Du Fu's poem begins like this: "Many years ago, there was a beautiful Gongsun, who danced her dagger and attracted her from all directions." This means that Du Fu saw Gong Sundaniang dancing sword when he was a child. At this time, Gong Sundaniang was a "beauty" who could walk around with a sword, unlike an old woman, but Du Fu still called her "aunt". When Du Fu was 56 years old, she watched Gong Sundaniang's disciples dance swords and still called her aunt.
The preface to "Watching Disciples Dance Sword" says: "Zhang Xu, a former Wu native, is good at cursive calligraphy, and often sees the swordsmanship of the Xihe River in Ye County." Calligrapher Zhang Xu is generally believed to have been born in 658 and died in 742, more than 50 years older than Du Fu (7 12-770). Du Fu's Chronicle: 7 17 In the fifth year of Xuanzong Kaiyuan, Du Fu was 6 years old, and he first tasted Gong Sundaniang's dance "Sword" and "Huntuo". Gong Sundaniang, who can be called a beauty in fashion, is estimated to be in her twenties, while Zhang Xu is nearly sixty years old. But Zhang Xu is also called "Gong Sundaniang".
In the preface: "I am a disciple of Gong Sundaniang." This is what Gong Sundaniang's disciples said, and the students' disciples also called the teacher "Aunt".
Students call her aunt, 6-year-old Du Fu calls her aunt, and Zhang Xu, who is nearly sixty years old, also calls her aunt. This "aunt" should not be the old woman.
Nowadays, "Niang" refers to the mother in the northern region. In ancient times, "Niang" could refer to all women or mothers. Many girls have the word "Niang" in their names.
In the section "Tang people claim to be happy and flaunt their position", the little "Study on China's Famous Faces" said: "Women in the Tang Dynasty are also named after them. Ding six niang sang ten songs, and Du Fu watched the knives and swords." Visible, Gong Sundaniang's "menstruation" is ranked. "Gong Sundaniang" is actually the eldest daughter of the Gongsun family, not an elderly woman. If ranked second, it will be called Gong Sun Erniang, and ranked third, that is, Sun Sanniang. Of course, the "eldest daughter" will eventually grow into an "old woman", but that is another matter.
In the Tang Dynasty, people called it by rank. Li Bai called Li Twelve and Liu Yuxi called Liu Twenty-eight. There are many names in the poems, which can be seen only from the names of the poems: Wang Wei's Send Two Ambassadors to Anxi in Yuan Dynasty, Li Bai's Send Pei Eighteen Pictures to the South Songshan Mountain, Mount Yueyang Tower in Summer Twelve, Du Fu's Send Wei Eight, and Wei's Send Twenty-two Members to Autumn in Autumn Night, etc.
I want to make it clear here that although family planning was not talked about in ancient times, it was not easy to have ten or eight children. Pei Eighteen, Xia Twelve and Qiu Twenty-two are uncles, but they are not necessarily brothers.
"Little Niang" often appears in ancient works. Xiao Niang is not necessarily surnamed Xiao, but is synonymous with aristocratic women. Many poems refer to female lovers and geisha. "Xie Niang" is common in ancient poetry. Xie Niang is not necessarily surnamed Xie, but is synonymous with beauty and geisha. The Xiao family in the Southern Dynasty and the Xie family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty were all powerful men and women at that time. The women in these families lived well, dressed fashionably and behaved elegantly, and became idols that people followed at that time. They were often written as poems, and then gradually changed their meaning.