The knees and buttocks of ancient men

Written by Zhuxi Yunshan

The knees and buttocks of ancient men usually did not belong to them, not especially. My knees are selectively made without any calcium, and my butt is mainly equipped for officials.

Logically speaking, people are born equal and are all of the same flesh and blood. Originally, the ancients "sat on the ground", that is, kneeling down, and kowtowing to each other was equal.

The ancients valued their knees very much. "A man has gold under his knees, and he only kneels to heaven, earth and his parents." Confucianism can be killed but not humiliated. ”

But these proverbs and famous sayings are conditionally correct. Once a monster is invented, you can’t help it.

Dayu controlled floods and passed through the house three times without entering, but he secretly gave birth to a son named "Qi". He really became a milestone figure connecting the past and the future. "Qi" established the Xia Kingdom, and "the world was "Public" became "the world is private", and the abdication system was replaced by the hereditary system.

So the world competed for the top spot, the sky stood firm, and headhunters dominated. The first one to stand out was Qin Shihuang. Prime Minister Li Si suggested that "朜" should be the emperor's exclusive first-person pronoun, and the meaning of "朜" That is to say, "I can only hear his voice but not see his face." The emperor is entrusted with destiny and is supreme and cannot be looked up to.

So except for the most macho emperor in the world, other men are not real men. The first thing that suffers is the man’s knees, and then the buttocks are not spared.

Of course, before the Tang Dynasty, there was some so-called formal equality between the monarch and his ministers. After ministers met the monarch and knelt down, they could sit in the hall and discuss state affairs.

After Song Taizu wore the imperial robe and became the emperor instantly, and after the ministers began to kneel down, they still sat and discussed matters with the emperor. One day, Prime Minister Fan Zhi was sitting and discussing with Song Taizu. Taizu was very Cunningly, he suddenly said: "My eyes are blurred and I can't see clearly. Bring the document over and let me take a look." Fan Zhi immediately stood up and presented the document to Song Taizu for review. After Song Taizu read it, Fan Zhi wanted to return to his seat. But he found that the eunuch had quietly moved the seat away. Of course, Fan Zhi was embarrassed to ask: "Shenma, where is my seat?" He had to stand. From then on, he no longer received the courtesy of sitting and discussing, and the whole court The civil and military ministers all stood.

Then it got worse. In the Ming Dynasty, most people were kneeling, and of course they were sometimes allowed to sit. In the Qing Dynasty, they not only knelt, but also lay on the ground, which is the so-called three kneels and nine knocks. This man's life was difficult. .

Bute’s knees bear the brunt of the pressure, followed closely by his buttocks, which have completely become a public accessory for the emperor’s joy and anger.

Mr. Gu Hongming said: "The spirit of Chinese culture lies in a good people's religion, in which every woman is selflessly and absolutely loyal to her husband. The meaning of loyalty includes helping him take concubines; every man is To be selflessly and absolutely loyal to one's lord, king or emperor, selfless meaning including giving of one's own ass."

When Song Jiang was assigned to Jiangzhou, he just entered the prison. The jailer Dai Zong didn't recognize Song Jiang, so he came to extort him. There are some classic lines in "Water Margin":

Song Jiang said: "Jieji, if you want to beat me, what will I do?" Okay. The man shouted: "You are a thief with the army, I am the one with the goods, and a slight cough is a sin!"

This small section can crush you to death. If the emperor finds trouble, then It only took a matter of minutes, so there was the so-called "court stick". Once a court official offended, he would often use a stick, whip or stick to show insult and imitation of the court official in public.

Mr. Lu Xun once said: "The neck is the thinnest in the middle of the body, and the ancients would chop it there. The buttocks are the fattest, and the ancients would hit them there."

Press the minister in Public spanking in the court, this extremely barbaric so-called "court stick", was first used by Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperors of the Sui and Tang Dynasties also did it occasionally, but it was just a show, and the face was not completely lost.

From the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty all had strong tastes and became a dynasty in history that favored spanking. In the early Ming Dynasty, the emperor still had some dignity for the ministers who were spanked and allowed them to do so. Wearing trousers, you also have to wrap a piece of felt before beating. The injuries of the person being beaten are not serious and will usually recover within a few months.

Later, when Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty came, under the instigation of the eunuch Liu Jin, he began to take off their pants during spanking and let them lie on the ground in full view of the public. This was inhumane. It's nothing to say, buttocks and buttocks are the same color as the sky, and personality and dignity are flying together.

So these men who are officials have no choice but to face the abyss, walking on thin ice, trembling with fear. Of course, other ordinary men who commit crimes will also have the opportunity to be spanked, but it is only the officials who were spanked but not beaten to death. When he came to fight, he also vented his anger.

How can we avoid being spanked or be spanked as little as possible? In fact, there are public secrets. Cao Zhenyong, the prime minister of Taiping in the Qing Dynasty and an official, once had a disciple ask him for the secret of being an official. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is also the secret of not being spanked. Zhenyong replied, there is no secret, " Kowtow more and talk less, that's all.

Huang Zongxi, one of the "Three Great Confucians of the Qing Dynasty", fiercely criticized the autocratic monarchy and developed this people-oriented thought to its ancient peak: "The order of chaos in the world does not depend on the rise and fall of one surname, but on the rise and fall of one surname. The joy and sorrow of all people.

"("Ming Yi Waiting for an Interview·Yuan Chen")

Fortunately, Sun Yat-sen's Revolution of 1911 revolutionized the emperor's life. Otherwise, even if a man had ten buttocks, he would not be able to withstand the emperor. General play style.

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