Chapter 38: The Great Defense of Men and Women
Although he changed from a Zaoli to a Zhaomo, Chen Yunfu's daily life did not undergo any major changes.
It’s still three o’clock and one line every day.
Going on duty, getting off work, going home, visiting.
Shao Ziheng didn't know what he was thinking. He came to see Chen Yunfu basically every day. Since Chen Yunfu lived alone, Shao Ziheng used this as an excuse to invite Chen Yunfu to his house for dinner.
However, in the past half month, Chen Yunfu had not even seen Shao Zhi.
"My father lives in the Ministry of Justice now."
Facing Chen Yunfu's curiosity, Shao Ziheng was helpless: "Don't talk about you, even my own son hasn't seen him for more than half a month."
Live in the Ministry of Justice?
Chen Yunfu muttered twice in his heart, he seemed to be under great pressure.
"Don't mention him. It's rare that you Yunfu will be off duty today. We have to take a good tour of Jinling City."
Shao Ziheng called the housekeeper in the mansion and asked him to go out for a walk. Chen Yunfu saw that he was very interested and could not refuse.
The two of them packed up some things and put on an extra pair of winter clothes. They were just about to take a step when a female voice came from behind them.
"Brother, I want to go too."
Looking back, it was Shao Ziheng's sister Shao Ning.
"No." Shao Ziheng refused with his face: "You are a girl who has not yet left the court, how can you show yourself on the street? Also, have you finished reviewing your music theory class today?"
Even though Chen Yunfu came to Shao Mansion every day, he had never seen Shaoning very often.
Who asked him to come mostly at night? Even if he came occasionally during the day, he wouldn't be seen.
Shao Ning was the daughter of an official, and the Shao family's tutoring was very strict. As a result, Shao Ning basically spent every day in her exclusive courtyard learning piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and embroidery.
"I'm almost going crazy from holding myself back." Shao Ning ran over and glanced at Chen Yunfu, then took Shao Ziheng's sleeves and shook them, saying pitifully: "Brother, after all, my father is not at home, please let me go for a day."
"no!"
Shao Ziheng flatly refused, shook his head and said, "If my friends and neighbors see this, wouldn't they laugh at my Shao family for not having any tutoring etiquette?"
In the Ming Dynasty, the concept of guarding men and women was extremely important, and it was far less enlightened than before the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, for Shao Ziheng, his Shao family was also a prestigious official family in the capital. Wouldn't it be a shame and a great humiliation for his daughter to go out and show her face?
For women these days, the most glorious moment is to carve their names on the chastity arch on Tongqu Avenue.
It can be seen that as long as the defense is good, it can reach the sky, remember the government's will, and move the whole country.
Seeing her brother's firm refusal, Shao Ning had no choice but to turn around aggrievedly. His pitiful and charming look was very lovable.
Chen Yunfu then coughed lightly.
"Brother Shao, your sister is still a child after all. This child's heart is pure and true. It is her nature. She is only confined in the red tiles and white walls. She is afraid of being destroyed for a long time. Why don't you let your sister go shopping for a day?"
Shao Ning immediately turned around and looked at Chen Yunfu with eyes full of gratitude, but she also knew that Chen Yunfu didn't care about it even if he said it, so she looked at Shao Ziheng pitifully.
Shao Ziheng had a sullen face and coughed twice.
"Since Yunfu has opened his mouth, that's fine."
Seeing that Shao Ziheng agreed, Shao Ning immediately cheered, and his ecstatic appearance prompted Shao Ziheng to scold him: "Why don't you go back home and change into men's clothes?"
"Hey, thank you, brother." Shao Ning agreed quickly, stopped when he was about to leave, and thanked Chen Yunfu: "Thank you, sir."
After saying thank you, I jogged back to the boudoir to change clothes.
"How unbecoming is it for a girl to run around?"
Shao Ziheng muttered two more words of disrespect, turned around and saw Chen Yunfu smiling at him.
That smile was full of fun.
"Yunfu?"
"Brother Shao obviously loves your sister very much, why did he want to marry this merit to Chen?"
Chen Yunfu said with a smile: "This is not magnanimous enough, and it goes against the gentlemanly style of Brother Shao."
Shao Ziheng blinked and said in confusion: "Brother, I don't understand what Yun Fu said."
"If there was no younger brother today, Brother Shao would definitely take your sister out for fun."
"How could that happen?" Shao Ziheng shook his head in denial.
"Then why would Brother Shao know that your sister has men's clothes in her boudoir?"
"Uh, this." Shao Ziheng rolled his eyes and said, "Did I say, ah, I meant to ask Ning'er to ask the housekeeper for one."
"There is no servant in your residence whose clothes can be worn by your sister at your age."
"I kept it before, but I didn't want to throw it away."
Chen Yunfu then smiled, pointed to the direction Shao Ning left and said, "When I met your sister twice, I was very energetic and energetic. It shows that there is no foot binding."
The bad habit of foot binding originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, flourished in the Southern Song Dynasty, Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, and reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The causes of foot binding are nothing more than four points.
Aesthetic requirements, the male and female protection system, the promotion of Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming dynasties, and the promotion of virginity habits.
In fact, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the saying that men and women should be on guard.
This great defense between men and women is not simply summed up by saying that men and women do not share each other.
A woman's chastity is particularly important, especially in the eyes of men.
Women's feet have been bound since childhood, resulting in deformed feet when they grow up. They are unable to run, jump, and jump, and can only "walk lightly". This fundamentally eliminates the possibility of premature damage to the vagina due to strenuous exercise.
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Otherwise, if a woman rides a horse or jumps, she may break that membrane, and she will be mistaken for a slut when she gets married.
It can range from leaving the village smelly to death, or at the worst, committing suicide by drowning in a river.
So it can be seen that the so-called defense of men and women is not out of respect and protection for women. In essence, it only objectifies women and treats them as the private property of male parents.
It is a kind of cruel and coercive cold violence formed under the banner of ethics.
As for the so-called statement that "the great defense of men and women is the defense of Xia and barbarians, if it is broken, Xia will become barbarians, the land of China will sink, the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed", that is nonsense talk made by eunuchs in a meeting.
If a woman breaks the stratum, will China be destroyed?
Of course, this is not to advocate that women can be lustful, but there is no need to deform or distort normal ethics and gender relations.
For example, "The Mountain Has Fusu" in the chapter "Guo Feng·Zheng Feng", the whole content is just about a woman's joyful mood when meeting her lover and her scolding of her lover.
When it comes to falling in love, it is normal for a couple to laugh and be playful together. Such a simple and easy-to-understand love song reflects the social atmosphere at that time and is no different from post-modern times.
As a result, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the entire "Zheng Feng" was labeled as "Mi Mi". Then a large number of experts appeared from nowhere and added a new word to "Zheng Feng".
"The Poetry of Obscenity".
A little girl sings a song and meets her sweetheart, but then she becomes a slut.
Lu Xun: "It's raining."
Expert: In these three simple words, what we see is the miserable suffering of the people under the Iron Curtain in the feudal era, such as selling sons and daughters for cannibalism and other tragic situations.
Lu Xun: "It's really raining."
Expert: "I won't listen. I won't listen."
The relationship between the sexes has been shackled by 'experts' one dynasty after another. Dade's book "The Book of Rites" wrote seven rules based on the "Etiquette Notes - Mourning Clothes". During the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties,
A large group of experts cheered and regarded it as a golden rule. At this point, the restraint of secular ethics on women reached its peak.
I've gone a bit far, so let's get back to the topic.
The defense between the sexes was not strict in the first place, but it has gradually become deformed after generations of so-called great scholars (experts and professors) have added layers of emphasis on it.
Now that Chen Yunfu saw that Shao Ning had not tied his feet, he told Shao Ziheng.
The latter scratched his head.
"My sister has been afraid of pain since she was a child. She cried loudly when her feet were bound. My mother cried when she saw her, so she stopped her."
In the context of the Ming Dynasty, if a woman could persuade Shao Zhi not to bind his daughter's feet, it could only mean one thing, that is, Shao Zhi was not as stubborn in private as he appeared on the surface.
You can get a glimpse of the Shao family's family etiquette.
Chen Yunfu cupped his hands at Shao Ziheng and said: "Brother Shao obviously loves my sister, but he pretends to be my younger brother to excuse my sister, and then gives this merit to my younger brother. My younger brother is very frightened."
The latter looked around and said with a smile.
"I know you are always smart and cannot be deceived."
Chen Yunfu curled his lips.
Chapter completed!