There is a negative correlation between speaking speed and education. I suddenly realized this when I was rewatching episode 37. At this time, the relationship between Shen Meizhuang and Zhen Huan dropped to a freezing point. Zhen Huan came to Cunju Hall to show her kindness, and

There is a negative correlation between speaking speed and education.

I suddenly realized this when I was rewatching episode 37.

At this time, the relationship between Shen Meizhuang and Zhen Huan dropped to a freezing point. Zhen Huan came to Cunju Hall to show her kindness, and Shen Meizhuang showed Zhen Huan's face and complained that Zhen Huan had changed and that their sisterhood had come to an end.

I did statistics and found that Shen Meizhuang finished speaking 182 words in 65 seconds.

Huan'er, we have been together since childhood. I know that I am not as good as you, and my appearance is also inferior. So I decided to cultivate virtue and become a gentle and virtuous person. You are good at dancing, so I focused on my piano skills, and I have never been inferior to you. Later, we entered the palace together, and you and I always supported each other. Even though the emperor no longer favored me, I never hated you at all. But I don’t know why, when I look at you now, I always feel that I am much different from you. You have the admiration of Imperial Physician Wen and the favor of the Emperor. Your father is also proud of himself in front of the emperor. You are proud of everything, but I have nothing.

Zhen Huan spoke 125 words in 43 seconds.

I remember when I was young, I and my sister put the folded paper boats into the water together. Grandma said, if the boat drifts far, the bride will be far away, and if the boat floats close, the marriage will be close. But my sister said that our boats should be equally far apart, and we would marry together in the future, preferably two brothers, so that we can be together every day. But now, we are together every day, but we don’t want to be so unfamiliar. Sister, do you really want to be separated from me?

I used gpt to calculate the speaking speed of the two people. Zhen Huan’s speaking speed is indeed faster.

I would like to add some words here. Only one point was analyzed above, and the sample was too small. To be precise, this is not a complete summary. And I didn't have much time to continue the analysis. With my sixth sense, I found that Shenmeizhuang spoke slower. If someone provides more sample analysis, I believe Shen Meizhuang's slow speaking speed will be more convincing.

Zhen Huan speaks faster than Meizhuang, perhaps because she retains more of a little girl's character, and the influence of feudal ethics on her is not as great as that of Shen Meizhuang, and Shen Meizhuang's ladylike temperament is indeed more upright than Zhen Huan.

I am interested in the topic of speaking speed, because I found that Speech speed is not a question of brain reaction speed, but a question of upbringing or even class.

Speaking slowly is one of the upbringings of ancient nobles.

"The Book of Rites" mentions that "the official's words cannot be answered, and the scholar's speech cannot be answered", Cheng Yi htm It is said in "The Suicide Notes of Er Cheng" in l19: "Speech should be slow and measured, and the temper should be gentle but not impetuous." Zhang Tingyu, who appeared in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" , talked about the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty in "Tongkao of Qing Literature" They all emphasize "being cautious in speaking, slow and not chaotic."

Noble people speak slowly. This does not mean that children who speak late are noble people, but that noble people do not speak easily. The more highly respected a person is, the slower he speaks.

Why is this like this?

Because the speaking speed is slow, it makes people feel that the speaker has control over the time and occasion and is not in a hurry to respond, giving people a sense of certainty and confidence.

You can watch movies and TV shows, but as long as you are a big shot with big eyes and hands, you will always speak slowly. Speaking fast gives people the impression that the person has a frizzy and unstable personality. For example, Tathagata Buddha in "Journey to the West" speaks slowly, while Sun Wukong speaks fast. For example, Concubine Duan in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" speaks slowly. Summer, winter and spring, Yu Ying'er speaks quickly.

Every lady focuses on modesty.

People should be dignified, that is, their posture should be steady, they should walk without haste and speak slowly and calmly. Shen Meizhuang speaks slowly, and her ladylike temperament is more distinctive than Zhen Huan's, because everything she says and does is slow.

Zhen Huan dared to take off her socks and play in the water with her bare feet in public. This is the nature of a little girl, and Shen Meizhuang cannot do it.

The narrator of "Palace in the Palace" is an old palace maid who served Cixi. Jin Yi, the author of the book, mentioned the characteristics of this old palace maid, "never speak loudly, always speak slowly and quietly, word for word." The words are delivered to your ears. "

This is the education given to her by the rules of the Qing court.

Wang Anyi was dissatisfied with the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" and thought the Chen version Lin Daiyu had a girly vibe, but praised Wang Wenjuan's version because Wang Wenjuan's version of Daiyu was slow.

The group of ladies in the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" spoke with a high-pitched voice, their eyes moved around, and their expressions were coquettish and willful. Most ladies are usually dressed in Tsing Yi, so these little girls in the TV series should be classified as Hua Dan.

In the Yue opera "A Dream of Red Mansions", Lin Daiyu, played by Wang Wenjuan, is also a lady. Although she is sentimental and has a perverse temperament, she is still dignified in appearance. Her voice was low, and she looked back and turned a little "slowly", which meant she was disciplined and steady. Jia Mu often praises Xue Baochai and calls her "honest", which shows that "honest" is the top grade in everyone's style.

This kind of performance method brings nourishment to the actors.

The maid in the opera plays a small role of running errands and doing odd jobs. Her personality is mostly lively and clever, so she speaks quickly and moves quickly. As for the young ladies who are served by maids, their status and status will require them to be calm, slow and gentle. I agree with Wang Anyi’s point of view. Chinese opera performance comes from summarizing the forms of daily life.

In this era where time is emphasized and everything is geared toward efficiency, we don’t seem to understand why slowness is a symbol of nobility.

I saw an explanation. The poor are busy raising their families, and time is a scarce commodity, so they need to quickly deal with various daily tasks. The rich and noble have more free time and do not need to rush to respond, so they develop a slow and leisurely behavior.

Those with low speaking power usually speak faster. For example, Yongzheng punished Yu Ying'er like a great hero, promoted Zhen Huan, and Liu Zhu trotted all the way back to Suiyuxuan to announce the good news. This is the way a girl in an opera performs.

It is impossible for a real court lady of the Qing Dynasty to run like Liu Zhu. There is a clear record in "The Palace Maid's Talk about the Past".

html There are many things to pay attention to in the 3rd palace. When you are a palace maid, you have to "do things without looking back and smile without showing your teeth." You must walk peacefully, and you are not allowed to shake your head from side to side, or look back; you are not allowed to make a sound when you smile, and you are not allowed to show your teeth. No matter how happy you are, you can only smile. His face is always smiling and joyful; no matter how painful it is, he is not allowed to cry; he is not allowed to make a sound when he is beaten. You can't ask what you shouldn't ask, and you can't say what you shouldn't say. When you're an errand in the palace, you can't have private conversations with anyone.

We know that Liu Zhu has the nature of a little girl like Zhen Huan, but we find her cute and smart.

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" is not a documentary, of course it can be boldly fictional. For example, Gualiu, who was born in the Guarjia family, comes from a prominent family with eight major surnames in Manchuria. Her origin basically destined her to not speak hurriedly.

I intercepted a clip from the blood test. Gua Liu can speak 56 words in 12 seconds, with a speaking speed of about 4.67 words per second, which is much higher than Zhen Huan's 2.91 words per second.

At that time, Imperial Concubine Xi looked down on a little imperial doctor, but if Imperial Concubine Xi had no interest in her in the past, how could Imperial Physician Wen rashly propose marriage. It can be seen that there is a friendship between childhood sweethearts.

This fast speaking speed is also to show the image of melon 6 being poorly educated and having a low IQ.