mesbooks Chapter 278 The "Integrity" of Literati
Chapter 278 The "Integrity" of Literati
In another timeline, Li Longji paced back and forth in his room, furious and embarrassed. "He was wrong, wasn't he?!"
Is it really necessary for every one of these legendary half-emperors to call me "Emperor of All Time"? I've already achieved great things before, you know!
This is an exceptionally high number among incompetent emperors!
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Empress Wu Zetian period of the Tang Dynasty
At this time, Shangguan Wan'er was still Wu Zetian's secretary and had not yet thought about what her future would be like.
Little did I expect that I would see my own fate reflected in this small square screen.
At the same time, she never imagined that she would leave such an image in history, but Wan'er also wished that the princess could fulfill the same wish she made for her.
Even after a thousand years, the world will still sing praises of pepper flowers!
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Back to the live broadcast room.
Lin Ke sighed for a moment, then continued, "There are many talented women in history who have left their mark on the world. For example, Yi Shuo, a female physician in the Western Han Dynasty, is the earliest recorded female physician in history."
According to the Records of the Grand Historian, Yi Shuo was highly valued by Emperor Wu of Han, but unfortunately there are not many records about her.
"There was also Xie Daoyun, a talented woman from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. She could write poetry and fight with a sword!"
"As the daughter of a general, after her husband and son were murdered, she immediately led her maids to resist and fight back, killing several people before being captured. How can one not admire her courage?"
“Even during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, women’s power was not just as great as it was in later dynasties.”
"Wu Ding's queen, Fu Hao, was a brave and skilled warrior who fought for the Shang dynasty in all directions, including against large tribes such as the Tu Fang and Qiang."
She is known as the Goddess of War and is the first recorded female military strategist and politician in history.
"However, Fu Hao did more than that. According to the documents unearthed at Yin Ruins in later generations, Fu Hao also participated in important state affairs, sacrifices, and so on."
"What's rather amusing is that Wu Ding frequently consulted the oracle, and later generations discovered from oracle bone inscriptions that he would ask: 'Dreaming of Fu Hao, will there be any misfortune?'; 'Recently, Fu Hao has been weak, please pray to the ancestors to protect her…'"
"It is said that Wu Ding was afraid that Fu Hao would be bullied in the underworld, so after she died, he married her off to many ancestors, hahaha!"
A spoiled young man from the Song Dynasty: I'm so filial, hahaha!
A skilled farmer in the Tang Dynasty: Such an early history!
A bystander from the Ming Dynasty: It's the Shang and Zhou Dynasties now, how could a queen have to fight a war back then!
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"Of course, there are many people like them who have never been absent from history, but among them is the daughter of Chu Yan, a famous astrologer of the Song Dynasty."
"She was clearly an excellent female mathematician at the time, but in the end, only the name 'Chu Nu' was left to refer to her, and her real name was not left at all."
"And such examples are still numerous, so let's talk about those shameless writers next!"
An official from the Song Dynasty: Is it to serve as a foil?
A strong peasant girl from the Tang Dynasty: Listen to the gossip of the scholars!
A scion of a prominent family in the Ming Dynasty: ...Being too famous these days isn't good either; it's easy for everyone to know everything about you!
A commoner from a humble market town in the Han Dynasty: Hahaha, this is really good to listen to!!
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"There were many literati in the Song and Ming dynasties. Let's start by talking about a literati from the late Ming dynasty."
"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the Qing army entered the pass, there was a custom to wear a 'money-tail' hairstyle. To be honest, this hairstyle wasn't very attractive. Back then, there was a saying that 'our bodies, hair, and skin are given to us by our parents.'"
"This was unacceptable to the Han people. In the early Qing Dynasty, the rebellion of the Han people was suppressed by force. However, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, there was also an order to cut off queues, which seemed to be a case of the wheel of fortune turning."
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty: !!!
"On the other hand, in the hearts of some people in the Ming Dynasty, let alone the hairstyle being ugly, the mere thought of shaving their heads and changing their clothes was more painful than being killed. I can show you that hairstyle."
Lin Ke searched for several pictures of the money rat tail braid, and then several pictures of the money rat tail hairstyle appeared on the small screen.
People from other timelines are seeing this strange hairstyle for the first time; it's hard to describe!
Good heavens! This is so ugly! If they were forced to shave their heads like this, let alone the Ming Dynasty, even the Ming people would hate it!
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"Although this is from the early Qing Dynasty, people still wore queues even in the later period. However, that's not the point here. Our focus is on a scholar from the late Qing Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty—Sun Zhixie."
"He was originally a Han Chinese and also a Han Chinese official in the Ming Dynasty. He passed the imperial examination around the Tianqi era and was appointed as a probationary official."
"In 1644, when the Qing army entered the pass, Dorgon decreed that all officials, soldiers and civilians who surrendered must shave their heads and wear the clothing of the Manchus."
"In order to please the Qing army, Sun Zhixie chose to be the first Han official to kneel down. On a certain day when he went to court, he had already shaved his head and put on Manchu official clothes."