could not communicate between man and woman(shòu shòu bù qīn)

could not communicate between man and woman

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is sh ò ush ò UB ù Q ī n, which means that men and women can't hand over goods to each other. It refers to the Confucian ethics that restrict men and women. It comes from the interpretation of Mencius · Li Lou Shang.

Idiom usage

As predicate and attribute, it refers to the Confucian ethics of binding men and women. In the sixth chapter of the biography of good luck written by a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty: "I often hear people say:" men and women, courtesy. " Ba Jin's Capriccio 1499: "what criteria? Should we still engage in the practice of giving and receiving the opposite sex, publicize the three cardinal principles and five constant principles, bind the little feet, beg for the little wife, have many children and grandchildren, and glorify our ancestors? "

The origin of Idioms

In Mencius, Li loushang: "Chunyu Kun said:" men and women are not close to each other, and are they polite? " Mencius said, "courtesy."

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, Chunyu Kun, an orator in the state of Qi, asked Mencius whether it was a gift for men and women to accept things without hands. Was it a gift for their sister-in-law to fall into the water and their brother-in-law to save them with hands? Mencius thought it was ceremony. Chunyu Kun said that all the people in the world fell into the water. Why don't you save them? Mencius replied that we should use Tao to save, not hand to save.

Chinese PinYin : shòu shòu bù qīn