1. Qin Shi Huang ruled the world and left the country alone to defend the country
In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang swept through the six kingdoms and achieved the unification of the world. However, the defense of the country has become an exception and still exists in the world. The reason is that the national strength of the defense is weak, and it only occupies a city of land, and it has been attached to the Qin state for a long time. Qin Shi Huang did not take action against him until 209 BC, when Qin II Hu Hai abolished the title of Wei Jun, and Wei Guo came to an end, becoming the longest-surviving of the Zhou Dynasty vassal states.
2. Cao Pi pioneered the funeral of donkey songs
Wang Cang, the head of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", is talented in his articles and has a deep friendship with Cao Pi. In 217 AD, when Wang Cang died, Cao Pi was still the son of the family, and was deeply saddened, so he summoned many literati to come to mourn. He proposed: "Wang Cang loved the sound of donkey crowing before his death, let us imitate it together and see him off!" So, the funeral resounded one after another donkey chirp.
3, Du Fu has a busy life and avoids his father's name
The "Du Fu is busy" meme, which was all the rage on the Internet, actually reflects Du Fu's real life status. He had a busy life and had little free time. Because Du Fu's father was named Du Xian, the ancients paid attention to avoiding respect and long-term secrets, so Du Fu was extremely cautious in his creation. He wrote many poems in his life, and more than 1,500 of them have been preserved, but he never used the word "leisure" in any of the poems, showing his respect for traditional etiquette.
4. Qinglou originated from the creation of Guan Zhong
Guan Zhong, a famous virtuous minister in history, once assisted Duke Qi Huan to achieve hegemony. He not only had outstanding political talents, but also creatively set up the Qinglou. He gathered female slaves and prisoners of war and established the state-run Qinglou, which attracted many foreign merchants to come to Qi to trade, making Qi increasingly wealthy. Therefore, later generations of Qinglou all regarded Guan Zhong as their ancestors.
5. In history, the male version of Dong Shi Xiaofeng was staged
During the Western Jin Dynasty, Pan An and Zuo Si were both writers. Pan An was known as the most beautiful man in ancient times, while Zuo Si was ugly. Whenever Pan An drove around, the women threw fruits and flowers at him. When Zuo Si heard about this, he also traveled by car, but was spurned by the women. He had no choice but to return sadly, and it became a male version of Dong Shi's farce.
6, Sima Xiangru changed his name for chasing stars
The Han Dynasty celebrity Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun's love story has been sung through the ages. However, his original name was "Inuko". His parents gave him this name in order to make him grow up healthy. However, when Sima Xiangru grew up, he felt that this name was difficult to get into the hall, and because he greatly admired Lin Xiangru during the Warring States Period, he decided to change his name to Sima Xiangru.
7. Men in the Song Dynasty loved to wear flowers
During the Song Dynasty, men were keen to wear flowers on their heads, and this custom spread from the emperor to the common people. The emperor would even personally give flowers to his courtiers to wear as a sign of glory. Once, Wang Anshi, Wang Qi, Han Qi, and Chen Shengzhi gathered to enjoy the flowers, and they put a peony flower called "Jindaiwei" on their heads. Later, these four people became the prime ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was passed down as a good story.
8, Kangxi tasted chocolate for the first time
Emperor Kangxi was very interested in Western gadgets, he promoted Western medicine, studied Western math problems, and especially liked to taste "Yakola". This "chocolate" is what we now call chocolate. He sent someone to ask the Italian bishop for medicine, and mentioned in passing that if he wanted to have chocolate, he would also like to taste it. So, the bishop gave Kangxi a tribute of 50 pieces of chocolate, and he was overjoyed about it.
9. The Tang Dynasty called his father an "adult"
During the Tang Dynasty, people's titles were very different from those of modern times. At that time, Grandpa, Grandpa, or Brother should be used to address Father, Brother or Grandpa, and Grandpa should be called Ong. In addition, women could not address their husbands as "Xianggong", because in the Tang Dynasty, the term "Xianggong" referred exclusively to the prime minister. It is worth mentioning that at that time, addressing officials as "adults" was actually addressing their fathers, because in the Tang Dynasty, "adults" was exactly what fathers meant. Nowadays, many costume dramas are misleading in terms of titles.
10. Husband refers to eunuchs in ancient times
A few years ago, a history professor criticized the modern way of addressing couples because the word "husband" was originally used in ancient times to address eunuchs, or more precisely, eunuchs. Because in ancient times, eunuchs must have been eunuchs, but eunuchs did not necessarily achieve the position of eunuchs. There is such a description in "The Appearance of Officialdom": "He immediately entered Beijing and took the door of his husband." The "husband" here refers to the eunuch, which means to open up the relationship through the eunuch.