On the plaque in front of the Yikun Palace of the Forbidden City, there is a special plaque hanging on it, on which are written the words "Bright and Prosperous", but careful observation can be found that in fact, among the four words, there are actually two words that are typos. What's going on here? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you:
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The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China, known as the Forbidden City in ancient times, and it is located in the center of the central axis of Beijing. The Forbidden City in Beijing is mainly centered on the three major halls, which covers an area of about 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about 150,000 square meters, a total of more than 70 large and small palaces, and more than 9,000 houses. The Forbidden City in Beijing was built in the fourth year of Ming Chengzu Yongle, and its scale structure was mainly modeled on the Nanjing Forbidden City, and it was not officially completed until the eighteenth year of Yongle. At present, the Forbidden City in Beijing is one of the largest and most complete preserved wooden structures in the world, and it is also a national five-A level tourist attraction, which was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units as early as 1961, and was listed as a world cultural heritage in 1987.
Yikun Palace in the Forbidden City, one of the six palaces of the Inner Court, was the residence prepared by the Ming and Qing emperors for their concubines at that time. Built in the eighteenth year of Ming Yongle, it was originally called "Wan'an Palace", and in the fourteenth year of Jiajing, Wan'an Palace was officially renamed Yikun Palace. During the Qing Dynasty, Yikun Palace was repaired many times, and the Craftsmen of the Qing Dynasty changed it into a hall of wear in accordance with the emperor's orders. The front is 5 rooms wide, the front and back doors are opened, the rear eaves are out of the porch, and the yellow glazed tiles are the top of the mountain. There are also east-west halls, and there is a well pavilion in the front and southeast. Judging from the historical records, the word "翊" is interpreted as an assistant, and the empress's residence is called Kunning Palace, which means to assist the empress in managing the six palaces.
At the gate of Yikun Palace, there is a huge plaque hanging, and the plaque has four big characters of "Bright and Prosperous", and its penmanship is exquisite and energetic, which is quite popular with everyone. However, after observing the plaque, careful people found that there were actually two "typos" on the huge plaque, and the typos were "Ming" and "Sheng". The error of the word "Ming" lies in the fact that there is an extra "horizontal" within the word "day", and the error of the word "Sheng" lies in the fact that there is no "dot" on the head of the word "Sheng". Could it be that the calligrapher who wrote the plaque was illiterate? The answer is definitely no, on the contrary, it is more likely that the author intended it.
There have been several versions of the explanation of yikungong's typo, but the only one that is really convincing is the last one. Let's talk in detail:
The first version of the typo rumor in Yikun Palace is that the protagonist of the writing plaque is the Yongzheng Emperor. The Yongzheng Emperor deliberately wrote the four words "bright and prosperous" incorrectly, in fact, he was interpreting a perfect realm of life, that is, there are no perfect people in the world, let alone any perfect things, although the defect affects the beauty of perfection, but also shows the beauty of the flaw on another level, secretly fits the simple idea that imperfection is the greatest perfection.
The second version of the typo rumor in Yikun Palace is that the Shunzhi Emperor himself deliberately tampered with the plaque. As we all know, the Qing Dynasty's Jiangshan was "picked up", and without Wu Sangui's righteous indignation in opening Shanhaiguan, I am afraid that the Qing army would never be able to break through the Shanhaiguan customs defense. It is precisely because of this that the rulers of the Qing Dynasty will be very sensitive to the previous regime and vigorously suppress anti-Qing organizations. After the Shunzhi Emperor moved into the Forbidden City, he naturally became the new master of the city, so he tried to innovate and erase the shadow of the former dynasty. The Shunzhi Emperor believed that the appearance of the four words "bright and prosperous" would inevitably make people think that "the Ming Dynasty will prosper forever", so he ordered the ministers to write the word "Ming" more "horizontal" to represent the loss when the moon is full, and then remove a "point" from the word "Sheng", which means that if the Ming Dynasty wants to prosper again, it is almost a little.
Interestingly, there is also a seemingly reliable explanation, some experts believe that the reason why the rulers of the Qing Dynasty will act in this way is actually to change the "day" into "eyes", so that everyone closely stares at the former ministers of the Ming Dynasty, to prevent them from giving birth to heresies, let alone lack a "point" of courage to chase when occupying the advantage, otherwise it will inevitably lead to the overthrow of the country.
Which of the above three statements is right or wrong? We don't know, but we believe the third statement is correct. Whether ancient or modern, the so-called "water can carry a boat, but also can cover a boat", this truth, must be understood.
Reference: "Old Beijing" by Zhang Bao published by Beijing Publishing House
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm