I remember there was an article "Snake Catcher" written by Liu Zongyuan in the middle school textbook, and the last sentence was:
"So, it is necessary for husband to observe the folk customs."
It is clearly "folk customs", but Liu Zongyuan wrote "folk customs". Yes, this is to avoid Li Shimin's taboo on "people".
The Tang Dynasty was a dynasty that played the taboo system at sky-high prices. I wrote a special article saying that I didn't follow the principle of "two people are not partial to taboos".
The so-called "two names are not biased" is a taboo rule in the Book of Rites. Li Shimin only needs to avoid the word "scholar", not "scholar" or "people", but obviously, the Tang Dynasty did not abide by this rule.
Not only should we avoid writing articles, but even the names of traditional immortals should be revised accordingly. For example, the familiar Guanyin Bodhisattva was directly called Guanyin Bodhisattva in the Tang Dynasty, so that many people still use this name today.
Taboo Li Shimin's name is taboo country, which all subjects under the rule of the Tang Dynasty should abide by, that is, taboo the names of the emperor himself and his ancestors.
For example, as I mentioned in my last article, in order to avoid the taboo of my great-grandfather, the famous soldier in the late Sui Dynasty was changed to "Han captured the beast".
Li Hu's name happens to be the same as the common people's name for the urinal. Before the Tang Dynasty, the urinal was once called a "tiger".
How did this happen? So in the Tang dynasty, it was not allowed to call the urinal a tiger. I feel that this is the nickname of our ancestors, and it has been changed to "Ma Zi".
The name of the girl later evolved into our toilet today. I remember in the 1990s, many people learned to introduce their girlfriends as "this is my girl" with Hong Kong and Taiwan accents. People with a little culture know that this is not a good word.
In addition to Li Hu, Li Shimin's grandfather was named Li Fang and his father was the founding emperor Li Yuan, so Tian Gan's "A, B, C and D" was changed to "A, B and Ding Jing" and Tao Yuanming's name was changed to "Tao Quanming".
Later emperors were not idle, for example, in order to avoid the taboo of the Spring Calendar, the compound surname Chunyu was changed to the single surname "Yu".
In addition to avoiding the monarch and ancestors, taboo is also a mountain on the heads of subjects in the Tang Dynasty. Taboos are harsh, but as long as you pay attention, they will not affect your life and future, but they are different.
For example, Li He, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, originally planned to take the Jinshi exam, but he was beaten back and gave up the exam.
It turned out that Li He's father's name was Li Jinsu, and Jinshi made Li He taboo "gold". After being discovered, the talented Master Li had to give up the idea of taking the Jinshi exam.
Worst of all, the family secrets of the local governor should be avoided in the territory under his jurisdiction, so don't think that "state officials set fire" is a joke.
When Yuan Ren traveled in the Tang Dynasty, he wrote such notes. One day, when he arrived in Yangzhou, the court told him that our envoy here was called Li Deyu and his household names were Fu, Ji, Fu and Yun. It turns out that our father's name is Li Jifu and my grandfather's name is Li.