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The origin of the word two hundred and fifty?

Chinese people often call fools or people who speak rudely, do things carelessly, act casually, and like to make a fool of themselves as "two hundred and five". According to research, there are roughly the following possible sources:

1. It comes from the story of the Warring States Period. During the Warring States Period, there was a lobbyist named Su Qin, who wore the seal of the Six Kingdoms. He was very majestic for a while, but he also made many enemies, and was eventually killed in Qi State. King Qi was very angry and wanted to avenge Su Qin, but he couldn't find the murderer for a while, so he thought of a plan to have Su Tai's head cut off from the body and hung on the city gate, with an inscription next to it. He said: "Su Qin is a traitor. If you kill him, I will receive a reward of a thousand taels of gold." As soon as the list was posted, four people claimed that they had killed Su Qin. King Qi said: "You are not allowed to pretend!" The four men all insisted that they did it. King Qi said: "One thousand taels of gold, how much will each of you four get?" The four replied in unison: "Two hundred and five for each person." King Qi slapped the table and said angrily: "Come here, push out these four 'two hundred and five' Beheaded!" The word "two hundred and five" has been passed down like this.

2. Originated from the story of Tang Dynasty. Jing Zhaoyin, the "mayor" of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, was very powerful and had a large honor guard when he went out on patrol. The little official who opened the way at the front was named "Hedao Wubai". He held a long pole in his hand to drive away passers-by. Later, the number of people shouting Wu Bai increased to two people, but the people in Chang'an did not call them two Wu Bai. Instead, they said they were *** and called Wu Bai, so each person was called two hundred and five, and because each of them held a long pole in their hands. , so they are also called Ershazi. This illustrates the Chang'an people's aversion to domineering officials. Passed down to this day, two hundred and five and two stalks have become synonymous with reckless, rude, and rude people.

3. Originated from folklore. Once upon a time, there was a scholar who spent all his time studying hard and forgetting to eat and sleep in order to obtain fame. However, he never succeeded in passing the exam and did not even have a son. In his later years, the old scholar finally became disheartened and indifferent to fame and fortune. Instead, he was blessed with a son and a daughter. When the scholar recalled his life's success and failure, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, so he named his two sons: one was called Chengshi and the other was called Banshi. From then on, the scholar taught classes behind closed doors at home and lived a happy life. One day, the scholar told his wife: "I am going to the market for a stroll. You can supervise the two sons to write at home. The eldest son will write three hundred, and the younger son will write two hundred." After the scholar came back from the market, he asked the two sons how they were studying at home, and the old wife replied : "I wrote it, but it didn't succeed enough and failed more than it did. Both are two hundred and five!"

4. It comes from pushing Pai Gow. Pai Gow is a kind of gambling equipment. There are two cards, "Er Ban" (four points) and "Mo Wu" (six points). These two cards together equal ten points. In the gambling activity of promoting Pai Gow , known as "Dead Ten". It is the smallest dot in Pai Gow. No one is bigger than it. It cannot "eat" any tiles, so later people used the word "Er Ban Wu" (abbreviation of Er Ban and Mo Wu) to jokingly call everything. People who can't do well and can't be controlled. As time went by, the "two board five" became "two hundred five". In Hong Kong, it is customary to call them "two or five boys".

5. According to a middle school Chinese document, ancient people divided silver into taels. Generally, five hundred taels was an integer unit, and it was wrapped in paper. At that time, wrapping five hundred taels was called a "letter", and Two hundred and fifty taels is "half a seal" of silver. Because it is homophonic with "half-mad", people later also called crazy people "two hundred and five".

6. Once upon a time there was a fool whose family was in ruins. One day he went to sell a family heirloom, and it was written on the treasure "Sold out for 258 taels." However, when he was selling, someone bargained with him and insisted on only giving 250 taels. He thought 250 would be 250, so he sold 250 taels of gold. , many people laughed at him for asking for 8 taels of gold, and he was a fool. Since then, people have called people who are confused two hundred and five.

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

8. In the Tengzhou dialect of Shandong Province, "half cooked (pronounced as 'half floating')" means "two hundred and five". Here, a fool or someone who speaks improperly or does not do things well is used. People who are serious, casual, and prone to making fools of themselves are called "half-cooked (pronounced 'half-floating')".

9. It is said that everyone has a stupidity index relative to their IQ. The average person’s stupidity index is around 200, and it will rise to 250 if we are not careful, so in daily life we ??often Make some small mistakes. And the stupidity index of those murderers is frighteningly high, even at 20,000, 200,000, 2 million...

Two hundred and five

Pinyin: èr bǎi wǔ Simplified Pinyin: ebw

Synonyms: Stupid, stupid Antonyms:

Usage: As subject, object, attributive; used to curse people in spoken language

Explanation: Refers to a person who is stupid, not very sensible and stubborn and reckless

Source: Chapter 83 of "The Strange Current Situation Witnessed in Twenty Years" by Wu Jianren of the Qing Dynasty: "It turns out that he is a man from the south of the Yangtze River. The third scholar donated two hundred and fifty fellows and was fooling around outside."

Example: Wang Shuo's "Stewardess": "Don't play tricks with me~"

Ye. Postscript: Half of a dabbler

There are several versions of it: The origin of Two Hundred and Five (1)

During the Warring States Period, there was a historical figure named Su Qin, who was a strategist. He persuaded the six countries of Han, Wei, Zhao, Qi, Yan, and Chu to unite and form an alliance to deal with the common enemy - Qin. As a result, he was appreciated by the king of the great country and was named prime minister. He was called "the prime minister" in history. "The Prime Minister of the Six Kingdoms".

While Su Qin was actively serving in Qi State, he met an assassin. Su Qin was stabbed in the chest and died that night. When the King of Qi heard the news, he was very angry and immediately ordered the arrest of the murderer. But the assassin has escaped without a trace, where can he catch him?

The King of Qi had an idea and came up with the clever plan of "leading the snake out of the hole". He ordered Su Qin's head to be cut off and his body to be whipped with a whip until his head and face were covered in blood. Then the bloody head was hung at the city gate, and a yellow list was posted, which read: "Su Qin is a big traitor, and he deserves to die. King Qi has always wanted to kill him, but he didn't think of any good way. Fortunately, there is a righteous man who can kill him for the people." The king of Qi issued a decree to award a thousand taels of gold, and invited righteous men to come and receive the reward." As soon as the list came out, someone took the bait. Four people came to receive the reward, and they all insisted that Su Qin killed him himself.

So the soldiers "invited" them to the King of Qi. When King Qi saw the four of them, he gritted his teeth with hatred. But he still asked seriously: "How will the four of you divide these one thousand taels of gold?"

The four people did not know that they had fallen into the trap, and they were so happy that they immediately replied: "This is easy to handle. , 1000÷4=250, 250 each."

When King Qi heard that they were still thinking about the reward, he was furious: "Push these four 250 out and kill them!"

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These four people became scapegoats and were killed. The real assassin, said to be a killer sent by Qin State, had long since fled back to Qin State.

Since then, the saying "two hundred and five" has been left in the folk, and people often use it to describe fools and idiots.

The origin of two hundred and five (2)

In daily life, people often call fools or people who speak rudely, do not work seriously, deal with things casually, and like to make a fool of themselves as "two hundred and five".

One theory comes from the story of the Warring States Period. Su Qin was a lobbyist during the Warring States Period. He wore the seal of the Six Kingdoms and was very majestic for a while, but he also made many enemies. Later, he was finally killed in Qi State. The King of Qi was very angry and wanted to avenge Su Qin. But he couldn't find the murderer for a while, so he came up with a plan to have Su Tai's head cut off from the body and hung on the city gate. Next to it was an inscription saying: "Su Qin is a traitor, kill him." Thousand taels of gold, come and claim the reward." As soon as the announcement was posted, four people claimed that they had killed Su Qin. King Qi said: "You are not allowed to pretend!" The four men all insisted that they had done it. King Qi said: "One thousand taels of gold, how much will the four of you get?" The four replied in unison: "Two hundred and five for each person." King Qi slapped the table and said angrily: "Come here, push out these four 'two hundred and five' Beheaded!" The word "two hundred and five" has been passed down like this.

Another way of saying it has something to do with pushing Pai Gow.

It turns out that there are two cards in Pai Gow (an old gambling device): "Er Ban" (four points) and "Mo Wu" (six points). These two cards are matched together to make ten. This point is called "ten ten" in the gambling activity of pushing Pai Gow.

It is the smallest dot in Pai Gow. No one is bigger than it. It cannot "eat" any tiles, so people use the word "Er Ban Wu" (abbreviation of Er Ban and Mo Wu) to jokingly refer to it as being able to do anything. People who can't be controlled even if they are not good. As time went by, the "two board five" became "two hundred five". In Hong Kong, it is customary to call them "two or five boys".

One more thing: Jing Zhaoyin, the "mayor" of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, was very powerful and had a huge honor guard when he went out on patrol. The official who opened the way at the front was originally a member of the public, his official name was Hedao Wubai. He held a long pole in his hand to drive away passers-by. Later, the number of people shouting Wu Bai increased to two, but the people in Chang'an did not call them two Wu Bai. Instead, they said they were *** and called Wu Bai, so each person was called two hundred and five, and because each of them held a long pole in their hands. , so they are also called Ershazi. Today, two hundred five and two stalks are synonymous with reckless, rude, and rude people, which illustrates the people's aversion to domineering officials in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty.

There is another saying: Once upon a time, there was a scholar who studied hard and sleepless nights in order to obtain fame, but he never passed the exam in his life and did not even have a son.

In his later years, the old scholar finally became disheartened and indifferent to fame and fortune, so he was blessed with a son, and in his later years he had two daughters.

The scholar couldn't help but sigh with emotion when he recalled his life's successes and failures, so he named his two sons: one was called Chengshi and the other was called Banshi.

From then on, the scholar took classes behind closed doors at home and lived a harmonious life.

One day, the scholar told his wife: "I'm going to the market for a walk. You can supervise the two sons to write at home. The older one should write three hundred and the younger one should write two hundred."

After the scholar came back from the market, he asked his second son how he was studying at home. His wife replied: "I wrote, but I failed to succeed and failed. Both of them are two hundred and five!"