What does the truth of Qi people having a wife and a concubine reveal

Yi Zhongtian's speech: monogamy and polygamy in ancient times.

1. The blessing of Qi people is a Chinese word, which refers to the happy combination of one wife and one concubine as the blessing of Qi people; It now refers to the rich life of monogamy and multiple concubines.

2. "Sitting and enjoying the blessings of Qi people" answers the allusion to "Mencius".

It's mainly about contrast. Double contrast:

The first is the contrast between the Qi people's own behavior: the "begging" in the cemetery and the "arrogance" in front of their wives and concubines; The contrast between truth and appearance. The character's inner character is in strong contrast with the solemn self-sufficiency of the outward.

The second is the contrast between wives and concubines and Qi people in terms of life standards: Qi people beg for food in the cemetery without the slightest sense of shame, and even brag in front of their wives and concubines who stay at home; The two women are able to understand the truth, emphasizing that while pursuing "profit", they can pay attention to taking proper means, and they must "follow the way of their husbands" and cannot be reluctant. Ironically, it is precisely the "husband" who despises the "way of wives and concubines".

The contrast and collision of the two moral standards exposes the ugliness of Qi people from a deeper level and shows the author's clear position and viewpoint.

The metaphor is unscrupulous to run through the gates of princes.

The expression is irony.

There is a person in the Qi country who has a wife and a concubine in the family. Every time the husband went out, he must have eaten and drunk and came home drunk. His wife asked him who he was eating and drinking, and according to him, they were all rich and powerful.

His wife told his concubine, "When her husband goes out, he always comes back drunk and satisfied; When I asked him who he was eating and drinking with, he said they were all rich and powerful, but we had never seen any rich or powerful man in his house, and I was going to sneak a peek to see where he went. ”

When she arose the next morning, she followed her husband and walked all over the city, and did not see a man standing down to speak to him. At last he went to the cemetery in the eastern suburbs and asked the grave sweepers for some leftover sacrifices to eat. Not enough, and looking around to beg elsewhere This is how he gets drunk and filled.

When his wife returned home, she told his concubine, "Husband, the man we look up to and rely on all our lives, is now like this!" The two cursed and wept in the courtyard, and the husband, unbeknownst to him, came back triumphantly from outside and posed in front of his two women.

In the eyes of a gentleman, there are very few methods that people use to seek promotion and fortune that can make their wives and concubines cry together without being ashamed!

There was a man in the state of Qi who had a wife and a concubine.