When studying ancient history, there is a very strange thing, there is almost no record of twins. This is very strange, we now have twins at every turn, and even triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets. Especially when quintuplets appear, they will receive the attention of the whole society. Didn't there ever be a case of multiple births in ancient times?
Human beings are evolving, our bodies will change over time, but I will not believe that there were no twins in ancient times, is it that the ancient and modern human bodies are so different from modern people? Ancient women can guarantee one birth per child? So where did the genes for our twins today come from? It must have been carried by the ancestors for a long time.
Ancient folks may not have been taken seriously, and no one paid attention to the birth of twins. What about the royals? In more than two thousand years of feudal history, the royal family stood at the peak of power and attracted the attention of thousands of people. The emperor was also a three-court, six-court, seventy-two concubines. Didn't he give birth to twins either? How come there is no record at all?
In fact, the ancient royal family is not without twins, but the ancient thinking is different from ours. We got the twins to jump up in excitement, but it was an unlucky thing for them. As for why it is not auspicious, it is more complicated, and it is related to feng shui and astrology. The twin stars will be considered to be contradictory and detrimental to the fortunes of the country.
Even if twins are allowed, giving birth to twins is a nuisance for the royal family, especially when it happens to the queen. If the queen is the first to give birth to two twin sons, which is the eldest son? To whom? Even if one of them is passed on, the other can impersonate him, how chaotic is that?
So what exactly does the royal family do with the birth of twins? Ayuno shi said that in a cruel situation, both would be killed to avoid trouble. Kill one of them and leave one behind. Of course, killing can also be replaced by sending away, and sending it far away is good.
There are very few records in China about the birth of twins by the royal family, but it is also found that there are also some in the history books. The History of ming records that King Chu Gong's concubine Hu Shi gave birth to twin sons. In the end, both children survived and were crowned kings. However, it is worth noting that King Chu Gong is only a prince, not an emperor.
Looking through the history books will not find an example of the emperor having twins. I also found an example of Gao Huan in the Book of Northern Qi, where Gao Huan and Lou Shi gave birth to dragons and phoenixes. However, although Gao Huan was posthumously crowned emperor, he himself was never called emperor. There are still no examples of emperors giving birth to twins.
But the above two cases of royal twins prove a very important problem. That is, the royal family is genetically born twins. Since Gao Huan gave birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus, then Gao Yang gao played Gao Zhan, they must most likely have twins. But obviously, the historical records do not have this situation.
In ancient times, not only did our country think that it was unlucky to have twins, but to choose one or both. The same is true of countries such as Japan and South Korea, which have inherited our culture. A Korean costume historical drama that caught fire a few years ago was played by Queen Seondeok of Silla in Korean history. As the only female emperor in Korean history, she has experienced a lot of pain and suffering.
Queen Zendeok was also once a royal twin, and her parents sent her away to leave her sister behind. Because none of her brothers survived, and her sister died, she ascended to the throne step by step. Her experience of being sent to the desert from an early age reflects the cruelty of dealing with twins in ancient times.
It is very likely that in ancient China, there were also many royal twins who were cruelly abandoned or even killed. Feudal society was really terrible, unable to face up to the diversity of nature, and even their own biological children were reluctant to do so.