Dining Car 3000 What does "Dining Car" mean?

"Diners" refers to people who sent meals to aristocratic bureaucrats in ancient times and planned to run away for their hosts.

The rise of "diners" began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The "guest" is attached to the master, who is responsible for "supporting the guest", and there are more than 3,000 people. The "diners" fortune tellers are also attached to a master, and usually take refuge in the homes of princes and nobles, or wander among the literati, predict their future, avoid misfortune, or act as "counselors" or "military advisers". Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many bureaucrats and literati have often had such warlocks. They are not only distinguished guests at home, but also "accompany guests" on behalf of the host. When gathering relatives and friends at family banquets, the host often "takes a seat in advance". For example, there was such a warlock at Li Gugu's home in Zhenyuan, Tang Dynasty. Li Gugu once hosted a banquet for Huang Pubi, Jia Zhi and others 10, and asked him to take care of the life of every visitor. He looked at it and said, "Within ten days, there will be a great disaster." Sure enough, at a banquet, the pavilion collapsed, one person died on the spot and the others were injured. According to Shan Ye's Continued Hunan, there were also such "diners" in Su Yijian in the Song Dynasty. He not only calculated for the host, but also taught classes for the guests coming and going. In the Ming dynasty, this kind of atmosphere was even more prosperous. The emperor often has warlocks around him, making policies, marching and fighting, appointing ministers and asking them everything. Astrologers became special advisers to feudal rulers. So did the emperor, and ministers followed suit. A fortune teller named Tong Yin is always with Shi Heng, the minister of Ming Yingzong. This situation was recorded in Biography of Ji Fang in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention in unofficial history such as note novels. Until today, we can still see this kind of "diners" warlock in some families. The difference is that the current fortune-telling activities are often associated with "foreknowledge" and "Qigong".

In the Warring States period, cultivating scholars has become a fashion trend advertised by the upper class. As long as they are powerful and ambitious monarch ministers, they are proud of adopting as many public guests as possible. From Zhao Xiangzi and Wei Wenhou in the early Warring States to Zhao Huiwen, Yan Zhaowang, "Four Childes of Warring States", Qin Xiang Lv Buwei and Yan Taizi Dan, they all adopted more than 1000 public servants, and the scale of their cultivators was unparalleled in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because by cultivating scholars, we can concentrate a large number of talents, not only can we quickly improve our political prestige to call on the world, but also strengthen our political power to rule vassals. Therefore, the upper-level dignitaries compete for gifts and talents, do their best, and do their best, forming a good situation of talent flow and talent competition.