The emperor kept people waiting for him all day. Why can a Jin monarch fall into the toilet and drown?

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Jing of Jin fell into the toilet and died, saying that he died in the toilet for a reason.

In the afternoon of June, the marquis of Jin asked for wheat, so that the Dian people offered it to others. Call the Sangtian witch and kill him as a sign. I can eat, get up, go to the toilet, fall and die.

The cause and effect of this passage is like this. After Kim became ill, she asked the Sangtian witch to tell his fortune. The witch in Sangtian said that you were alive to eat new wheat this year. Kim doesn't believe it. When the wheat was ripe in June, Jin ordered people to make it into food, summoned the Sangtian witch, said that I was alive to eat new wheat, and then killed him. I had a stomachache when I was preparing for dinner, and I drowned when I went to the toilet. The king of a country actually fell into the toilet and drowned, and he also became a figure who died in the strangest way of the emperor.

This period of history is based on Zuo Qiuming's Zuo Zhuan. Many people doubt its authenticity. It seems that the king of a country should not die like this. People are born in the same way, but die in different ways. If an ordinary person died in the toilet, everyone would not be so surprised. No matter the emperor or the vassal, they are all mortal, and they can't live without life and death. It's normal to die. The death of Duke Jing of Jin was calculated by the wizard, saying that he could not live without eating new wheat, and he died without eating new wheat, which was somewhat superstitious.

The ancient world was superstitious about ghosts and gods, and some natural phenomena were always analyzed from the perspective of ghosts and gods, which was also caused by the times. As the saying goes, "there are not enough books, and ghosts come together." This phenomenon often appears not only in ancient novels, but also in what we think is the official history, such as Sima Qian's Historical Records Bi and Twenty-four History. It is not surprising that historians have their own subjective assumptions and attitudes when recording history, not only based on genetic data, but also on rumors passed down from mouth to mouth. For example, in today's era, I also have my own views and cognition when I explain my views on an event.

Ancient kings were accompanied, but when the monarch went to the toilet, was there anyone standing beside him, wasn't there?

Duke Jing of Jin is terminally ill (this idiom comes from him), and he may die at any time. It's not surprising that he probably won't be able to stand up after squatting in the toilet.

After Jin succeeded to the throne, he killed many people. He has been suffering from inner fears and nightmares, which led to his illness. This series of causes and effects are connected, and his possibility of delusions and hallucinations will increase. When he goes to the toilet, he may have evil ghost hallucinations, which may lead to shock and death. It may also exist. In a word, his death remained in the long river of history in a unique way.