Mystery of the Deep Palace: Who is in charge of the bedding of the emperor and his concubine?

The official responsible for arranging the sexual life of the emperor and his wives and concubines in the palace is called female history. They are female officials in the court. They know the birthday of the emperor, as well as the birthdays, habits and periods of his wife and concubines. They tried their best to provide high-quality arrangements and perfect services for the emperor and his women in the depths of the palace. In the face of thousands of beautiful women in the spring breeze, the emperor sometimes feels at a loss. How to get happiness according to the arrangement of women's history? The woman who has been locked in the palace for a long time is even more uneasy. Their husbands are not ordinary people, and their pain is also very painful. How do they stay young in the cold palace? How many unsolved mysteries are there about eat drink man woman in The Palace of Sorrow? What is the answer?

1. Beautiful legends of men and women

"Book of Rites" says: eat drink man woman is a man with great desires. Mencius also said: sex is also important. Eat drink man woman is the basic need of human beings, and it is the instinct and nature of human beings. The Book of Changes, China's earliest philosophical work, once discussed the fate of men and women: the secret of heaven and earth, the alcohol of all things. Both men and women are good, and everything has been transformed. In other words, heaven and earth meet and become everything; Men and women have intercourse and give birth to everything. The ancients in China believed that the cloud is the egg of the earth, the rain is the nature of the sky, and the rain is the intercourse, that is, the intercourse between heaven and earth and the transformation of everything. In 3000 BC, a powerful country appeared in the north of China, called Xia, with its capital in Yangcheng (now Dengfeng, Henan) and Anyi (now Xiaxian, Shanxi). In BC 1600, Shang replaced Xia, and its capital was Bo (now Cao County, Shandong Province) and Yin (now Anyang, Henan Province). In 65438 BC+065438 BC+000 BC, Zhou replaced Shang and moved the capital to Zhou (now Qishan, Shaanxi) and Feng (now Chang 'an, Shaanxi).

According to research, in Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Shang Dynasty, the hieroglyphics about a man marrying a wife meant that a man grabbed a woman's ear and announced that he would marry her. It is worth noting that in early Oracle Bone Inscriptions, women's roles were all kneeling, and then there was a disproportionate confrontation. This is a female hieroglyph. The hero's name is Tanaka, who works in the fields. In Shang Dynasty, there was a clear division of labor between men and women. Women have children, and men farm to support their families. The Book of Changes is an ancient divination book in China. Around the 6th century BC, Yin and Yang were used instead of heaven, earth, sun and moon to represent the dual forces of nature. Yin refers to Jiangnan, Shanbei, and refers to the shadow; Yang refers to Shan Zhinan, north of water and light. Later, Yin and Yang referred to women and men respectively. Long ago, China people distinguished gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and matched these five things with seasons, directions and gossip.

Water-Yin-Winter-North-Xuanwu; Fire-Yang-Summer-South-Suzaku; Wood-Shaoyang-Spring-Oriental-Qinglong; Jin Shaoyin-Autumn-West-White Tiger. Xuanwu is a kind of turtle and likes to mate with snakes. Suzaku is a beautiful pheasant, also known as Phoenix. Qinglong and Baihu have been synonymous with men and women and their sexual ability since the early AD. There is a natural gender imbalance between men and women, that is, men are weaker than women. This is evident in China's early life. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, red is a burning flame and a symbol of sex, vitality and creativity. On festive occasions, it should be painted red; At the wedding, decorating it in red is called a red event. Corresponding to red is white, which is synonymous with low sex and a symbol of death and sadness. The ancients in China thought that women were Rise of the Legend; Men are white and weak. So there is a saying that men are white and women are red. In ancient palace paintings, men and women were often depicted as naked, which meant that women were superior to men in sex.

But after entering the patriarchal society, the status of men is much higher than that of women. China's earliest poetry collection "The Book of Songs" records that boys and girls are treated completely differently at birth: born as human beings, sleeping with their backs on their beds, changing clothes and playing tricks; It is the place where women are born, where they sleep, where they wear clothes and where they play with tiles.