What does Lafayette mean? What is this?

The common name of Empress Dowager Cixi or Emperor Tai Shang in Qing Dynasty.

The reason why the Qing emperor used the name "Lafayette" was because the ancestors of Manchu, the leader of the Jurchen nationality, were first called "Man Zhu". "Full column" is a transliteration of the Buddhist name "Schumann", which means "Buddha" and "auspicious".

Later, some prominent families and hereditary leaders were named "Manzhu". After the founding of New China, Manchu translated "Manzhu" into "Buddha" as the special name of the emperor.

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In too many film and television programs in the Qing Dynasty, the vocabulary of "Lafayette" emerged one after another. In the face of Empress Dowager Cixi, there is not only a mouthful of "Lafayette", but also the word "auspicious". Today sounds like a good compliment. But in fact, in the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi was not allowed to speak so casually.

Mr. Zhu Jiajin, a famous cultural relic scholar, specifically talked about this commonly used vocabulary today in his book Dream of Shichahai. It turned out that officials met the Queen Mother at that time, and there was no such thing as kowtowing and saying "Long live Lafayette" in today's film and television. No matter whether an official sees the emperor or the empress dowager, he must kneel down and say, "Minister XX asks the empress dowager for an imperial edict."

You can't call it "Lafayette", you must call it "Empress Dowager" in person. When the eunuch was on duty, the queen mother came out of the room. Eunuchs only need to stand with their hands down, without saluting or talking nonsense. If the queen mother asks questions, the eunuch should kneel down and answer immediately.

If the eunuch takes the initiative to enter the door to fight, he will kneel down and say, "Slave XXX asks the Queen Mother Saint Ann", unlike "Lafayette is auspicious" in the movies now.

The word "Galeries Lafayette" also existed at that time. But that's what eunuchs and some officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs secretly gave to the Western Empress Dowager. But it is still called the "Empress Dowager". Those ministers are either called "Lafayette" to his face or "Lafayette" behind his back.

As for saying "good luck" to each other, it was only when eunuchs met and said hello. It's hard to get on the stage. Not only can't you say that when you see the queen mother, but there is no such rule when you see the minister.

Some junior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs may have acquired this habit. When they meet eunuchs with high status, they say hello: "Master XX is lucky", indicating that they are close to each other and are "one of their own".

In the feudal era, especially in the imperial court, many languages were "graded", measured and differentiated, and could not be misused.

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