The more nipples, the more auspicious? Why did the ancients think so?
Li Yuan was the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the New Book of Tang recorded that he "had three breasts", which is where the history books record that he was different from ordinary people in terms of physical characteristics.
Careful comparison, you can find that Li Yuan's "strangeness" in the history books is different from other founding emperors, and the most amazing place of other founding emperors is often that there are visions of heaven and earth before and after birth.
For example, the birth of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, can be said to be very thunderous, and the "Hanshu Gaozu Benji" records that it was at noon on a thunderous and lightning day, Liu Bang's father saw a dragon with his own eyes and forcibly mated with Liu Bang's mother.
Then "there was already a pregnancy, and then gave birth to Gaozu", and Liu Bang gave birth like this. Everyone knows that this is to prove that Liu Bang is the true son of Dragon Tianzi.
However, this book does not consider the feelings of Liu Bang's father at all, and I don't know how Liu Bang's descendants feel when they read it?
It can only be said that this mythical aura is a bit self-defeating, so later historians, when deifying the founding emperor, were not so shocking and "shocking", but there are still differences from ordinary people.
When Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was born, "Song Shi Taizu Benji" said, "Red light surrounds the room, and the fragrance does not disperse", and after Zhao Kuangyin landed, it was "golden in the body, unchanged for three days", as if the historical official was watching from the side.
Obviously, Zhao Kuangyin's version is more acceptable and not as outrageous as Liu Bang.
When Zhu Yuanzhang arrived, the artistic technique improved a lot, and the "Mingshi Taizu Benji" said that when Zhu Yuanzhang was born, the red light was full of red light, and the villagers thought it was a fire, and when they ran together, the red light had disappeared.
Up to now, in some online articles, there will also be descriptions of the protagonist born or crossed with visions of heaven and earth, so as to highlight the extraordinary of the protagonist and give readers a sense of expectation.
Back to the beginning, Li Yuan was unremarkable before and after birth, there is only one unique "body with three breasts", why is this?
In fact, the "New Book of Tang" was written by the Song Dynasty, and the earlier "Old Book of Tang" did not have such a statement, and Li Yuan did not have much mythological aura in the earlier records.
The reason may be that Li Yuan's achievements are not as high as Li Shimin's, which is covered up by the latter.
So what is the origin of the "three breasts"? What does it represent and symbolize?
This source is adapted from King Wen of Zhou, and the "Shiji Zhou Benji" records that "King Wen's dragon and tiger shoulders, ten feet long, and four breasts on his chest".
The "Huainanzi Xiu Xun" also says, "King Wen's four breasts are for the great benevolence, the world to return, and the people to relatives." ”
"Spring and Autumn Blooming Dew, Three Generations of Transforming Quality Texts" also has, "The heavenly general will grant the king of literature... Has four breasts and big feet. ”
King Wen of Zhou's four breasts represent "Duke Zhou vomits, the world returns to the heart".
Therefore, the answer is obvious, Li Yuan's three breasts, that is, he wants to obtain the meaning of the world, the meaning of having a broad mind, being able to nurture the world, and everyone returning. However, his fame was not as great as King Wen of Zhou in the eyes of people at the time, so he had less milk than King Wen of Zhou.
In fact, whether it is three or four breasts, the physiological characteristics are different from normal people, and they still look awkward and deformed.
Perhaps, these characteristics are only appended and fabricated by historians, in order to express the peculiarities of the emperor. And in fact, they are physiologically the same as ordinary people.
Of course, those who can be the founding emperor, insight, ability and other non-physiological things, must be far beyond ordinary people.