Why do you call your father-in-law "Old Mount Tai"? Why is it called "grandfather" again?

Origin:

This title is related to the "meditation" of Mount Tai.

According to Volume 12 of Youyang Miscellaneous Language in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty went to Mount Tai to meditate in the fourth year of Kaiyuan (726). Prime Minister Zhang said that he was appointed as the envoy of Zen Buddhism and took his son-in-law Zheng Yi with him. According to the old practice, officials below the prime minister can be promoted to the next level as long as they are lucky enough to participate in meditation with the emperor.

Zheng Yi was originally a do officer. Zhang said that he used his power to promote him to the fourth grade at once. At the banquet, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was surprised to see Zheng Yi suddenly put on the light scarlet official uniform worn by the five-product official, so he went to ask him. Zheng Yi prevaricated, difficult to reply. At this time, Huang Yi, a court artist who is good at irony, replied: "This is the power of Mount Tai!" Pun intended, Tang Xuanzong tacitly, things just passed. Later generations therefore called his wife and father "Mount Tai". ?

Because Mount Tai, also known as Dongyue, is the length of the five mountains, he called his wife and father Yue, Yue Weng, father-in-law and. According to documents, this title began in the Song Dynasty. Wife and mother are called "mother-in-law", and in written literature, they are later called "Tai Shui".

Second, the old father-in-law

"Mother-in-law" originally refers to male elderly people. The Analects of Confucius, the eighteenth father-in-law of Wei Zi;

"Lutz from this, met her husband, with a sticky lotus beard. He asked, "Have you seen your master?" The father-in-law said:' Four bodies are not diligent, and the grain is not divided. Who is the master? The staff who planted it didn't succeed. "。

Vernacular:

"Lutz followed, met the old man and picked it with a stick. Lutz asked Confucius, "Have you seen my teacher? The old man said, "Who is your teacher if you don't work hard on all fours?" Plant crutches to pull weeds. "。

Origin:

Don Huang Ming went to Mount Tai to meditate. Zheng Yi was originally a do officer. Zhang said that he used his power to promote him to the fourth grade at once. This incident is a joke inside and outside the court. Later, people named the towering stone peak next to the altar as "Zhang Renfeng". Because Mount Tai is also called "Dongyue", since the Tang Dynasty, "Mount Tai" and "father-in-law" have become the special names for wives and fathers, and "father-in-law" has evolved from the original meaning of referring to the elderly to "father-in-law" and has been passed down to this day.

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Example:

(A), Tang Duan Shicheng's Youyang Miscellaneous Language Resources:

"Ming Taizu Zen Mount Tai, Zhang called it Zen. It is said that Zheng Yi, the son-in-law of the do-product officer, gave by going up one flight of stairs a robe after the old practice of closed-door meditation because Zheng Yi said that he suddenly moved the do-product officer. Because of his big chest, Xuanzong saw Iraq's official position leaping and asked him strangely. Iraq was speechless. Huang Zan Chuo said,' This is the power of Mount Tai. "

Vernacular:

"Xuanzong Fengchan Taishan, Zhang said that it was an ambassador to Fengchan. Zheng Yi, the son-in-law, was promoted to a higher level after the old system of retreat. Only Zheng Yi suddenly persuaded him to be promoted to the fifth grade and gave him red clothes at the same time. After a big meal, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty saw that Yi's official position had skyrocketed, and strangely asked him that Mn had nothing to answer. Huang Chu said, "This is the role of Mount Tai. "

(2) Chen Ming JiRu "group record":

"Mount Tai also has a peak, so it is also called Yue Weng, also known as Mount Tai."

Vernacular:

"Taishan has an old man's peak, so I call my husband my father-in-law, also known as Taishan."

(3), Yang Shuo's "Snow Foam":

"The old man has this temperament. He has never raised a daughter in his life, preferring to treat people as sons-in-law. Call him Lao Taishan if you don't believe me. He is not angry, but touching Hu Zile. "

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