What does it mean that a woman is virtuous without talent?

If a woman has no talent, it depends on her character.

Source:

"Ode to Lady Qi" by Zhang Dai in Qing Dynasty: "Mei Gong said:' A husband with virtue is talented, and a woman without talent is virtuous. "This statement is extremely inaccurate."

Explanation:

Think that women don't have to be talented, just obey their husbands. ?

There is another explanation: whether a woman is talented or not depends on her moral character.

It turns out that the first part of this sentence is "men are talented and talented", and the second part is "women are virtuous without talent"! The first sentence: "Being talented is talented"! This is to hope that promising men will give priority to virtue, supplemented by talent, and warn every man to give priority to virtue, instead of telling men not to pay attention to talent.

But the bottom line is that "a woman without talent is virtuous" is still to persuade her to give priority to virtue, not to insult her without talent. This whole misunderstanding is due to the misinterpretation of the word "no talent". The word "nothing" is a verb, which means "there is nothing in it", that is, "there is talent in it, but I feel nothing in my heart"

Example:

Feng Yuxiang's My Life, Chapter 37: "A lady said that women should also study, and it is a fallacy to dismiss women as incompetent."

Extended data:

Li Yu, a famous talent in the Qing Dynasty, once put forward his own opinion on this sentence: "A woman without talent is a virtue" is an angry remark, similar to being a tiger for a monarch. Some people warn future generations not to be officials because they are officials, while others encourage beautiful women to be illiterate because they are talented.

The ancients thought that women can be talented, but they can't show their talents, especially in front of their husbands, who should show their talents because they are positive. On the other hand, women are feminine. She is modest and virtuous, so she doesn't show her talent easily. She must look like a person without talent. That is her virtue. What's this called? This is called a woman's virtue, modesty.

Women's nature is like the earth, so what are the characteristics of the earth? We picked up a handful of dirt from the ground. Can you eat, drink and wear? Neither. Without any talent, the simplest thing is to hold the soil. Just like ancient women, they are unpretentious and know how to wash dishes, do housework, serve the elderly and teach children.

She seems to have no special skills or talents. But it is precisely this soil, the food we eat, the vegetables we wear, this is cotton, which grows from the ground. What does this mean? She has no talent, but she can make her children, grandchildren and husband very talented.

She can support people and educate their children. Although this land is unpretentious, it is the most talented pillar. The root cause is the virtue of great women. That's her nature. Li Yu questioned all the above explanations: "I want to speak freely, but I am silent, I am quiet and noisy." It doesn't matter what I answered, what I should ask is not what I want ",which means that Li Yu is silent when he wants to talk to his wives and concubines.

When he wants to be quiet, she talks loudly, chats with her and answers questions. This is Li Yu lamenting that his concubines are full of people but have no cultural taste. How can a woman without talent teach her children? Li Yu believes that no matter what kind of statement, it is just an excuse for the real purpose of "women without talent are virtuous".