"Fu" is a symbol of traditional Chinese culture, representing harmony, peace, health and other good meanings, if a person has achieved fame, then this person will be considered to have "blessing", but if a person is poor all his life and does not live well, it will be considered as no "blessing". In fact, happiness is related to everyone's living conditions, and industrious people are naturally blessed, while people who are willing to degenerate are not recognized by society.
There are various definitions of "fu" in China, but in the ancient traditional countryside, there is such a saying that has been passed down to this day, that is, "blessed people have two legs hair, and the unblessed people have two legs", what is the relationship between "fu" and "leg hair"? What is the truth of this statement of the ancients?
"Blessed" is a symbol of status
Why did the ancients think that "fu" is related to leg hair? In the traditional cognition, "the skin of the body is subject to the parents", and the hair on people's bodies is not removed at will. But this "leg hair" is actually linked to money. Under the management of the ancient feudal hierarchy, it was difficult for ordinary people to cross classes. And this "leg hair" actually represents the different characteristics of dignitaries and ordinary people.
"Blessed people have two legs of hair", the rich people in ancient times had a high standard of living, usually there are servants to help serve, life is more delicate, do not need to show their faces outside all year round. So the leg hairs on their legs don't fall off easily. Therefore, ordinary people think that rich people have leg hair, and this is also a manifestation of their "blessing".
"Unblessed" is the result of the people's experience
"The unbless man has two legs", in the second half of this sentence, many people will be puzzled. For in its literal sense it may not be any different from the blessed. But in fact, here, "Mao" means "light", which actually has a pun meaning in ancient people. First of all, this unbless man had bare legs and no hair. Secondly, the unblessed can only do some physical work and earn a living on their legs.
Why do "unblessed" people have no hair on their legs? In fact, it is all because of the ancient agricultural-based mode of life. "Famine" sounds very incredible in modern people, but in the life of ancient people, it is the most deadly thing besides war, and every year many people are destroyed and displaced by their families, and they can only flee to other places to find a bite to eat.
The era of male farming and female weaving was very simple, and most of the people relied on one acre and three points of land to survive. As the saying goes, "a grain of rice, a thousand drops of sweat", this is the most real portrayal of people's lives at that time.
In order to be able to fill their stomachs, the men in the family soak in the fields all year round, and in order to make it more convenient to do the work, most people will roll up their pants legs and take off their shoes. Over the years, the hair on people's legs will fall off due to the long-term staining of the soil, so there will be no hair on the legs. And they symbolize the peasant people in ancient society, although they are always busy all their lives, they can't make a few dollars, which is "unbless" for them.
"Blessing" should be the shining point of human nature
Such a simple saying contains the self-deprecation of ancient people's lives, some people are born to enjoy the glory and wealth, eat and drink without worry, but most of the peasants have been at the bottom of the society. But if the rich only care about their own extravagance and lavishness, but do not consider the voice of the people at all, then their end will only be abandoned by the people and fall under the horse.
"When he went out, wine and meat stinked, and the road had frozen bones", during the northern Song Dynasty," during his tenure of power, Cai Jing, not only did not act, but also changed the legal system in a disorderly manner, collecting money and wealth, and making the people unhappy and miserable. When the people were still worried about a grain of rice, Cai Jing would spend hundreds of taels on a casual meal, and if he wanted to eat a bowl of quail paste, the next person would prepare 300 quails for him. And such a corrupt official who loves to eat is finally starved to death. At that time, he was on the road to exile, and none of the people along the way gave him a bowl of rice, and eventually starved to death on the way.
Although people's lives were very difficult in ancient feudal society, even ordinary peasants and ordinary people, as long as they worked hard, they would certainly be able to make a difference in society. If those who are officials and rich only care about their own arrogance and lasciviousness, then no matter how big the family property is, there will always be a day of failure. Therefore, "blessing" cannot be linked to money and identity alone, it should represent the quality of a person, the shining point of many human natures such as being a person.
brief summary
In ancient times, the use of "leg hair" to assess whether a person is "blessed" has long been unapplicable in modern times, and it does not make sense. But this is only the helplessness of the ancient people, who have been oppressed for a long time and can only put forward such ideas to mock themselves.
But in modern times, it has long been different from the past, people can freely chase their dreams, "Fu" is more of a fighting, upward attitude towards life.