We often see or hear the word "staying like jade" in film and television dramas or classical books. Then why should the ancients combine the words "staying body" and "such as jade" instead of "staying like gold", "staying like a stone", "staying like water"? Today, let's take a look at understanding why "staying" is like "Jade."

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The interpretation of "Shou Shouru Yu" in the Chinese dictionary is: to maintain chastity, as white as jade, often used to describe women know how to clean themselves. Also refers to the care of your body. In fact, the word "staying like jade" was originally from "Meng Zi·Lei Yu".

In fact, "Mencius" only said that it emphasizes the importance of guarding chastity, and does not clearly point out that the body must be "like jade". The idea of ​​"keeping the body as jade" is also created by future generations, so this is back to the topic at the beginning of the article. Why do you want to be "like jade", but not "like gold, iron, water"? In fact, there are mainly the following reasons:

The value of jade is extraordinary

The texture of jade is warm and delicate, the color is pure white, and the appearance is the same. In ancient times, people loved and respected "Jade". Because in the hearts of people, "Jade is the elf of the nature that brings together the aura of the heavens and the earth, the radiance of the sun and the moon, and the richness of all things." It can not only drive the evils, but also symbolize good fortune. In addition, jade has many functions in addition to the evil effect, such as medicine, sacrifice, funeral and so on. Therefore, it is its extraordinary value that determines its position in people's hearts.

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The spirit of jade is noble

Jade has a culture of thousands of years in China, and all its energy is long-lasting, which is inseparable from its noble spirit. It can be said that jade always has an elegant, warm and tenacious spirit, which is a symbol of purity, sacredness and good fortune. In addition, the ancients also regarded jade as the carrier of "German" and endowed it with "five virtues" (benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage, and cleanliness). It can be seen that the ancients regarded jade as important as their own chastity.

Influenced by Confucianism

Confucius is the founder of Confucianism, and Chinese traditional culture is formed by the development of Confucianism as the main body. Since ancient times, Confucian culture has adhered to the traditional concepts of "the gentleman is better than the jade", "the gentleman has no reason, the jade does not go to the body", "the gentleman is warm as the jade, so the gentleman is expensive", and the "gentleman must wear the jade". Mencius is also an important representative of Confucian culture, so when he puts forward the importance of guarding chastity, people naturally think of using jade as a metaphor.

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