The origin of 25?

In daily life, "25" often refers to those fools or people who are not serious in speaking, doing things seriously, doing things casually and making a fool of themselves. But there are different opinions about the origin of "25".

One story comes from the story of the Warring States Period. Su Qin was a lobbyist during the Warring States Period. He was impressed by the six countries, and at that time he was very powerful, but he also made many enemies. Later, he was killed in the state of Qi, and the king of Qi was very angry and wanted to avenge Su Qin. But he couldn't get the murderer at the moment, so he posted a poster inside and outside the city saying, "Su Qin is a spy. He killed him with a thousand taels of gold. I hope to get a reward."

As soon as the poster was posted, four people claimed to have killed Su Qin themselves. The King of Qi said, "This is not allowed to be faked!" All four people insisted that they did it themselves. The king of Qi said, "One thousand two hundred pieces of gold, how much do you get for each of the four people?" The four replied in unison: "One person is 25." The king of Qi was furious and said, "Somebody, push these four' 25' s out and behead them!" The word "25" was handed down like this.

There is another saying that has something to do with pushing Pai Jiu. It turns out that Pai Jiu (an old gambling tool) has two cards, namely "Er Ban" (4 points) and "Yao Wu" (6 points), which together make up 1 points, and it is called "shoot ten" in the gambling activity of pushing Pai Jiu.

Because it is the smallest point in Pai Jiu, no one is bigger than it, and it can't "eat" any cards, so people use the word "Er Ban Wu" (short for Er Ban and Yao Wu) to refer to people who can't do anything well and can't manage anything. After a long time, I called "two boards and five" as "two hundred and fifty".

25

Chinese people often call a fool or a person who is not serious in speaking, doing things seriously, doing things casually and making a fool of himself. According to textual research, there are roughly the following possible sources:

1. From the story of the Warring States Period. During the Warring States Period, there was a lobbyist named Su Qin, who was impressed by the six countries. At that time, he was very powerful, but he also made many enemies. Later, he was finally killed in Qi. The King of Qi was very angry and wanted to avenge Su Qin, but he couldn't get the murderer at the moment, so he thought of a plan to have Su Tai's head cut off from the body and hung it on the city gate, with a placard next to it saying, "Su Qin is a spy, and he killed him with a thousand taels of gold. I hope to get a reward." As soon as the poster was posted, four people claimed to have killed Su Qin themselves. The King of Qi said, "This is not allowed to be faked!" All four people insisted that they did it. The king of Qi said, "One thousand two hundred pieces of gold, how much do you four get each?" The four replied in unison: "One person is 25." The king of Qi was furious and said, "Somebody, push these four' 25' s out and behead them!" The word "25" was handed down like this.

2. It originated from the story of the Tang Dynasty. Jing Zhaoyin, the "mayor" of Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty, was very powerful and had a huge ceremonial team when he went on patrol. The official name of the petty official who opened the way in front was "Drink Wu Bai", and he took a long pole in his hand to drive out the pioneers. Later, Wu Bai was added as two people, but Chang 'an people didn't call them two Wu Bai's. Instead, they said they were Wu Bai's * * *, so everyone was called two hundred and fifty, and because each of them held a long pole in his hand, they were also called Er Ganzi. This shows the antipathy of Chang 'an people to officials who abuse their power for their own good. Up to now, two hundred and fifty and two ganzi have become synonymous with reckless, rude and rude people.

3. It originated from folklore. Once upon a time, there was a scholar who forgot to eat, sleep and study hard in order to gain fame, but he never won the prize in his life and even had no son. In his later years, the old scholar was finally disheartened and indifferent to fame and fortune. Instead, he was happy with his son and added two talents. The scholar recalled the success or failure of his life and couldn't help feeling deeply, so he named his two sons: one was called success and the other was called failure. Since then, the scholar has been studying behind closed doors at home, and his life has been happy. One day, the scholar told his wife, "I'm going to the market. You urge the second son to write at home. The eldest son writes 3 and the youngest son writes 2." After the scholar came back from the fair, he asked his second son how he studied hard at home. The old wife replied, "I wrote it, but it was not enough, and it was more than enough. Both of them were 25!"

4. it comes from pushing pai gow. Pai Gow is a gambling tool, which consists of two cards, namely "Er Ban" (four points) and "Yao Wu" (six points). Together, these two cards make up ten points, which is called "shooting ten" in the gambling activity of pushing Pai Gow. It is the smallest point in Pai Jiu, and anyone is bigger than it. It can't "eat" any cards, so later people used the word "Er Ban Wu" (short for Er Ban and Yao Wu) to refer to people who can't do anything well and can't manage anything. After a long time, I called "two boards and five" as "two hundred and fifty". In Hong Kong, it is also customarily called "Erwuzai".

5. According to a Chinese book in a middle school, ancient people used silver in two parts. Generally, 52 was an integer unit and wrapped in paper. At that time, 52 was a "letter" and 252 was a "half-sealed" silver. Because it was homophonic with "half-crazy", people later called crazy people "25".

6. Once upon a time, there was a fool whose family came down. One day, he went to sell a family heirloom, and the treasure said, "Sold 258 taels". As a result, when he sold it, someone bargained with him, and he just gave 25 taels if he wanted to, so he sold 25 taels of gold. Many people laughed at him for missing 8 taels of gold, and he was an idiot. Since then, people have called people who are confused about things 25.

7. In modern times, it is said that some people learn the songs of singing star Wu Bai, but they can't learn them at all. Others say that he is at most half a hundred

8. In Tengzhou dialect of Shandong Province, "half-cooked" means "two hundred and fifty". Here, fools or people who are not serious, do things carelessly and make a fool of themselves are called "half-cooked".

9. It is said that everyone has a stupid index relative to IQ. The average person's stupid index is around 2, which will rise to 25 if we are not careful, so we often make some small mistakes in our daily life. The stupid index of murderers is as high as 2 thousand, 2 thousand and 2 million. ......