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Today, cats are united in the world, but they don’t know that the ancients also loved cats and became crazy - buying cats to watch the days, picking cats to choose auspicious days, and preparing a "begging gift"... However, in ancient times, the ones who occupied the C position of the pet world were actually the "Boards". The famous dog lovers in history include Emperor Wu of Han , Emperor Ling of Han, calligrapher Lu Ji, Emperor Yongzheng, Emperor Qianlong, Empress Dowager Cixi, etc.
1, Dog hook, who has long occupied the "No. 1" position in the pet world,
Maybe everyone will be curious, who has occupied the C position in the pet world for a long time? Ask a cute dog hook.
The remains of dogs were discovered as early as the Hemudu cultural site in the Neolithic Age. According to many scientific research such as DNA comparison, it is confirmed that the world's earliest dog appeared 15,000 years ago. From a time perspective, is this "dog man" well deserved it?
In our China, during the Warring States Period, dogs had to go to war and hunt because they were strong. Later, in the Qin and Han dynasties, the situation changed a little, and the great era of dogs is here. The main business of dogs has changed from fighting on the battlefield to "companionship" and "appreciation". A strong and strong fighting spirit is no longer the first energy to compete for favor. "Appearance is justice". As long as you find a way to make your owner like it, you will be out of the circle.
Eastern Han Dynasty Yellow-glazed pottery dog Shanghai Museum
" Han Shu " records this sentence: " Pei Gong entered Qin, and the palace curtains and dogs and horses were treasures and women were thousands of, and they wanted to stay there." Look, what did you use to win over Liu Bang at that time? Gold, silver and treasures, beautiful horses, and - our dogs.
Of course, the dog not only walked towards the palace, but also entered the civilian circle. At that time, every household raised dogs. When checking the historical records at that time, you will find that there are records such as "the sound of chickens crowing and dogs barking", which fully shows that the dog has gone up to the palace to the slums and is everywhere.
However, civilians raise dogs at home not just to play happily. The owner’s dog food cannot be eaten for nothing. If you want to eat it, you have to work hard - "take rats" every day. If you say that someone is meddling with rats, he may be ruthlessly ridiculed by the ancients. There is a stone tablet in the Han Dynasty cliff tomb that openly carved a portrait of a big dog holding a mouse in his mouth. This is the ironclad evidence that a dog takes a mouse!
At that time, the whole nation raised dogs, and the emperor was no exception. Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che This dog raising expert specially established a "Quantai Palace" on Linyuan on . One day, the talented Emperor Wu of Han went to the newly built "Quantai Palace" to visit his beloved dogs. Liu Che said, "My dogs are so smart, so brave, so pure, so beautiful and so... Anyway, it is not too much to use all the beautiful words on them, right?"
The eunuch next to him quickly followed up: "It's not too much, Your Majesty, I think it's not only not too much, but even these words are not enough to express the tolerance of the dogs."
Liu Che said again: "Send the order to keep the order, so that the dog officials should give the dogs more pure and deeper love." The eunuch replied: "I promise." He turned around and sent the order to pass it non-stop.
Dog officials were not scolding these officials. "Dog officials" were serious civil servants at that time, and their level was not low. There were such full-time officials during the Shang and Zhou . The Han Dynasty emperor even set up "Dogs" and "Dog Supervisors" in the palace to train and take care of dogs. Li Yannian, a musician with a very high national popularity in the dynasty, was a "dog official".
That day, inspiration hit the musician's window. Li Yannian was practicing the freshly released musical work " Beauty Song " in the studio: "There are beautiful women in the north, peerless and independent, one look at the city, and then the country..." Before the song could be finished, the imperial edict to show the emperor the dog came.
This dog official knew quite well, so he quickly put down his manuscript of writing the song, and made an annual work plan for organizing civil and military officials to regularly appreciate the "dog fighting drama". Li Yannian, who was obsessed with work, thought to himself: 996 is nothing, as long as the emperor is satisfied, I will do whatever I want to do with 007!
The above content is not made up by me, nor is it a random fabrication. It comes from the 29th issue of the Character Edition of the famous Han Dynasty Han Dynasty The magazine's famous Han Dynasty interview with Li Yannian. The chief reporter of the magazine also conducted the following soul-sentence question to Li Yannian: "Mr. Li, if your dog falls into the water at the same time and they don't know how to swim, which one should you save first?" Li Yannian said firmly: "Of course it's a dog. I love what my emperor loves."
In addition to Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Ling of Han also loved dogs. This emperor put a hat and dress on his beloved dog, and turned it into a true beast. The latter leader of the Northern Qi Dynasty, , Gao Wei, , was even more exaggerated, and he named his beloved dog as a high-ranking official and paid his salary on time every month.
Calligrapher Lu Ji from the Wei and Jin Dynasties was alone in Luoyang, and his beloved dog was surrounded by yellow ears. For a while, Lu Ji's eyelids kept twitching. He wondered if something bad happened at home and he didn't even have the heart to write calligraphy. There was no Internet or telephone at that time, but my hometown was thousands of miles away!
What should I do? He said to Huang Er with a try-out attitude: "Gozi, I have a ruthless request. I will write a letter. How about you take it home for me?" Unexpectedly, Huang Er's dog agreed happily: "Wang Wang Wang Wang, Lao Lu, don't worry, you will give it to me, the mission will be achieved!"
Lu Ji immediately wrote a letter in a bamboo tube and hung it on the dog's neck. Gouzi has his own hills and valleys in his heart, and he never sleeps through mountains and rivers. Not only did he deliver the letter safely, but he also brought back his family's reply. You should know that it takes fifty days to deliver letters manually, while it only takes twenty days for Huang Er.
During the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties, raising dogs became popular. The 4 famous html paintings of the Tang Dynasty " Lady's Hair Hair Hair " are a large dog sucking scene. In the painting, two puppies can be seen playing with ladies naked. However, this dog is a precious breed fuji dog . Only the noble ladies of the court can have the opportunity to raise it. Datang The first beauty Yang Guifei There is such a one.
Once, the imperial concubine played chess with the Xuanzong emperor. The imperial concubine quietly gave Xuanzong several steps, but she still couldn't lose the game. Xuanzong saw it in his eyes and was anxious, so he gave the puppy at his feet wink. It immediately understood it, jumped onto the chessboard and made the flag game ruin! The emperor wiped the sweat from his forehead and pretended to blame: "This scepter can really make trouble, I'm about to win." Hey, he was secretly happy. Thanks to this dog, otherwise I would have no face. As the saying goes, "The King of Kangxi is laughing in chaos", "王子 means puppy.
"Two Dogs Picture", Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji, painted
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, everyone from the palace to the people enjoyed playing with dogs. Even the fourth prince Yongzheng emperor who was devoted to the government and did not care about the harem were extremely doting on the dogs. The young masters who left the harem turned into designers and personally designed the patterns and styles of daily necessities such as dog cages, dog clothes, dog mats, etc. for the dogs, and personally checked whether the buttons on the dogs' clothes were strong.
As for the , who can eat, play and live, Emperor Qianlong , let alone the emperor, let alone the imperial painter Lang Shining , for his dogs, "Hey, with the portrait, people in the world know how handsome I am!"
There are even more powerful ones, Empress Dowager Cixi, a super dog-haired fan, it is said that she has more than a thousand dogs, equip them with full-time eunuchs, and gives them annual salary and monthly salary, and someone serves and gets the salary. The treatment of the dogs is really enviable.
2. The status is unattainable and the best cats in ancient and modern times
Look, there are a lot of people who like to hook dogs, which shows how popular dogs were in ancient times. However, if you want to have a high status, you still have to be the cat owners.
In ancient times, the emperor would hold large-scale sacrificial rituals in the twelfth lunar month every year. "HTM3 Rites " records: "Welcome a cat to eat field mouse in the twelfth lunar month, which means to welcome the god of the cat and sacrifice it." During the welcoming cats and gods, the kitten is definitely in the limelight.
Dear cat slaves, if you travel to Song Dynasty and see the newly born cute kitten, love is flooded, and you are ready to adopt one and go home. You said to your owner very politely: "Can you give me a kitten? In Xia Na cat lovers, you must take good care of it." At this time, you will see the owner pick up the broom and beat you.
You wonder why this is, you are very polite. I don’t understand. The cats in the Song Dynasty were not adopted as long as you want. You have to write a letter of appointment and give a gift.
For the sake of your true love for that little cat, I will give you the process of attracting cats in the Song Dynasty.
Another Song Dynasty wants to bring a kitten home, it has to go in four steps:
First, please carefully study "Xiang Ji Bei Yao Tongshu" and choose a good day to welcome the cat.
Second, prepare a "cat hiring contract", which states the date of recruiting the cat, the cat's appearance characteristics, personality characteristics and expectations for it, such as: grow up healthily, don't get lost, etc.
Third, please give witness to the Queen Mother of the West and Emperor Donghua.
fourth, prepare for betrothal gift.
If you don’t know what betrothal gift to give, then I can give you some more advice. A kitten born with a wild cat can give the cat mother some dried fish. Huang Tingjian said this in " Begging for Cat ": "I heard that the raccoon slave will buy the numbers and buy the fish and wear the willow to hire the cicada." He bought the fish to hire the cat, and it is estimated that his kitten was born with a wild cat. As for kittens born in domestic cats, you can prepare salt, sugar, tea, sesame , etc. Cat lover Lu You once wrote a poem called "Give a Cat": Welcoming a little raccoon slave with salt, protecting all the mountains and houses. It can be seen that Lu You's kitten was born from a domestic cat.
After holding the kitten, I just spoil it and willing to be its shoveler. What else can I do? The poet of the Song Dynasty, , Hu Zhonggong , once wrote a poem to accuse his cat of how lazy and dereliction of duty. He said this: "The bottle of Lu fights with millet and rats is stolen, and the , raccoon , is not aware of sleeping on the bed. Unfortunately, his family still loves it, buys fish and food to raise it like a child." The mice stole the food at home, and the cat was still sleeping and didn't know anything. Unfortunately, everyone in the family loved it very much and bought fish and rice for it. It was simply raised by his son.
In comparison, Lu You is much more straightforward. He has written as many as twelve poems for cats, and he praises and pitys the cats for their best efforts. Even the familiar "Storm and Rain Works on November 4th" is related to cats. The whole poem is: "The wind blows the rivers, lakes, rains and villages, and the sound of the four mountains is like waves. The firewood in the stream is soft and warm, and I and the raccoon slaves will not go out." During the storm, Lu You and his kitten snuggled up to each other, wrapped in blankets and roasted on fire, and did not go out.
Referring to famous cat lovers in history, Taoist Emperor Jiajing must have a name. Jiajing, who had the right to be willful, named his beloved cat "Qiulong", which means Xiaolong, the emperor's son. In addition, he also set up an institution dedicated to cat care in the palace - " Cat Nursery ". It is said that the cats have extremely high food standards.
Later, he was ruthless, after the unfortunate death of his beloved cat, the black-bellied man was heartbroken and specially created a golden coffin, buried the cat in the royal garden, and ordered the ministers to write a tribute to him, engraved the letters on the tombstone, and named it "Qiulong Tomb".
Special contributor: Jin Yichi, screenwriter, freelance writer
Editor: Liangsan
Reading on the way: Original article, reprinting without authorization
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