When it comes to Tang Xuanzong, the emperor, as long as anyone who knows a little about the history of the Tang Dynasty probably knows him. After all, his love story with Yang Guifei, even after a thousand years, will always be widely known. As a Tang Emperor, for thousands of years, its image in people's minds has been mixed.
In his youth, he was also ambitious, determined to end the chaos of the Tang Dynasty for many years and create a prosperous world following the example of his ancestors. As the saying goes, "Whoever has the will, it will happen." Bitter people, the sky is not the limit. "During that period, he did achieve his ambitions through his own efforts. With his ingenuity, he ended the chaotic situation of the Tang Dynasty for many years and pushed the Tang Dynasty to a small climax of ZTE.
However, the good times are not long, and probably every heroic figure cannot escape the iron law of history of "heroism is short of breath, children are long". In his later years, like many emperors, he inevitably embarked on the road of "fainting and misleading the country". Perhaps, the lethality of the beauty is really incomparably great, and the late Emperor Xuanzong actually fell in love with his daughter-in-law. Moreover, by any means, we can turn it into our own concubine, and here we can truly feel that history is always written and whitewashed by the victors.
Under the deliberate carving and embellishment of the people at that time, the love story of the two people was even passed down as a beautiful talk, which has been passed down to future generations. As a result, Tang Xuanzong also became an emperor with mixed praise among the later population. This is probably because people's attitude towards love is relatively emotional, and when evaluating a person's merits and demerits, it is more rational. Objectively speaking, Tang Xuanzong was still a very talented person. He not only saved the precarious Tang Dynasty, but also single-handedly pushed it into a short-lived ZTE situation.
So, for a man who can turn the tide in the country's political situation, we can't deny his talent. At the same time, he is also quite accomplished in literature. In that year, in order to please Yang Guifei, he also wrote many famous music and lyrics. However, what we want to talk about today is not those words that praise the love of the two people, but an inscription with a somewhat comical meaning, the imperial stele "Shitai Filial Piety Classic".
So why is this inscription called funny? This is certainly not untargeted.
This inscription was unearthed in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, and the inscription is written in a book with eighteen lines and fifty-five characters, and the knot body is solemn and magnificent. It is now in the collection of the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an. There is a sentence in the inscription: "The ancients are heard, and their style is simple, although the filial piety of the heart has sprouted." Now, writing it out side by side, looking at this sentence again, it seems that there is nothing special about it. And what is really special about it, in fact, is that it lies in the typography. In the original text typesetting unearthed at that time, horizontally, the combination of the three words in the first line is exactly "slightly cute".
We all know that the ancients, especially the ancient emperors, were more serious beings, but this funny painting style is really a little incompatible with them! However, this is the case, this controversial emperor of the Tang Dynasty has sold a handful of Meng through thousands of years. As soon as this inscription came out, it instantly caused a hot discussion among netizens. Some netizens even humorously called him the "most cute emperor" in Chinese history. As soon as this title came out, it instantly added a bit of fireworks to the emperor who was high above.
Suddenly, Tang Xuanzong seemed to be not so high-minded, on the contrary, he was just like us, ordinary people.
In fact, Tang Xuanzong attached great importance to the "Filial Piety Classic" and personally annotated it, and the reasons for it can be studied. If, to sum up some simply, there are three main points:
First, to rule the family with filial piety.
Second, rule the country with filial piety.
Third, cultural achievements.
About this stele, an interesting thing happened a while ago. When this "most adorable emperor" who has traveled through thousands of years has earned enough attraction and attention, there is a resourceful team that seizes the business opportunity in an instant. It is a design team called "Xiyu Ji", which is composed of several graduates of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts.
As we all know, Chang'an, the ancient capital at that time, was a city with many historical sites, so the tourism related to it was also very developed. And this biography team seized the gimmick of "the most cute emperor" and developed a tourist souvenir called the "Yuanluo Meng" series. They affectionately call this souvenir a "souvenir" from the Tang Dynasty through the millennium.
Later, as soon as this mysterious and special gift was introduced to the market, it was warmly welcomed by people, and its popularity was unimaginable.
The souvenirs of this series are mainly based on the love story of Li and Yang. They blended Tang Dynasty makeup, costumes, customs and various ornaments with contemporary cartoon styles. These souvenirs are full of cuteness, among them, the "Meng Emperor" Tang Ming Emperor has become a mild-mannered, quite bookish, but a bit of a giddy cartoon image.
And the "cute" concubine shape, which is even more interesting, she has a huge face, but she has a cherry mouth and a pair of large watery eyes. Such a cute cartoon character, at first glance, can simply make people cute! Moreover, on these souvenirs, it is still very creative to write a variety of cute dialogues.
For example, what is it: "Shu and Concubine Belt Er and other travel to Chang'an", "Concubines are willful", "Concubines know that they are wrong", and so on. At the same time, the image of the two is also printed on the doors of various shops showing the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and on the outer packaging of various goods. These images are quite colorful in terms of character modeling, costumes and various accessories.
The design of various souvenirs on this theme not only reflects the strength and glory of the Tang Dynasty, but also shows the love story of the two people. It not only allows tourists to experience the court etiquette culture and city customs of the Tang Dynasty, but also satisfies people's infinite yearning for beautiful love, it can be said that it also contains the thickness, warmth and fashion of the ancient city of Xi'an.
Although this move is suspected of spoofing historical figures, we also have to admire the designer's brain hole, after all, this can be regarded as a somewhat degree of resource reuse.
In fact, there are many things like this. On July 5, 2013, the National Palace Museum in Taipei launched a paper tape based on the kangxi Zhu batch of genuine works, which read "I know it", which caused heated discussion and purchase among netizens on both sides of the strait. It is said that the paper tape of the Gift Department of the National Palace museum in Taipei has been sold out, and it has led to the sales of other styles of tape.
Even, some netizens praised: all the tape with words is sold out!
Resources:
【New Book of Tang" and "Shitai Filial Piety" Stele】