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Tang Dynasty Anecdotes: Li Yuan had three breasts, and tattoos were not allowed in the capital during the reign of Emperor Wenzong of Tang

Text/Dong Genko

1. The "Records of History" records that King Wen of Zhou "had four breasts in his body". The New Book of Tang records that Gaozu Li Yuan was born with a vision of "three breasts in his body". What is even more bizarre is that after the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin went to see Li Yuan, and the New Book of Tang said that "the people of the world kneel and suck on their breasts, and mourn for a long time." Guess which of the three he sucked?

2. Is it true that carp could not be eaten in the Tang Dynasty?

It's true, because the carp harmonic li. According to the "Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks and Scales": "The law of the national dynasty: if you get carp, you should put it, but you must not eat it, and you are called the Red Cow." The seller's staff is sixty, and the carp is Li Ye. This prohibition did not exist during the Tang Taizong period, and the pioneer was Tang Xuanzong.

3. The more common way for Tang people to eat fish is "脍", which is more similar to today's sashimi. It is recorded in the "Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks" that Tang Xuanzong also gave An Lushan crucian carp and knives specializing in fish. I don't know if An Lushan likes to eat it or not, whether he will do it!

Tang Dynasty Anecdotes: Li Yuan had three breasts, and tattoos were not allowed in the capital during the reign of Emperor Wenzong of Tang

4. In the "Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks", it is recorded that there is a person named Ge Qing on the streets of Jingzhou, who is a fan of Bai Juyi's brain. To what extent is the brain damaged? Below the neck, the whole body is tattooed with Bai Juyi's poems. Duan Chengshi had personally seen Ge Qing, and Duan said: He stripped naked himself to show us, and he was simply completely naked, tattooed with more than thirty poems up and down. The most important thing is that each poem has a picture next to it. He also explained to us in a number of ways: "I even remember the tattoos on my back. You see this sentence," said the reverse finger of a tree on the back, "this sentence is 'yellow valerian forest cold leaves', you see that there is a yellow silk tapestry hanging on the tree, and there is a pattern on the silk tapestry." Then he pointed to his ass: "This sentence is 'not this flower prefers chrysanthemum'." Sure enough, bai juyi was holding a wine glass on his ass to watch the chrysanthemums. Later, he got a nickname called "Bai She Ren XingShi Tu", that is, the bai ju yi poetry picture that can walk.

Tang Dynasty Anecdotes: Li Yuan had three breasts, and tattoos were not allowed in the capital during the reign of Emperor Wenzong of Tang

5. During the tang dynasty, a group of ancient puzzle boys appeared on the streets of the capital, shaving their heads and tattoos to bully men and women, which had a very bad impact on the security of the capital. After Jing Zhaoyin Xue Yuanxian took office, he ordered the governor of Chang'an City to secretly gather his men to round up the gang, and then all thirty people were beaten to death with sticks and displayed in the city. If someone is found to be tattooed in the market, it will be scalded with moxa sticks. At that time, there was a stunned Qing named Zhang Gan in Daningfang, who stabbed "Sheng is not afraid of Jing Zhaoyin" in his left arm, and his right arm stabbed "Death is not afraid of the King of Yan Luo", which became a famous sentence for a time.

6. The poet Yuan Shu has a farm in Xiangzhou, Jiangxia, and plans to build a new house in Zhuangzi. Just after the upper beams of the house were installed, a storm began to fall. At that time, there were six or seven urns of oil in the courtyard, and before they could collect them, there was a sudden loud noise, lightning and thunder. Looking at it again, the oil urns were all shaken to the beams, neatly arranged in a row, and not a drop of oil was spilled. Everyone sees it as an ominous omen. Sure enough, Yuan Shu died that year.

Tang Dynasty Anecdotes: Li Yuan had three breasts, and tattoos were not allowed in the capital during the reign of Emperor Wenzong of Tang

7. The Old Book of Tang records that Li Shouli, a cousin of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Li Longji, was a human body weather meter, and he said that when it rained, it rained, and he said that when it was sunny, it was sunny. At that time, the chancellor thought that he had some magic to summon the wind and rain, and even Tang Xuanzong summoned him for questioning. He said that I had been imprisoned in the palace since I was a child, I was often beaten, and there were old scars all over my body, and it hurt when it rained, and it would be good if it was sunny. After saying the trumpet, he cried loudly, causing Xuanzong to cry along with it. Shou Li said: "The subject has no skill." Then the heavens were moved by Zhang Huai, and the subject was in the claustrophobic palace for more than ten years, and he was eaten several times by the staff at each age, and the scars were very thick. If you want to rain, you will be dull on your spine, and if you want to be sunny, you will be light and healthy, and the subject will know it, and there is no technique. "The snot is stained, and Xuanzong is also compassionate."

Tang Dynasty Anecdotes: Li Yuan had three breasts, and tattoos were not allowed in the capital during the reign of Emperor Wenzong of Tang

8. In the third year of Emperor Wenzong's reign, when Li Kuo was serving as the Assassin of Yingzhou, he captured a gang of seven thieves who had been robbed and robbed. The gang had a habit of killing people and eating their flesh before each crime. The habit is both cruel and unhygienic. Lord Li personally interrogated them, and the bandit confessed: "This was taught to me by a great thief from Jiangyang, after eating human flesh and then entering the people's house at night, the family will not wake up." We tried it and it worked. So gradually developed the habit of cannibalism. "

9. The founding general Qin Shubao, riding a horse named "Kulei Refutation". The horse was peculiar, often drinking, and powerful; every night of the moon, the horse struggled

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