Swearing is the most common way to vent emotions in the world, whether it is the East or the West, ancient or modern, swearing is extremely common in people's lives. The purpose of cursing is to attack people through words to achieve the effect of humiliating, provoking the object, or venting anger and dissatisfaction in the heart and boosting one's own morale. Compared with today's colorful ways of cursing, the ancients can be described as sharp in their words and lofty intentions in swearing, and today the author has selected three of the most classic swearing words in history.
One. "For Xu Jingye to discuss Wu Shuo"
"The entrance is jealous, the moth's eyebrows refuse to let people; the sleeves are covered, and the fox charm can deceive the Lord."
This passage is excerpted from "For Xu Jingye to Discuss Wu Shuo", later abbreviated as "Discussing Wu Shuo" was written by Luo Binwang, one of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty, who also composed a more widely known poem "Wing Goose" when he was a child. In the first year of the reign of Emperor Sisheng (684), Wu Zetian deposed Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and supported Emperor Ruizong of Tang, in effect, taking control of the imperial government himself. The deposing of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang marked the arrival of the era of Wu Zetian's "divine determination", and there was no longer any force within the imperial court that could resist. In September of that year, Xu Jingye raised an army against the army in Yangzhou, and Luo Binwang joined Xu Jingye's camp and wrote down famous passages through the ages. The whole article made a comprehensive attack on Wu Zetian from her private life to politics, especially in the matter of incest between her father and son Taizong, which made Wu Zetian bear the charge of inhumanity and injustice, and also issued a call to the imperial court ministers, the whole article was extremely inflammatory and encouraging, Wu Zetian sighed after reading it: "The prime minister has lost this person?"
Two. Erection, inadequacy and conspiracy!
"Erectors, inadequacies and conspiracies!"
From the "Records of History", it is Xiang Yu's sub-father and military teacher Fan Zeng who insulted Xiang Yu at the Hongmen Banquet. At that time, Xiang Yu defeated the main force of the Qin army in the Battle of Julu, but Liu Bang took the opportunity to advance to Guanzhong, which made Xiang Yu extremely dissatisfied, so he set up a banquet at Hongmen to invite Liu Bang, and before the banquet Fan Zeng had already discussed with Xiang Yu to take this opportunity to get rid of Liu Bang. Unfortunately, as soon as Liu Bang came, he apologized to Xiang Yu and also offered a generous gift. Fan repeatedly hinted at Xiang Yu to act, but Xiang Yu remained indifferent and directly confessed that Cao Wu, a traitor in Liu Bang's army, was injured, and eventually Liu Bang fled back to the camp under the escort of Fan Duo and Zhang Liang. At this time, Fan Zeng could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and regardless of the fact that Zhang Liang was still in front of him, he directly smashed the jade bi sent by Liu Bang and scolded Xiang Yu: "Shuzi, insufficient and conspiratorial!" After that, this sentence was also widely circulated with the story of the Hongmen Banquet, although extremely ordinary, it also became the most classic sentence in history, and was quoted many times by posterity.
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," Cao Cao scolded the eighteen-way princes for their combined forces: "Pifu Shuzi, insufficient and conspiratorial." It is a reference to Fan Zeng's words.
Three. Only women and villains are difficult to raise
This sentence can be said to be well known to the world, and it comes from Confucius's Analects.
The Spring and Autumn Period was the golden age of thought, and in order to promote their ideas, the Hundred Sons traveled around the world and lobbied the monarchs, and Confucius was no exception. At that time, Confucius traveled to Weiguo, and the Weiguo monarch showed great interest in Confucius's theory, but when Confucius talked to Wei Gong with great expectation, he found that Wei Gong was only deceiving him, not only that, some ministers of Wei Guo also humiliated and fooled Confucius, and after Confucius left Wei Guo, he could not help but scold: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise!" Those who are near are not grandchildren, and those who are far away are resentful. ”
The villain refers to a person who lacks morality, but there is a dispute over who the woman refers to here, and Zhu Xi believes that the woman here does not refer to a woman, but specifically to the favorite concubines around the princes.
The above are the three most classic insults selected by the author, some of them win in literary style and intention, some win in simplicity and rudeness, and some are widely circulated, but it is undeniable that they are very famous and influential insults in history.