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Guang Gun (Chinese: 光棍; Pinyin: guānggùn, lit. 'bare branches' or 'bare sticks') is a popular term used to describe single individuals in Chinese culture. It is also translated less literally as "leftover men".[1] During the Ming dynasty, the term "bare sticks" was used to describe male individuals who participated in illegal activities ranging from robberies to prostitution.[2] The Ming Code, one of the most important codes written in Chinese history in order to regulate society, "specifically labeled bare sticks: demobilized soldiers, the homeless, and other marginalized people 'not engaged in honest work'".[2] The Chinese media has constructed the myth of protest masculinity that single unmarried men might threaten social harmony due to their inability to get married and further the family lineage.[1]
Nowadays, its usage has changed to describe single men, and has even become a derogatory way to label single men who are unable to wed, thus unable to contribute to the 'branches' of the family tree/ lineage. An equivalent term used to classify women who are unwed by their late twenties or older is Sheng Nu (Chinese: 剩女; Pinyin: Shèng Nǚ; Common translation: "Leftover Women"), popularized by the All- China Women's Federation.
^ abYu, Yating; Nartey, Mark (2021). "Constructing the Myth of Protest Masculinity in Chinese English Language News Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation Of 'Leftover Men'". Gender and Language. 15 (2). doi:10.1558/genl.18823. ISSN 1747-633X. S2CID 237763791.
^ abBuoye, Thomas (2014-10-01). "Bare Sticks and Naked Pity: Rhetoric and Representation in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Capital Case Records". Crime, Histoire & Sociétés. 18 (2): 27–47. doi:10.4000/chs.1485. ISSN 1422-0857.
GuangGun (Chinese: 光棍; Pinyin: guānggùn, lit. 'bare branches' or 'bare sticks') is a popular term used to describe single individuals in Chinese culture...
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