The great event of the country lies in respecting peace and honor. The ruling class's infinite awe of heaven and religion.
Bones are the only relics left after human death. Whether it has been reduced to ashes or left the skeleton itself, it is the only mark left by human beings in the world.
Influenced by the divine right of monarchy, for a long time, our kings in China served as priests of gifts on the basis of the status of national rulers, just like dwarfs. In order to express gratitude to the god of the country, the heads of livestock are often the most sincere.
The sincerity of monarchs in slavery society is undoubtedly the most full. They often sacrifice the heads of prisoners of war or slaves to heaven, hoping that the good weather will shock the world. The white skull is no longer a bone, but a soul. People who are killed are no longer people, but livestock or sacrifices. In addition to offering sacrifices, monarchs in slave society not only have the right to solve puzzles with yellow intestines, but also generally bury some slaves after their death. This system was abolished in 384 BC. This is because at the end of the Warring States period, with the development of feudal system, the social status of slaves was improved, so monarchs began to make buried figurines out of wood and clay.
However, even so, we can still see "Jing Guan" and other words related to beheading in history books. Chu Zhuangwang, for example, once saw the customs clearance, and Helian Bobo, which we studied before, also established Jing Guan. It looks normal, but behind it is a skull that makes people with intensive phobia very scared.
According to Yi Yuan, there was a sand mountain in the west of Liangzhou in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Legend has it that there was once a completely annihilated army buried here, and the bones of this team accumulated tens of thousands. Because there is always a strong wind blowing sand to cover the bones, over time, the soldier's head and sand together form a hill, so it is called sand mountain. Every night, travelers can hear the sound of drums and horns. At that time, there was still a nursery rhyme in the Jin Dynasty in Chang 'an City. There was no blood in Qinchuan City, and Liangzhou looked against the pillar. These soldiers are said to have died in the Eight Kings Rebellion. At that time, the blood of these soldiers could even float a boat like a river. This is the fate of people in troubled times.
Why are people likely to suffer the unfortunate fate of being killed and taking credit? Why did soldiers bleed and die for their country, but in the end they became bones that could not be cleaned up in the ancient battlefield? In order to frighten the enemy, to commend their own achievements, and to pray for God, some people will treat others as livestock and step on their heads to be kings. These ancient ruling classes are not abnormal, but they are more terrible than ordinary abnormal people who are obsessed with bones. Because it is very anti-human to show your greatness and privilege by treating other people's precious bones as treasures.
Men and women in troubled times have made up many love stories because of their unsatisfied resistance to their spiritual pursuit.
The marital system in China has been changing, which is closely related to the transformation from matriarchal social system to paternal social system in China. Because people in primitive society have not invented more advanced farming techniques, they can only make weapons and farm tools through stone tools. Under such circumstances, the women in charge of gathering, textile and animal husbandry are in the ruling class, and the tribe implements the marriage system. Children only know that they have a mother, but they don't know that they have a father.
The main figures of Taoism believe that the truth in the universe is Tao. They use yin to represent women, and women are Kun, symbolizing the earth that breeds all things. For example, the female bones with jade articles found in the tombs of matriarchal society are generally great blessings. The wizard blessing is a clergyman created by the rulers to control the thoughts of the lower classes, with the purpose of proving the rationality of women's rule in this area. In order to express the worship of fertility, women at that time attached great importance to the fetus. They believe that the health of the fetus depends on whether the mother respects Dawuzhu, so there are many jade articles or pottery in the shape of pregnant women in Dawuzhu's tomb. During this period, people used to judge bad luck through divination, and offered straw as a sacrifice to bribe wizards, hoping that wizards would take away disasters.
The stone tablets and animal-head-shaped handles unearthed in the tombs of patriarchal society represent the military power and administrative power of male leaders, which means that with the development of productive forces, the leadership power of men has become more important, and people have begun to practice the system of even marriage, and the status of men is gradually higher than that of women.
In ancient times, when there was no war in the country, the status of women was already relatively low. If they are not of noble birth, they have no chance of education. Generally speaking, they must teach each other. Once in troubled times, the harmonious relationship between husband and wife brought by the system of continuous marriage will often make husband and wife suffer unfortunate fate at the same time. It may be selling wives, starving together, or even going to the vegetable market. There is an old story in different gardens. Once upon a time, a couple ate wild vegetables and died in the famine year. Hua Song gives off a blue-purple light and is called a beautiful rainbow by later generations. A fairy tale, but behind it are bitter tears.
In addition to famine, couples in troubled times will also face diseases. There was a master book by a teacher named Gao Huiqing in the Jin Dynasty. Suddenly one day, a group of mice flooded into his home. Soon after, Master Gao fell ill and died a few days later. Where is the disease? It's just a plague. An infectious disease can be regarded as a ghost story, which shows that people at that time were helpless in the face of the disease. So, in this state that I don't know when I will die tomorrow, men and women in troubled times in the Northern and Southern Dynasties began to pursue love. Many erotic things are often recorded in Art Garden and Youming Road.
There is a story that Ba Shen, a native of Wuxing, once dreamed that a woman was with him, but his companion only saw a dog outside his house. Whenever Ba Shen sleeps, the woman takes off her clothes and goes to Ba Shen's bed. Ba Shen thought that women were enchanted, so she killed the dog and ate it. Later, Ba Shen dreamed that a woman in Tsing Yi asked him in her dream, "I slept with you, so forget it if you are not satisfied. Why did you kill me? " The next day, Ba Shen's conscience found that he had buried the dog bone, but there was no more beauty to accompany him. Besides falling in love with dogs, there are people who fall in love with monkeys or foxes, all of which are legendary ghost stories.
Of course, these men still have nothing to do with love, just desire.
Legend has it that in the Jin Dynasty, a scholar bought a Xianbei handmaid named Huaishun, whose cousin was once fascinated by a man's amaranth essence. During the reign of Yuanjia, a widow named Yan pretended to be an adulterer and was almost defiled by crocodile essence. In addition to Yan's family, Yuanjia's early years also had a few nights with a female earthworm essence. In the eighteenth year of Yuanjia, Zhang Daoxiang of Xiacheng County in Guangling also suffered the experience of being confused by an otter pretending to be her husband.
In addition to similar serial ghost love, there are many lovely ghost love and tragicomedy beyond the secular in Strange Garden and Youming Road.
There is an enviable story. Lv Shun married his wife's cousin and became his second wife because of his wife's death. As a result, the soul of Lu Shunzhi's wife resented her sister for stealing her husband, so she simply killed her sister and her ex-husband.
There is a story that he was destined to be lonely all his life. There is a woodcutter named Xu Lang in Jingkou. When he was collecting firewood by the river, he met a beautiful woman who came to him by boat. She claimed to be Xu Lang's wife. Xu Lang's family dressed Xu Lang and decorated her new house. However, Xu Lang was afraid of the goddess and often knelt before her bed like a slave, but refused to become a real husband and wife with her. Soon after, the goddess thought that Xu Lang had no feelings for herself, so she left a strand of hair, took the clothes for Xu Lang and left silently. After the goddess left, Xu Lang regretted it and passed away with wordless love. Xu Lang was worried that Tiannv was an escaped daughter, or was sold privately, and might even be used as bait for fairies to descend to earth. She refused to accept the heavenly daughter and finally lost her love.
But I think his psychological activities are generally the true mentality of Cowherd meeting Weaver Girl and Yong Dong meeting Seven Fairies. Compared with Xu Lang, Guo Changsheng, a male ghost, is very bold. He got to know the maid of Chao princess's house, took the initiative to catch up with her, and finally went into Chao princess's house with her and introduced her identity. As for whether Guo Changsheng was later accepted by Chao County, it is not recorded in this story compiled by Mr. Liu Yiqing. However, I am inclined to accept it. Anyway, the ghost of your maid is none of your business, so it's better to show it.
There is a story about the marriage between the old and the young. Zhongshan Zhenchong is old and has a wife and children. As a result, the tiger essence family insisted on making him a son-in-law. Tiger essence society has become an old man introducing his daughter, and young tiger essence has become a polite young matchmaker recommending his sister. With the public's attitude towards forced marriage becoming more and more obvious, Zhen Chong soon realized that the beautiful woman in her twenties introduced by her father and son was originally a tigress, so she refused to accept this woman. The father and son are not easy to get along with. They turned into prototype, entered Zhenchong's home in tandem, scared Zhenchong's wife to death, and then Zhenchong naturally became a bachelor. After the plot is not recorded, but it is conceivable that Zhen Chong will still have no choice but to accept the tiger spirit or ask a Taoist to save his son.