In today's post, I will tell you about the criteria for selecting horses in the Tang Dynasty. The emperor's daughters claimed to be golden branches and jade leaves, and their husbands certainly could not be cats and dogs. The person who can be selected by the emperor as a donkey must be from a good family, a good birth, handsome, and talented. In today's parlance, it must be handsome and rich.
In ancient times, there was a term "house of the lord". No one in the world can be right with the emperor's family, and whoever marries the emperor's daughter is Gao Pan. The man of the courtier family married a royal princess, called Princess Shang, referred to as Shang Lord, which means that Gao Pan married a princess.
The house of the Lord must be noble. During the Tang Dynasty, Wupin officials were the threshold for entering the nobility, which was called tonggui. Officials of three pins and above are high-ranking nobles, known as pro-nobles. If he wants to become a Tang Dynasty horse, his family lineage must be noble or pro-noble. Without a prominent family lineage, there is no chance to become a donkey.
Cheng bites the gold stills, the picture comes from the network, thanks to the original author.
For example, the New Book of Tang records that Cheng Juliang, the second son of Cheng Zhijin, married Li Shimin's daughter Princess Qinghe. When Cheng Chuliang got married, Cheng Zhijin paid homage to the Twelve Wei Generals, and like the rank of prime minister, Cheng Chuliang was a standard noble son.
In ancient times, polygamous concubines were practiced, and a man had only one wife, but could have several concubines. The son of the wife is a concubine, and the son of a concubine is a concubine.
In ancient times, when "there was a difference between concubines and concubines", it was not enough for a horse to have a good family lineage, but also had to be born well. It is easy to understand that the horse must be a concubine from a wife, not a concubine from a concubine.
In the history of Cheng Biting Jin, the wife of the knotted hair was Lady Sun of Suguo. Sun gave birth to two sons, the eldest son was Cheng Chumo, and the second son was Cheng Chuliang. Cheng Chuliang,his father is a nobleman, and his mother is Lady Suguo, he is a typical family with a good family and a good birth, so he has the conditions to become a donkey.
Li Linfu stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
In ancient times, handsome people could really eat as food. In the Tang Dynasty, there were four major criteria for selecting talents, that is, the judgment of words and deeds. The body, in today's parlance, is the value of the face. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty chose a horse, and the appearance value was also a very important assessment indicator. When a princess chooses a husband, appearance is also an important condition.
In everyone's impression, the ancient marriage is the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, the girl has no choice, this is taken for granted. I will digress to tell you about an allusion to the "window of choosing a son-in-law" recorded in the Old Book of Tang.
Li Linfu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, had six daughters, and in order to let his daughter choose a husband, he called young talents to his home to report to work. When the young talents reported their work, Li Linfu let his daughters peek through the window and peek at the boys. When his daughter had a young man in the photo, Li Linfu hinted at the young man and asked him to ask the matchmaker to propose to him. This is the famous "son-in-law window" allusion in history.
Li Shimin stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
When the emperor chooses a son-in-law, he usually consults the princess. The princess agreed, and only then would she hint at the boy's parents to propose. When a princess chooses a donkey, the appearance value is definitely the main assessment indicator. Cheng Zhaoliang, the second son of Cheng Biting Jin, is a handsome man with high appearance.
Cheng Yaojin in the history is not such a reckless man as in yanyi, he comes from a family family. Cheng Yaojin's father was the Great Zhongzheng of Northern Qi. Cheng Yaojin was born into a family of officials and eunuchs, received a good education since childhood, and was a brother with a high appearance. Cheng Chuliang is also the face value of the Cheng family, and he is a high-handsome rich man who is like a fake bag.
In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Cheng Yaojin led an army to suppress the rebellion of the Iron Mountain Beast. Li Shimin granted Cheng Jin's son the title of Duke of Dong'a County. Cheng Chumo could inherit the dukedom of Suguo without the need for the county dukedom. Cheng bit Jin to let the second son, Cheng Liang, enter the palace to receive the grace. Li Shimin saw Cheng Chuliang and felt that this young man had a talent and wanted to marry his daughter Princess Qinghe to him.
When Li Shimin had the idea of recruiting Cheng Chu Liang as his son-in-law, he had to assess Cheng Chu Liang's comprehensive quality. Cheng Chuliang was born in a family of military generals, and his cultural level and ability to judge cases are certainly not the main assessment indicators. Li Shimin's assessment of Cheng Chuliang is one of the three major indicators of martial arts.
The body is the value of the face, this can be visually measured. Cheng Chuliang's appearance is no problem, it must be passed. Words are asking the right questions, examining the ability to organize the language. Language organization ability can reflect a person's emotional intelligence, and examining language organization ability is actually examining emotional intelligence. After Li Shimin asked the right question, he felt that Cheng Chuliang's emotional intelligence had passed, and his language had also passed.
Li Shimin also inspected Cheng Chuliang's martial arts, which were divided into two parts, one was the art of war and the other was the art of martial arts. Cheng Chuliang's father was a famous general, he had a family tradition of war and martial arts, and the examination of martial arts had also passed.
Qin Qiong stills, picture from the network, thanks to the original author.
Li Shimin found that Cheng Chuliang was a handsome and capable young man, so he hinted that Cheng bit Jin and asked him to ask the matchmaker to propose to him. In accordance with the etiquette, Cheng Yaojin went through the six rituals of Na Cai, QiMing, Na Ji, Na Zheng, Invitation Period, and Kissing, and married Li Shimin's daughter Li Dexian, princess of Qinghe, back home as a daughter-in-law.
Cheng Chuliang married Li Dexian and received a dowry of three thousand households. What is this concept? Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong fought desperately, and only got seven hundred households. When Cheng Chuliang married a wife, he received three thousand households of food, more than his father and Uncle Qin had been rewarded for fighting.
Cheng Chuliang was made a lieutenant by Li Shimin, and his son inherited his father's business and became a military general of the Tang Dynasty. Princess Qinghe and Cheng Chuliang were both rich and noble, and Cheng Chuliang's greatest official position was that of a great general of Ningyuan.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the horses were the same as Cheng Chuliang. They have a good family, a good birth, a high appearance, and they are either particularly capable of fighting, or they are outstanding in literature. For example, Li Yuan's son-in-law, Yang Shidao, is a talent with a good family, a good birth, a high appearance, and a special ability to fight and excel in literature.
Yang Shidao's father was Yang Xiong, the Prince of Guande, the Chancellor of the Great Sui Dynasty. Yang Shidao's mother was Yang Xiong's wife. Yang Shidao is not only handsome, but also particularly capable of fighting, and his literary style is also very outstanding. Yang Shidao guarded the border pass for the town of Dasui and made great military achievements. Yang Shidao was a famous poet of the early Tang Dynasty, and the Quan Tang Poems contained 17 poems by Yang Shidao.
Yang Shidao married Li Yuan's daughter Princess Changguang and became Li Shimin's brother-in-law. Yang Shidao later worshiped the chancellor and was a minister of Li Shimin's humerus. By the way, Yang Shidao has a niece, the famous Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian's entry into the palace was the result of Yang Shidao's operation.
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