Sometimes the Unshown Heart Is the Deepest Love

answered by Shijing (The Book of Songs)

기원전 11~7세기(주나라 시가 모음)

🎬 TODAY'S FILM — IT ASKS THIS

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau · France

One hides his love a whole life, fearing that to reveal it would make the other unhappy. Is an unconfessed love a cowardly evasion, or the deepest devotion — folding oneself away for another's sake?

THE QUESTION THE FILM ASKS

The heart of one who hid his love a whole life for the other's happiness — was it in vain?

📜 THE CLASSIC'S ANSWER

💡 TL;DR

The songs of the Book of Songs voiced unshown longing obliquely, keeping it hidden.

📝The Classic Answers

The songs of the Book of Songs voiced unshown longing obliquely, keeping it hidden. The ancients held that not pouring out an overflowing heart, but distilling it inward and holding it quietly, was the deeper affection. An unconfessed love is not always cowardice. A heart that hid itself for another's happiness rings loudest without a sound. Yet I choose to ask myself honestly whether the hiding is for the other, or from my own fear.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

If you have hidden a feeling, distinguish honestly today whether it is care for the other or your own fear.

📖 Classic Source: Shijing (The Book of Songs).
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.