1, jealous

When men and women fall in love and a third party intervenes, jealousy and jealousy often occur.

Then how is the word jealous associated with jealousy between men and women? These are obviously two unrelated things.

In fact, this word comes from an allusion.

Rumor has it that the Chinese wife in Fang and Du Ruhui is called "plotting to break the house" and is a shrew. In the early Tang Dynasty, in order to win over heroes, Emperor Taizong gave Fang several concubines, which he declined for fear that his wife's prime minister would not accept. Emperor Taizong also knew that it was Mrs. Fang, so he sent someone to invite Mrs. Fang to the palace and gave her a pot of "poisoned wine", saying that if Fang was not allowed to marry, he would drink poisoned wine.

I didn't expect Mrs. Fang to be very strong-willed and would rather die than bow before the emperor. So he picked up the "poisoned wine" and gulped it down. When Mrs. Fang finished drinking, she found that the cup was not poisoned wine, but thick vinegar, sweet and sour. It turned out to be a joke played by the emperor to test the feelings of the couple.

Later generations gradually linked the words "jealousy" and "jealousy" and gradually formed the present meaning.

In fact, this is also a legend. There is a book in the history that records similar things, but the protagonist is Ren Xuan, the minister of the Ministry of War, and although Emperor Taizong gave fake poisonous wine, it was either vinegar or really non-toxic wine. The Biography of Women in the New Tang Dynasty records the love between Fang and his wife, but there is no drama of Emperor Taizong.

Think about it from another angle. The wine of the Tang Dynasty is very different from modern wine. Maybe the wine in the Tang Dynasty was a little sour and tasted a bit like vinegar now.

2. The devil wears Prada

In all the tool books, The Devil Wearing Prada is almost always interpreted as a derogatory term, which is a metaphor for people who behave like animals despite their appearance.

In fact, in the early Ming Dynasty, this word was really a commendatory term.

The word "the devil wears Prada" comes from the costumes of Ming officials. According to historical records, the Ming Dynasty stipulated that civil servants embroidered birds and military officers painted animals. Different levels, embroidered birds and animals are also different, the specific provisions are:

Civil servants embroider cranes, golden pheasants, peacocks, geese, egrets, egrets, mandarin ducks, orioles and quails.

The military attache painted a lion with one product and two products, a tiger with three products, a leopard with four products, a bear with five products, a tiger with six products and seven products, a rhinoceros with eight products and a seahorse with nine products.

One to four civil and military officials wear red robes, five to seven wear blue robes, and eight or nine wear green robes.

Therefore, at that time, the word "the devil wears Prada" was a compliment and quite enviable.

However, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, officials were corrupt, civil servants were corrupt and oppressed the people, military officers drank soldiers' blood and ate empty salaries, and soldiers plundered places. In the folk context, The Devil Wearing Prada has gradually become a derogatory term to express people's dissatisfaction with officials.

The derogatory term Devil was first seen in Chen Ruyuan's book Jin Ping Mei in the late Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the devil had completely changed into a derogatory term.

3. Revolution

Everyone has heard of the word revolution, which refers to major innovation.

But in the ancient feudal dynasty, it refers to the change of dynasties.

For example, the famous Tang Wu Revolution and Dragon Revolution.

Tangwu Revolution refers to Shang Tang overthrowing Xia Dynasty and Zhou Wuwang establishing Shang Dynasty.

The Shenlong Revolution, also known as the Shenlong coup, refers to the events that occurred in the first year of Shenlong (705). Prince Li Xian, Prime Ministers Zhang Jian, Cui Xuanyong and other ministers staged a mutiny in the capital Wei Zicheng, forcing the female emperor Wu Zetian to abdicate and restore the Tang Dynasty.