From "beautiful women waiting to make Liu Yu out of the courtesy" try to say the ancient toilet "bunk bed"

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Toilets first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period after the "three families divided into Jin", otherwise jin jinggong would not have "gone to the toilet and fell into a pawn".

The name of the toilet in the Warring States period has not yet been recorded in the literature. The "History" "Hongmen Feast" only says "Pei Gong got up to go to the toilet". "The New Language of the World" talks about the rich and detailed depiction of toilet luxury, but also says:

"Wang Dunchu Shang Lord, when he went to the toilet, he saw that the lacquer box contained dry dates, which was supposed to plug his nose, and the king said that the fruit on the toilet was also fruited, and the food was exhausted." Not only, the golden bath plate is filled with water, and the glass bowl is filled with bath beans. Drinking it because it is poured into the water is called dry rice. The crowd laughed without hiding their mouths. ”

(See "The New Language of the World: Leaks 34")

Wang Dun married Princess Xiangcheng, the daughter of Emperor Wu of Jin, and did not know that the princess had dates stuffed with nostrils in the princess's toilet. When Wang Dun went to the toilet, he saw that the lacquer box was lined with dried dates used to block his nostrils, thinking that it was fruit, but he actually ate it. Convenient to come out and bring the maid to clean the hands of the bath beans mistakenly recognized dry food and drank water, the maids all covered their mouths and laughed at him...

The "ShiShu Xinyu Ji Luxury" also says that Shi Chong's "toilet often has more than ten servants, all dressed in algae decorations, and the genus of agarwood juice is placed in the nail fry powder." Everything is ready. And with the new clothes ordered out, the guest is too shy to go to the toilet. ”

Pei Qi had a record of this earlier than Liu Yiqing: "Liu Yiyi Shi Chong, when he went to the toilet, he saw that there was a large bed of silk, and the two wives held sachets. The opposite of the retreat is called Chongyue: 'Toward the mistakenly entered the chamber.' 'Chongri: 'It's a toilet ear!' He went further and went to the two toilet guards to make a real offering. After a long time, he walked out, saying to Chongri: 'Poor people are not allowed to use such toilets.' 'It is like his toilet. ”

(See Pei Qi Yulin. Volume IV)

It is said that Liu Yu once visited Shi Chong, and was anxious to go to the toilet, but he saw that there was a well-decorated large bed of silk inside, and there were two maids holding sachets and flowers. Liu Huan was surprised and thought that he had entered Shi Chong's inner mansion. Hurry back, embarrassed to say to Shi Chong: "I'm very sorry, I went to the wrong door and mistakenly entered your bedroom!" Shi Chong smiled, "That's right, that's the toilet!" ”

Liu Yu was relieved to go to the convenience. The maid offers a toilet chip (a stick). Liu Yu is well-informed, but it is unheard of for the toilet to be so flamboyant. Coupled with the convenience of the beautiful woman's service, it is inevitable that the heart is ape,Humming for half a day out of the courtesy, only to raise the pants with a red face, and find another place to facilitate the go also.

Such a detailed and interesting description of the toilet, only saying "daisy bed" but not revealing the word "wet bed", it can be seen that there is no such term as "wet bed" in the north and south dynasties. It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty of "Su Zhejiang Xian, Deng Hangzhou Huangpi Pagoda, Suo Lu Bed" that the "Wet Bed" statement appeared. It is expected that the term "wet bed" of the toilet will be discovered as soon as possible in ancient books.