Who invented the toilet?

To talk about the history of toilets, we have to start with the Han Dynasty. "Xijing Miscellanies" says that the Han Dynasty palace made "tiger balls" from jade, which were held by the emperor's attendants for preparation. The Emperor is always at your convenience. This kind of "tiger" is the special utensil that later generations call toilet and chamber pot. This is also the predecessor of the toilet. According to this, it is said that this kind of "tiger" was also invented after being inspired by the great ancestor Liu Bang who used the crown of a Confucian scholar as a drowning device. There is another theory about the invention of "Huzi", which is said to be related to the emperor. It is said that during the Western Han Dynasty, "Flying General" Li Guang shot a crouching tiger to death and had someone make a tiger-shaped bronze drowning utensil and urinate in it to show his contempt for the tiger. This is where the name "Hu Zi" comes from. However, when the emperor of the Tang Dynasty sat in the Dragon Court, just because one of his ancestors was named "Li Hu", he changed this disrespectful term to "Zhu Zi" or "Mazi", and then it was commonly known as "Toilet". and "pee pot." There is also a joke here. When Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin pacified Sichuan and transported all the utensils from the Hou Shu Palace back to Bianjing, he found a basin inlaid with agate and jade. He was so happy that he almost used it to hold wine. Later, Mrs. Huarui, the favorite concubine of Shu Lord Yuchang, was summoned to sacrifice herself. When Mrs. Huarui saw this thing being offered to several cases by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, she hurriedly said that this was my husband's urinal! Zhao Kuangyin was so shocked that he screamed: "How can you use this kind of urinal to avoid subjugation of the country?" He immediately smashed the treasure.

The first detailed written record of the toilet was the "Wooden Horse" in Ouyang Xiu's "Guitian Lu 2" in the Northern Song Dynasty, which was explained as "wooden toilet" in "Ciyuan". The toilet used by ancient Chinese folk was a round wooden barrel with a lid, which was painted with tung oil or good waterproof vermilion paint.

Even many experts can’t tell who invented the flush toilet. One theory is that in 1596, the British aristocrat John Harrington invented the first practical toilet - a wooden seat with a water tank and a flush valve. Before this, many people always went to the nearest big tree or river to solve the problem on the spot. Although Harrington invented the toilet, it was not widely used due to the imperfect sewage system. In 1861, Thomas Klepper, a British plumber, invented an advanced water-saving flushing system, and waste discharge began to enter the modern era.

Reference materials: Internet information