What jokes did ancient people play for the so-called taboo?

Taboo originated in the Zhou Dynasty, but there was no system at that time. It was not until Qin Shihuang established a unified centralized dynasty that the autocratic power of the monarch was strengthened and the monarch was supreme. Of course, names can't be the same or homophonic with all people.

The general principle of taboo is: "Venerable taboo, kinship taboo, sage taboo." (Biography of the Ram, Min Gong Nian).

In other words, the names of all respected people, relatives and saints should be considered taboo. Honorable persons mainly refer to the names of emperors (including their fathers and ancestors) and senior officials; Relatives mainly refer to the elders in the immediate family, especially the names of fathers and grandfathers; Sages mainly refer to teachers' names.

For example, Hengshan Mountain, one of the five mountains, was forcibly changed to "Changshan Mountain" by the Han Dynasty because it had the same name as China Emperor Liu Heng.

The word "scholar" was renamed as "Cai Mao" in the Eastern Han Dynasty to avoid Liu Xiu, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Because of the strict taboo level and various ways, there have been many big jokes in Chinese history.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huan Xuan, the powerful minister, entertained a guest at home. During the dinner, the wine was a little cold. Because the guest can't drink cold wine, he said to the servant on the side, "heat my wine."

This sentence just export, the opposite Huan Xuan suddenly burst into tears. The guest was startled and asked him what was going on. Huan Xuan didn't say anything, just cried until she woke up.

After a while, the wine was cold again. The guest carefully asked Huan Xuan, "Do you want warm wine for my wine and warm wine for yours?"

Who knows, Huan Xuan burst into tears again, crying at the top of his lungs, and the guests were frightened. I'd better not drink this wine. Let's go!

Why on earth is this Huan Xuan crying? Guests later remembered that Huan Xuan's father was Fu Huan Wen, and he kept his mouth shut in front of others. No wonder someone cried once.

According to Chen's "Tian Ji", Qian, the vice minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, had a son who was eager to learn when he was young. In order to avoid my father's anonymity, I met the word "good minister" when I was studying and changed my name to "dad".

Later, when the teacher asked him to study in the classroom, he happened to see the second part of Mencius' complaint. When Qian's son read "Today's so-called good minister, ancient so-called thief", he directly read "Today's so-called father, ancient so-called thief", and both teachers and students laughed on the spot.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a governor of Huguang named Song Yihe. When he wrote a report to his boss Yang Sichang (1588- 164 1), his signature was never "Yi Song Bird".

Why is this? It turns out that Yang Sichang, the eldest brother, had a better father named Yang He (assistant minister of the right Ministry of War and trilateral governor), and Song Yihe could only turn cranes into birds.