Why is Mei Julanju called the Four Gentlemen?

Mei Lan and Zhu Ju, known as the "Four Gentlemen", are a tradition of comparing personality ambition with natural scenery, a fruitful achievement of continuous development and a prominent manifestation of gentleman culture.

On the plant level, Mei Zhulanju, which has a special nickname "Four Gentlemen" in China culture, can vividly embody the cultural connotation of gentlemen. Mei Zhu Lan's residence has become the object of repeated chanting and description by poets and painters in past dynasties, mainly because its image embodies the noble character of a gentleman's personality.

It is not uncommon to compare a gentleman's personality with flowers, trees and books in the pre-Qin period. Confucius' Family Talk recorded that Confucius traveled around the world, but it was not used. On the way back to Shandong, I saw orchids blooming alone in the valley, and sighed, "The orchid should be the king's fragrance, but now it is the only one, interacting with grass, and comparing the virtuous with the husband is out of date." "

Interpretation: If talented people are born at the wrong time, they will be mixed with ordinary people, complacent and unable to play. For example, orchids want to dedicate their fragrance to the king, but now they grow with weeds. What's the use of being good?

He also said: "Lan Zhi was born in the depths of the forest, not because there was no one, but because he didn't like Xiu De, a gentleman, and didn't change his religion for poverty. "

Interpretation: Lan Zhi grew up in the deep mountains and forests, and it will not give off fragrance just because no one comes to appreciate it; People with virtue cultivate morality and morality, and will not change their moral integrity because of poverty.

Here, the characters are depicted in blue to express the feelings of gentlemen and moral integrity, which shows that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when China's culture was at its peak, the tradition of "comparing virtue with ambition" was formed. By comparing the natural scenery,

Extended data:

Apart from the four gentlemen, Mei Lan and Zhu Ju, there are Song, which ranks first among the three friends in the cold age, and Lotus, which is called the gentleman in the flower. In China culture, pine trees have always been regarded as the object of "Bede".

In The Analects of Confucius Zi Han, there is a well-known Confucius motto, "When it is cold, you will know that pines and cypresses are dying" (definition: when the weather is coldest every year, you will know that most other plants are dying, and only pines and cypresses are standing.

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai wrote Two Poems for Wei Shi Yu Huang Shang. The first part "

On the top of the tall Gaosong Huashan Mountain, the snow stands tall and graceful. A natural pine with a hundred feet long, how can a small gust of wind break?

But peaches are different from plums. They show off beautiful beauty and make people who are on their way lost. When spring is over, its leaves turn to yellow mud.

I hope you want to be a pine tree, but remember not to be a peach. If you want to be wronged and not change, then identify who is the real gentleman.

Explanation:

At the top of Huashan Mountain, the pines are tall and straight, slim and graceful, and the snow is white. Can a 100-foot-long natural pine tree be broken by a breeze? However, peaches and plums are different from Changsong. They show off gorgeous beauty and fascinate pedestrians. As soon as spring is over, its green leaves turn into yellow mud. I hope you are a senior in high school, and remember not to be full of peaches and plums. You don't know who a real gentleman is until you have wronged your loyalty.

This shows that pine, as a symbol of gentleman's personality, has a long tradition and a profound cultural foundation.

As for the lotus (Lotus) regarded as a gentleman's flower, it originated from Zhou Dunyi's masterpiece "Love Lotus" in the Song Dynasty: "Love lotus alone, muddy but not dirty, clear but not turbid, straight but not squirming, fragrant far and clear. It is graceful and quiet, but it doesn't look ridiculous from a distance. Want to call chrysanthemum, the hermit of flowers; Peony, blooming with wealth; Lotus, the gentleman of flowers. "

Interpretation: I only love that lotus grows from the accumulated silt and is not polluted, but it does not look enchanting after being washed with clear water. (Its stem) goes straight through the middle, without vines and branches. The fragrance is more fragrant and stands clean in the water. People can look at (lotus) from a distance, but they can't play with it easily. I think chrysanthemum is a hermit in flowers; Peony is a rich person in flowers; Lotus is a gentleman among flowers.

Here, the unique evaluation of the lotus character, called "the gentleman of flowers", has been widely recognized by people for thousands of years and has far-reaching influence.

Guangming. com-Gentleman culture permeates the daily life of China people.