Why is a man without a wife called a bachelor?

Because "bachelor" refers to some heroic acts in "filling a bachelor", such as wearing only a thin coat in the ice and snow, which can be said to be "filling a bachelor". The "bachelors" here are generally not children.

A "bachelor" refers to a person who is unmarried and has no offspring. A man who has lost his wife is generally not called a "bachelor", and a man who has children is not called a "bachelor".

China has always attached importance to the reproduction of children and grandchildren, and he used the theory of numerous children and grandchildren as a metaphor. Parents are trunks and children are branches and leaves.

Therefore, "bachelor" has no meaning of branches and leaves (descendants). And because there is no wife, there are no leaves (offspring). This can be understood as "bachelor" refers to a person who has no wife. "Bachelor" is a stick without skin, not a "trunk" without skin, because "Bachelor" has parents. Parents are trunks, sons can't be trunks, only branches that grow on trees. China's writing is too subtle. You can appreciate it very much.

China's ancient Chinese is profound and can be spread to modern times, but many of them have been misinterpreted, just like My Fair Lady. I used to think she was really a slim and quiet girl. I also despised the ancients for judging people by their appearances. Later, I learned that old Confucius meant a long, quiet and kind woman. I wonder how many people will know the ancient Chinese in China in a few years!