Starting from a loophole in the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl

I once saw a teacher saying that the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl cannot stand up to scrutiny. The folk story says that the Cowherd took a bath in the river, and the Cowherd peeped and hid the Weaver Girl's clothes. Later, the Weaver Girl discovered that the Cowherd was honest and honest, and she was willing to marry him. The logic of this story is really weird. A man who peeped at Zhinu's bath and hid her clothes turned out to be honest and honest. What was even more bizarre was that Zhinu fell in love with him. Zhinu's sense of right and wrong was so confusing. This kind of vision is really hard to disagree with. This is really enough. Outrageous.

I couldn’t help but think, are some people nowadays unfaithful and dishonest just because they didn’t peek at others taking a shower or hide other people’s clothes!

I really don’t know who made up this story at that time. Now, it is obvious that he will be held legally responsible. This person can be said to have moral problems. Why are the values ??of this story so incredible?

So I suggested that the students re-adapt the plot of the story. As a result, one student said that it can be imagined that a gust of wind blew away the clothes of the Weaver Girl, but the Cowherd found it and he found the clothes. And put it in a conspicuous place, which is consistent with the character of loyalty and honesty.

This reminds me of Zhu Bajie peeking at the spider spirits taking a bath in "Journey to the West". As a result, these spider spirits did not think Zhu Bajie was loyal and honest, and fell in love with him. In the end, they used their own spider silk to tie a knot. It became a big net, tied up Zhu Bajie, made Zhu Bajie lose weight, suffered a lot, and suffered a lot. It seems that Wu Chengen's thinking is correct, which is obviously a hundred times better than the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

At that time, some students thought that Zhu Bajie was ugly, so these spider spirits did not fall in love with him. I immediately pointed out that this kind of thinking of the students was terrible: you should never take a bath just because a handsome guy or a beautiful girl peeked at you. I think it is reasonable, let alone think that they are lovely and worthy of love.

In fact, when telling this story, some classmates suggested that maybe the Weaver Girl thought that the Cowherd was spying on her, so she had no choice but to marry the Cowherd in order to preserve her reputation and innocence. I also pointed out that this kind of thinking played into the hands of the Neo-Confucians of the Song and Ming dynasties, who regarded integrity and innocence as very important. Of course, I didn't say that innocence and integrity are unimportant, but they must not be greater than the right to choose independently. Everyone's life should be their own choice and should not be controlled by some wrong idea.