In the Tang Dynasty, the relationship between men and women was free and even rampant because it was not confined by Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism in later generations. Dirty Tang refers to the incest between the upper class of the Tang Dynasty, including members of the royal family and nobles. As for "smelly Han", it is similar to "dirty Tang", which mainly refers to the upper class of the Han Dynasty, especially the court where sexual relations, ethical relations and sexual orientation are particularly chaotic.
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At that time, homosexuality was not only forbidden, but also probably an elegant thing. In the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, from the founding of Liu Bang to the usurpation of the throne by Cao Pi, there were 25 emperors in more than 400 years, among which 10 emperors had the homosexual hobby of Toy Boy. The well-known story of broken sleeves is that Liu Xin, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, got up one morning and went to the court to discuss with his ministers.
But when I looked back, I saw Toy Boy Dong Xian sleeping next to him, pulling one of his sleeves. Eddie couldn't bear to wake the sleeping Dong Xian, so he cut off Dong Xian's sleeve with his sword and got up and went out. Later generations called homosexuality "the addiction of broken sleeves". Accurately speaking, except for a few homosexuals in Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, most of them should be "bisexual". Because they are obsessed with women and crazy about Toy Boy.
Liu Che, the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who created the "Golden Age of Hanwu", was brilliant all his life. Perhaps few people believe that he loves not only Gillian, Wei Zifu, Li Furen, Zhao Yigou and other women, but also men and at least five Toy Boy. The sixty-fifth biography of Historical Records can be said to be a "gay affair", which records in detail the gay affairs of five Western Han emperors from Gaozu Liu Bang to Emperor Wudi.
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Baidu encyclopedia-dirty Tang and smelly Han