The classical love between husband and wife reveals an inexhaustible, gentle sincerity, as expressed in these words, spoken by a young wife to her husband who is about to depart on military service: "Nothing can change the love between us.
這夫妻間的古典之情，吐露出「結髮為夫妻，恩愛兩不疑，…… 生當復來歸，死當長相憶」的溫柔厚實，幽幽不絕。中國式的風流醞藉在詩經裡，我們看到激烈的浪漫之愛，同樣的也有溫柔敦厚的夫妻恩愛。在「女曰雞鳴」一首詩中：