(Pictured) Stills from the TV series "The Four Talents of Jiangnan"
The idiom "Hedong lion roar" is now used as a synonym for fear of wife, from Chen Jichang in Huangzhou in the Song Dynasty. This Chen Jichang, at that time, he was afraid of his wife to the extreme, and Su Shi, who happened to be living in Huangzhou, knew about this matter, and out of curiosity and amusement, he gave him a poem:
The Residents of Longqiu were also pitiful, talking about the fact that there were sleepless nights.
Overhearing the roar of the lion in Hedong, the staff fell into the palm of his hand in a daze.
Because Chen Jichang, a resident of Longqiu, and his wife are from Hedong, this is how the "Hedong Lion Roar" came. In fact, the lion roar in Hedong is not all so afraid, and some are afraid of the story of the wife, not only is not terrible, but also has a strong poetry and laughter, which is hilarious.
Also in the Song Dynasty, it is said that a person who was afraid of his wife, in order to laugh at himself, changed the poem "Spring Day Occasionally" by the famous poet Cheng Hao of the same era and wrote a poem of fear of the inside:
The clouds are light and the wind is clear in the evening, and the flowers kneel in front of the bed with the willows.
When people do not know the rest of their hearts, they will be said to be secretly learning to worship the New Year.
This poem is published in the "Record of Laughter", and it is a squirting meal to read, and the extent of his fear of his wife is clear and vivid.
This is not nothing, through the Tang Dynasty, that is the era of fear of wives, up and down is very popular, but also very lively. First of all, let's talk about a royal historian who is afraid of his wife, this high-ranking official who is equivalent to the minister of supervision is called Pei Tan, who is afraid that his wife is famous in the government and the opposition, and is known as "afraid of the inner imperial history". Of course, there is a premise for being afraid of his wife, it is said that pei tan's wife is very beautiful, so she has a fierce capital, so that this imperial master saw his wife as if he had seen Yan Luo, and all day long he was like an abyss, like walking on thin ice, although he was always careful, he was still often reprimanded by his wife. For a long time, Pei Tandu was extremely kind and believed in Buddhism. After believing in Buddhism, Pei Tan increased his knowledge of Buddhism, and then talked about his wife, he was like telling the story of the Buddhist scriptures, and made his wife three metaphors: when she was young, she looked like a heavenly immortal, beautiful as a bodhisattva, making people fall in love, but she did not dare to look up; when the children were full of halls, the wife shouted five or six all day, and the noise was endless, and the powerful one was like the Nine Sons of the Devil Mother, which was even more like a lost soul; it was hard to wait until the children grew up, and the wife was also old, from wearing red and green to green and black powder, looking like a dove plate tea ghost that sucked people's semen. It makes people still tremble when they look at it.
(Pictured) Stills from the TV series "Beauty in the Heart"
The minister is afraid of his wife, the emperor is afraid that his wife is also a big person, the Tang Dynasty is so strange, the country is strong what birds are not. Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was unfortunately shot, so he chose a very powerful Wei woman as empress, empress Wei was clever and alert, and had the legacy of Wu Zetian, so Li Xian let her have three points in everything. On this day, Li Xian was drinking with Empress Wei, and someone proposed to call a music worker to help him, and Empress Wei agreed to it. The musician came up, adjusted the silk strings, gently opened the warbler's throat, and without hesitation sang a small word:
When I return to Pol, it is also good to be afraid of women.
There was only Pei Tan on the outside, and there was no Elder Li on the inside.
As soon as the lyrics came out, the words were shocked, and the crowd looked at each other one by one, frightened and did not know what to say, worried that the music union would be punished. Everyone thought that the music guild sang some whitewashed Taiping, praising dide and other lyrics, who thought that she would even make fun of the emperor's fear of the inside. Li Xian sat there speechless, while Empress Wei danced happily and rewarded the musicians with a lot of money.
Later, when people talked about this matter, they all praised the wit of the musician, and the little word she sang was the lefu "Hippo Song", and "When the Ball" was the example sentence at the beginning of the song, and had no real meaning. In the words, people who are afraid of their wives are described as like fences, even if they are bent over and bent, it is also a praiseworthy "great good". This metaphor is apt and humorous. A musician who knew pei tan and Li Xian's inner details so well showed that the reputation of the two junchen who were afraid of their wives was already Sima Zhao's heart. Naturally pinching Li Xian's seven inches, Empress Wei yan could not be happy, who dared to put the bold music work in it!
Wearing it through the Qing Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is not a matter of fact. You Tong, the great writer of the Qing Dynasty, was a man of great literature and gimmicks, who wrote a large number of miscellaneous dramas and a large number of wild poems and beaver words. Among them, perhaps he himself has the experience of being afraid of his wife, and wrote a poem "Drama Mocking Fear Inside." Yellow Warbler", that is not generally interesting, and see:
What a criminal, kneeling on the makeup table with incense. The sin of affair is hard to take lightly. The flogging is too strong, the killing is too bad, and the only thing to see is the palace punishment. Good off guard, how to escape from prison at night on the gums?
The husband in Yu Dong's writing is afraid of his wife and seems to be self-inflicted, because he has committed the crime of affair and is to be punished well, but as the words say, the palace punishment is obviously too heavy. It is also written that this husband's bed is as nervous as escaping from prison, and he is really afraid that his wife is afraid of going home.
In fact, it is not a shameful thing for men to be afraid of their wives, but they can be regarded as deep love. The culture of our nation has a long history, and the culture of fear of the inside is also profound, and these poetrys of laughter and anger can be regarded as adding some fun to people, no need to make a fuss!
*Author: Liu Yongjia, a contracted author of the Secret History of Fish and Sheep.