ancient people talked about "taboo", that is, children avoided ancestors, fathers' names, and subjects avoided kings' names. Generally speaking,
, words to be avoided in writing and talking are usually replaced by other words. The taboo of ordinary
people is easy to handle, but the taboo of emperors is not negotiable. It is compulsory, and
if it is not done well, it will be decapitated.
Because the emperor's taboo is so sacred and inviolable, people laugh and talk one after another.
Emperor Wen of Jin was named Si Mazhao, so no one else was allowed to use the word "Zhao", so even the ancient king
Zhao Jun had to be renamed "Wang Mingjun".
The name of Emperor was Sima Ye, so the word "Ye" was monopolized by the emperor, and even the place name "Jianye" (now Nanjing) was renamed "Jiankang".
Tang Gaozong's name is Li Zhi, so the word "rule" becomes the emperor's unique word, and the word
with the same sound as "rule" has to be changed. In writing, all the words that encounter "governance" are rewritten as synonyms such as "persistence" and "reason".
Because the word "childish" is homophonic with "cure", wherever "childish" is used, it must be replaced by "young".
fortunately, there are many synonyms in Chinese, otherwise I really don't know what to do.
Tang Gaozong's prince is called Jong Li, so the word "loyalty" should be avoided. For many years, the official position of the DPRK
"corps commander" was also ordered to be changed to "brigade commander".
The above taboo is the name of the emperor or the prince, which is easy to understand. Later, even the surname and animal sign of the emperor were taboo, which suddenly caused many ridiculous things.
Because Song Huizong is a dog, dogs all over the world are lucky, and it is forbidden to kill dogs all over the world.
Yuan Renzong is a chicken, so it is forbidden to mention chicken in metropolis. From then on, when buying and selling chickens, you have to hug the chicken to show your respect for the word "chicken".
Paradoxically, Ming Wuzong was surnamed Zhu and a pig, so in the fourteenth year of Zhengde, he issued a sacred decree prohibiting private pig raising. He thinks that raising pigs and killing pigs are aimed at the emperor. Don't want to make this
, a few years later, almost all the pigs in the country were cut off, so that the pigs used to worship the ancestral temple of heaven and earth in festivals could not be found
. Later, due to the admonition of ministers, he had to cancel this ridiculous < P > ban.
Empress Dowager Cixi in the Qing Dynasty was a sheep, so there was a decree in the DPRK that people were not allowed to say such things as "raising sheep, killing sheep and eating mutton". However, Empress Dowager Cixi was greedy and had to eat mutton. Then he ordered that "sheep
meat" be called "blessing meat" and "longevity meat", which is really a ridiculous way to deceive others and yourself.
ironic dream of the emperor
Ancient people often made people divine good fortune and bad fortune when dreaming, so as to seek good fortune and avoid bad luck. Ordinary people dream,
generally don't have much action. However, the dreams of feudal emperors were different. Sometimes, their actions of "seeking good fortune and avoiding evil"
were jaw-dropping, and they often made ridiculous jokes.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Liu Ziye, Song Shaodi was a dissolute and shameless emperor. He often made ladies-in-waiting chase each other naked in the palace for fun, and those who did not obey him would be beheaded. One night, Liu Ziye dreamed that a
maid-in-waiting denounced him for being shameless. Shaodi was furious. When he woke up, he called all the ladies-in-waiting, and found that one of them was quite similar to what he saw in his dream, so he couldn't say anything, so he dragged her out and beheaded her.
One morning in 944 AD, the late Jin Emperor Shi Zhonggui sent eunuchs to the Imperial Academy to ask the scholars, "I
dreamed of a jade plate last night, in which there was a jade bowl and a jade belt. What was the sign? It should be played immediately. "
after some discussion, the college students decided to congratulate them on the above table. The table reads: "Jade is the treasure of the emperor. The bearer,
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has a sign of oath. The person who holds the bowl is the image of the keeper and a good dream. " Less than three years after the Emperor of Jin Dynasty dreamed this dream,
the post-Jin regime perished. Although the demise of the late Jin Dynasty had nothing to do with the dream of becoming an emperor, it was a great irony to the explanation and congratulations of the scholars.
Shortly after Song Huizong succeeded to the throne, a boy from Tsing Yi fell from the sky in a dream, and he was presented with a jade card that read
Eight Chinese characters, "Bingwu prosperous period, real people should be out", and Huizong woke up to be in heaven. He thought it would be
more than twenty years before the year of Bingwu, so he wrote a letter in advance to greatly exaggerate this dream, and at the same time sent people to all parts of the country to search for strangers. He thought, in the third afternoon, when he assisted his own alien search, and then took out the imperial edict written as early as
2 years ago, wouldn't this auspicious event be celebrated vigorously? However, until
the year before the third afternoon, the second year has passed, and there are still no strangers. That winter, he was transferred to Song Qinzong, the son of Tai < P >, that is, he regarded Qinzong as a "stranger" and managed to fulfill that dream. But before long, Jurchen < P > invaded and captured Kaifeng, and she and Qin Zong both became prisoners. Hui zong, who was a prisoner, still remembered the dream of 2 years ago and said to the captured minister, why didn't the dream work? At this time, a minister explained the eight words
that Bingwu was a rampant period and jurchen appeared. Anyway, at this time, the monarch and his subjects became prisoners, and
there was no need to worry about speaking. Song Huizong had to accept this fact helplessly.
Emperor Wanli of Ming Dynasty had a dream at night, and a tiger bit his foot. When he woke up, he was afraid and angry.
So an imperial edict was issued to make Xiyuan Zoo prohibit feeding tigers. This time, the tigers were devastated, and soon they all starved to death one by one.
Ironically, some emperors' dreams are not real dreams, but fabricated lies to achieve their
political goals.
Cao Cao was given the title of Wang Wei, and he was always afraid of being murdered. One night when I was sleeping, an attendant saw that he had been dropped by < P > and went to cover it for him out of kindness. At this time, Cao Cao, who was awake, jumped to his feet, drew his sword < P > to kill the attendant, and then fell asleep again. When he woke up in the morning to see his attendants killed, he pretended to regret < P > and said, "I hope the waiter will be careful when I dream of killing people in the lonely night." Then bury the murdered person. From then on, when he
slept, his attendants kept away from him, fearing that he would kill people in his dream again.
Yuan Shizu Kublai Khan attacked the Southern Song Dynasty and wanted to cross the Yellow River. He had explored the shallow water beforehand, but he didn't
tell everyone. One day, I called the generals and claimed that there was a fairy's dream last night, saying that there was a shallow water to cross the Yellow River. The generals led the army and left, and it was safe. Therefore, all the soldiers believed that
was blessed by the gods, and Dayuan would prosper.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, also loved to play the trick of "dreaming". In the early years of Hongwu, he ordered a temple to be built for the founding hero < P >. When the temple was just built, Zhu Yuanzhang announced to the ministers that he dreamed of Guan Yu last night and asked why he didn't build a temple for him. Guan Yu also said that when the Ming army fought against Chen Youliang in Poyang Lake, he led 1, Yin soldiers to help, which made great contributions. So Zhu Yuanzhang instructed the Ministry of Industry to build a temple for Guan Yu. It is not difficult to see that Guan Yu's dream is purely Hu
. This is obviously Zhu Yuanzhang's fabrication of this dream in an attempt to convince his subjects that the Daming regime was born of heaven,
protected by the divine man, and he himself was the real dragon emperor.
The bizarre dream of an emperor sometimes makes some people take advantage of it inexplicably.
the eighteenth year of hongwu in Ming dynasty coincided with the big exam. On the eve of being the top scholar in palace examination, Zhu Yuanzhang had a dream that there was a huge nail in the Palace < P > with several strands of white silk. When Zhu Yuanzhang was marking papers in palace examination, he found that the name of a candidate < P > was "Ding Xian", and his name was consistent with his dream. Therefore, regardless of whether the answer sheet was good or bad, he immediately sent a message that Ding Xian < P > was the top scholar of the undergraduate course.
Coincidentally, in the 23rd year of Ming Jiajing's big exam in palace examination, the examiners presented the papers
that had been ranked as usual to the emperor. However, Jiajing did not agree with the ranking of the examiners, but discharged a person named Qin Minglei < P > as the number one scholar. There is only one reason, that is, the emperor heard thunder in his dream at night, which coincides with the word "Ming Lei < P >". This is exactly ten years of hard study, so it is better to get a good name. But this name is really hard to choose, because
no one knows what the emperor will dream then.
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There are also examples of remonstrating by interpreting dreams in history. After Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, she dreamed of a parrot, whose feathers were very plump, but its wings were broken. The next day in court, she let the ministers dream. Di
Ren Jie, the internal envoy, said, "The parrot's parrot has the same sound as your majesty's surname, so this full-feathered parrot symbolizes your majesty.
The two broken wings are your majesty's two sons, Lu Ling Wang and Xiang Wang, who were exiled from Beijing. If your majesty recalls them, your wings will be complete." At that time, Wu Zetian became emperor and usurped the Tang Dynasty. Her two sons were banished to consolidate the rule of the Wu family. Because King Luling and King Xiang are both legal successors of Tang Gaozong. Di Renjie borrowed a dream to remonstrate, which can be described as extremely daring. But, after all, it's "dreaming", and it won't
lead to fatal disaster, which is also Di Renjie's extraordinary cleverness.
There are many people who became officials because of their dreams in history. Deng Tong in the period of Emperor Wendi in the Western Han Dynasty is a typical example. One morning, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was sleepy and dreamt that he was in the air and almost climbed into the sky. Just as he was about to get up, he couldn't get up. Suddenly, a Huang Toulang (a palace guard,
called "Huang Toulang" because of wearing a yellow turban) came under him, and he pushed his foot hard to get up to heaven.
Wendi was very happy. He quickly looked back to see who had helped him, but only saw the back. It seemed that this man
had a hole in his clothes. At dawn, Emperor Wen called the palace guards together and let them pass by one by one before < P >. When Deng Tong passed by, Wendi was immediately happy. It turned out that his clothes had just broken a hole. In addition, Deng's traditional Chinese character is "Deng", "it is this person who can make me ascend to heaven", and Emperor Wen < P > is overjoyed. Immediately, the decree was issued, and Deng Tong was appointed as a doctor. In this way, a mediocre and incompetent palace
bodyguard suddenly rose to the rank, and he himself did not understand what was going on.
Emperor's Hobbies
The feudal emperors in ancient China had supreme power. It stands to reason that they should be very busy and hardworking to manage the country well. However, some emperors put the management of the country on the hands of trusted ministers and trusted eunuchs, while they devoted themselves to "hobbies". Some of the emperors' hobbies have reached the professional level.
Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty succeeded the prosperous Tang Dynasty in enriching the people and strengthening the country. He did not worry about eating and drinking, enjoyed peace, had nothing to do, and specialized in
studying music. He organized a special court band and maiko, composed his own music and choreographed his own dance, which pushed the court music of the Tang Dynasty to a climax. His colorful plumage became a famous ancient song.
Tang Xizong can be called a typical fan emperor. He once boasted proudly: "If I
want to be a player, I must win the first place." There is a vacancy in Sichuan Province, and there are four people vying to go: Chen Jingxuan, Shi Li, Niu Mian and Luo Yuanguo. Tang Xizong decided to choose officials by hitting the ball. As a result of the competition, Chen Jingxuan, who is better at ball, became our ambassador in Sichuan.
Tang Zhuangzong likes wrestling (a corner-to-corner play). One day, he asked Li Cunxian, the minister, to compete with him. Li Cun
Xian didn't display all his skills at first, so Tang Zhuangzong was not satisfied and said, "If you beat me, you will be rewarded with a county."
When Li Cunxian fought again, he dared to throw Zhuang Zong to the ground. Zhuang Zong was not annoyed, but kept his word.
He was named the secretariat of yu zhou.
Xiao Baojuan, the deposed emperor of the Southern Dynasties, was particularly fond of doing business. In order to overcome his addiction to business, he ordered a market to be set up in the backyard of the palace, to do business with the palace maids and eunuchs, and set up a "management organization". He
takes Pan Shi, his favorite, as the market manager, and he himself acts as the manager under Pan Shi. Anyone who violates the market rules
, including the emperor himself, can be flogged.
The son of Sima Zhong, the Emperor of Jinhui, didn't like reading since he was a child. After becoming emperor, he specialized in business. He
asked people to kill pigs and sell wine with him in the palace, but he practiced to weigh the weight of meat with his hands, exactly.
Li Yu, the late emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, loved to write lyrics when he was a prince, and became an emperor. He specialized in writing poems and lyrics, and even when he was captured, he wrote many touching
---------. His famous nouns and sentences, such as "a river flows eastward", are regarded as the pinnacle of five pronouns. For this reason, people call him "Emperor Ci". Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty wrote poems specially. Although his poems were not as good as Li Yu's in artistic achievements, they were the first in China in quantity. According to the
Concise Catalogue of Sikuquanshu, there are 4 episodes of Qianlong Imperial Poems, with a total of 33,94 poems! According to the summary of China philology written by Zheng Hesheng and Zheng Hechun, there are more than 1, poems written by Gan Long. According to the 88th birthday of Qianlong,
he wrote three poems every day on average.
Song Huizong Zhao Ji's hobby is painting and calligraphy. He once built the first painting academy in China in the palace, and
personally taught students and corrected "homework". His calligraphy art is even more outstanding, and his
"Song Style" characters have been spread to this day, and the "Song Style Imitation" in the printing is the font imitating Song Huizong.
Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao likes to build houses. He became a carpenter himself and operated an axe to chisel and saw, which was not inferior to
a skilled craftsman. He doesn't want to meet anyone when he is working hard. Eunuch Wei Zhongxian liked it,
and chose to play when he was most interested in "drawing rope and cutting ink". Xi Zong often replied, "I see,
you just take charge of this." As a result, Wei Zhongxian manipulated the state affairs. However, Xizong really has the heart and energy to endure < P >. According to the records, he imitated the buildings in the palace, and the palace model he made was really vivid < P >. If he doesn't reincarnate in the royal family, he may really be a famous architect in history.