What do you mean "wrangling", "thirteen o'clock" and "250"? What is the origin?

In the north of Chinese mainland, there is a long-standing custom, the so-called "wrestling meeting"-on the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a strong man carries a bamboo pole with a sedan chair and a slick clown sits in it. They carried stolen sedan chairs through the crowd, while onlookers bickered with clowns in random games and even called names with words they thought were clever.

This "wrestling meeting" became the origin of China people's "wrestling" after Manchu entered the Central Plains. Wen Kang, a Manchu writer, said in the 33rd chapter of the popular novel Biography of Heroes of Children:

-"Look at Mencius and Gao Zi, who carried the pole for half their lives. Later, only one of them got "sexual taste" and the other got "sexual taste, so if it is sexual taste, it can be cured." 」

Of course, this kind of "wrangling" was not confined to the Qing Dynasty, but was inherited and developed by today's Taiwan Province Province and became the most important part of "Taiwan Province Province's saliva". "Buckling" is a cultural habit, which accuses others in a clever and deceptive way, while avoiding other people's accusations. "Bargaining" is a waste of saliva, without any construction. This is sloppy and specious. Recently, rambling and gossiping, such as "I am a law student, how can I know how to break the law", "How can I break the law for others" and "We received the donation from the Jade Palace, and so did the Kuomintang", are all "wrangling".

"Bargaining" comes from the "Bargaining Association" in Northeast China.

"Bargaining" comes from the "Bargaining Association" in Northeast China. If we look at the general history of human language and cultural habits, we will find that every civilized language has been a "way of action" for a long time, not a medium of "way of thinking". And the so-called "mode of action", it is in the war between the two armies, before exchanging bows and spears, there must be mutual abuse between the leaders and soldiers of the two armies:

If we look at the Old Testament, we will find that before King David defeated the giant Goliath, there was an exchange of curses, and then King David, a child, made a surprise move and threw his stone.

If we read novels about China's ancient wars, such as Xue's Crusade to the East and Dangkou Zhi, etc. We will find that before the two armies enter the battle, there is bound to be a shouting between the commanders, and then the loser will immediately shout "Cut the crap and save his life" and start killing each other. Moreover, this plot is not invented by novelists, but also recorded in official history.

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The origin of thirteen o'clock

There are five kinds of statements:

1. "Point" is a transliteration of English ding, which originally means bell. Thirteen bells are abnormal, so thirteen points refer to people who are "mentally ill", "stupid", "reckless" and "acting against common sense".

2. The square dice have only six planes. Every time I throw it, there is only one plane on it. The biggest dice has only six points. It is "excellent" to roll the seven-point dice. Two dice can throw twelve points at most, and thirteen points is also "excellent". Not normal.

3. Five-five-six dominoes. Two dominoes together are exactly thirteen o'clock. The shape of five-five-six dominoes is like a candle string, and one is low, so it can't be paired. So if you use this situation to compare crazy friends, you can only insert candles for them.

4. There are thirteen strokes of the word "Chi", and thirteen strokes at thirteen o'clock. When it comes to the word "idiot", thirteen points means that he is an idiot.

5. In the scene of "Eighteen Gifts" in butterfly lovers, I courted Liang many times, winked at him and showed my love to Liang several times, but Liang was silly and indifferent. This is the playwright's artistic technique, deliberately paving the way for the later tragedy. Liang Shanbo in Shanghai's population is homophonic with "238", and the sum of these three numbers is thirteen, while mocking Liang Shanbo is thirteen points. "Nong is really, and I am actively interested in Nong, and Nong is worthy!" This is a folk joke, and it is also a family statement.

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The origin of 250

During the Warring States Period, there was a historical figure named Su Qin, who was a strategist. He persuaded the six countries of Korea, Wei, Zhao, Qi, Yan and Chu to unite and form an alliance against the enemy of the same country, Qin, which was appreciated by the great king and was named as the prime minister, which was called "the six countries sealed each other" in history.

When Su Qin played an active role in Qi, he met an assassin. Su Qin was stabbed in the chest and died that night. The King of Qi was very angry after hearing the news and immediately ordered the murderer to be caught. But the assassin has escaped without a trace. Where can he catch him?

The King of Qi had a brainwave and came up with a clever plan to lure the snake out of the hole. He ordered Su Qin's head to be cut off, and his body was whipped with a whip, so that his head was covered with blood. Then he hung his bloody head at the city gate and posted a yellow list, which read: "Su Qin was a big spy and deserved to die. The king of Qi always wanted to kill him, but he didn't think of any good way. Fortunately, he did it.

As soon as this list came out, someone took the bait. Four people came to receive the reward, all insisting that Su Qin killed himself.

So the soldiers "invited" them to see the king of Qi. The King of Qi gnashed his teeth when he saw the four of them. But he still solemnly asked: "How to divide this 1200 gold?"

These four people didn't know that they had been cheated, but they immediately replied happily: "This is easy to handle,1000 ÷ 4 = 250,250."

After listening to this, the King of Qi was still thinking about the reward in high spirits and was furious: "Push these four 250 out and behead them!"

These four men became scapegoats and were killed. The real assassin, said to be a killer sent by the State of Qin, has fled back to the State of Qin.

Since then, the folk have left a saying of 250, which is often used to describe fools and idiots.