloquialisms or proverbs to express, such as "the house out of the four joys, the family out of the nobles" is one of them, so the question is, what does this sentence mean? Does it make sense?
Obviously, in the sentence "Four joys out of the house, out of the nobles in the family", the most important thing is the word "four joys", which represent the magpie annunciation, the nesting of spring swallows, the dead wood and the wild dog entering the door, and the specific meaning of which needs to be further described.
In the eyes of Chinese, the magpie is a very auspicious animal, and people in many places even treat it as an "auspicious bird", and some people even call the magpie "annunciation bird". That is to say, if magpies appear around your house, or if you hear the sound of magpies, there is a good chance that something happy will happen.
And if you see a magpie when you go out, or if you bump into a magpie when you look up, it means that you may have encountered good things recently. It is precisely because of this that in traditional culture, the word magpie has spawned many positive idioms, such as magpie climbing branches, hi-eyebrows, magpie laughing dove dance, Queqiao meeting, fame magpie and so on.
In the eyes of the world, the swallow is also a representative of auspiciousness. Swallows are animals that are relatively close to people, and they generally build their nests under the eaves of the deep house compound, so there are sayings that "swallows do not enter the bitter cold door" and "the former swallows of the king Xie Tang in the old days". So, for people, if one day the swallows build their nests in your home, it means that your family will have recently been lucky. And this is what a lot of people want to happen. Of course, from another point of view, swallows prefer a quiet environment, so if the swallows build their nests in your home, it means that the atmosphere of the family is more harmonious.
Green mountains and green water are the existence that many people like, and it is also a living environment that is more beneficial to people. Because of this, many people think that green is an environmentally friendly and healthy color. However, the growth of trees requires a specific environment, so if a tree does not encounter a good environment, it may become a dead tree and die. But if one day you see that the number that has almost withered before suddenly comes to life, then your heart will be full of joy, after all, everyone likes life. And such a situation also carries a beautiful meaning, representing that you may encounter new opportunities in your life.
In the folk there is such a saying that "pigs come to the poor and dogs come to be rich, and cats come to open pawnshops", that is to say, dogs are also a relatively good animal in people's minds. In fact, the dog can have such a good image, and its efforts have a great relationship, after all, it often protects the property and safety of a family, and is loyal to the owner.
So if you have a wild dog in your yard, it's a blessing. Of course, from another point of view, in order to eat, the wild dog must also go to a relatively wealthy family, so it chooses your home, which naturally means that your family is in good condition.
Therefore, in a sense, "four joys in the house, and nobility in the family" is very reasonable, and there is a certain correlation with the medical knowledge we have today.
And this also reflects the wisdom of the ancestors and their care for future generations. It is precisely because of this that when we feel confused and overwhelmed, we may wish to look at the valuable experience left to us by the ancestors, which may be of some help to our lives, such as "The Words of the Old Man" is one of the classics, it is very extensive, covering etiquette and morality, the canonical system, customs and allusions, astronomical geography, etc., it is worth seeing.
As the saying goes, "don't listen to the old man," "The Old Man's Word" is a grassroots wisdom book left over by word of mouth, which collects the philosophy of life of the old man who is older than our grandfather's grandfather, and these old people's words can be called "classics without words", and the sentences exude the fragrance of earth and the fresh breath of nature.
These classic sentences in the book are from life, experienced the baptism of time, to the greatest extent away from the pollution of various ideological toxins, can be called the purest wisdom, reading the "Old Man's Words" we can draw some wisdom and knowledge from these condensed essences, so as to discover the true meaning of life, feel the meaning of life, interested readers can go to see!
Reference: "Old Man's Words"