What is "three kills"?

1. refers to upper killing, lower killing and side killing. The text of the Book of Rites, Mourning, says: "Three is five, and five is nine. Kill, kill, kill, kiss. " It is said that the mourning period is decreasing according to the difference of relatives and friends, from Gaozu down to Xuansun and his brother.

"Northern History Zhang Puhui Biography": "It is not shameful to steal three and kill nine relatives; Five clothes and six skills are like a numb heart. This is all because of things, which is not easy. "

In ancient times, emperors would do nothing. They kill wild birds three times a year, once for sacrifice, once for appreciation of guests, and the third time as the chef of the monarch, which is called "three kills".

Book of Songs, Book of Rites IV: "Today, there is no four-party ceremony, and there is no three-killing device. If you ignore it for a long time, the bird has been sacrificed, and its face is bruised, but it is not sacrificed. " See "The Book of Rites".

3. It refers to drinking, being scared and starving.

On the saying in Song, Zhou and Tang Dynasties that "the speaker kills the old saying with three words". Drinking and killing people in the street, scaring and killing people at home. Hungry to kill it is called meager. "