Why did the ancients think that gentlemen should stay away from the kitchen? I want to know what this is about. The more detailed, the better!

There is an old saying: a gentleman cooks far away. The literal meaning of this sentence is that a gentleman should stay away from places where people kill and cook.

In addition to the literal meaning, there is another meaning: people who are busy in the kitchen should not be gentlemen. Because most chefs are butchers, killing chickens and ducks is not something civilized people should do. A gentleman should be well dressed, smiling, with a book in his hand and four books and five classics in his mouth. Don't be as vulgar as a butcher, with fierce eyes, a knife in his hand and fat in his mouth.

It can be seen that a gentleman is a civilized person and a butcher is a vulgar person, so civilization and vulgarity are simply distinguished. People yearn for civilized people and despise vulgar people. And so many uncivilized people will find beautiful clothes, dress themselves cute and pretend to be civilized people.

Therefore, people who stay away from the kitchen must be gentlemen.

People who can't cook in modern times love to say so.