Who knows the origin of the saying that women are made of water?

This sentence comes from Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions.

What Jia Baoyu said, in original words, is:' Daughters are made of water, and men are made of mud. When I saw my daughter, I felt refreshed. Seeing a man makes me feel turbid and smelly. "

A Brief Introduction to A Dream of Red Mansions:

A Dream of Red Mansions is China's first classical Four Great Classical Novels and a novel written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty. In the early days, only the first 80 manuscripts were circulated, and some of them were not completed after 80, and the manuscripts were lost. Formerly known as "Re-evaluation of Stone Story by Zhi Yanzhai". Cheng Weiyuan invited Gao E to coordinate the publication of the first book 120, and named it A Dream of Red Mansions. There is also a version of "Jinyuyuan".

A Dream of Red Mansions is an earthly novel with world influence. It is recognized as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, an encyclopedia of feudal society in China and a master of traditional culture. The novel takes the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, focuses on Jia's family affairs and leisure, and focuses on the love and marriage stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai. It describes the beauty of humanity and tragedy of lovers of good and evil centered on Jia Baoyu and twelve women in Jinling, praises the rebels who pursue light, foresees the inevitable demise of feudal society through the tragic fate of rebels, and reveals the crisis of feudal eschatology.