gluttonous [tāo tiè] is a mysterious monster in ancient China myths and legends. The ancient book "Shan Hai Jing Bei Ji Er Jing" introduces its characteristics: its shape is like a sheep's face, its eyes are under its armpits, and its hands are tiger-toothed. Want to know the legendary story about gluttony? Here are some legends about gluttony for your reference.

First, the legend of gluttony

The gluttonous image in the movie The Great Wall is the son of the gluttonous family, which is recorded in many ancient books, such as The Spring and Autumn Annals of Lu Family and Zuo Zhuan.

Nine sons born in a dragon is a popular idiom among the people, but whether gluttony is one of them is still controversial.

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gluttonous Zuo Zhuan Wen Gong Eighteen Years: "Shun Chen Yao, guest in four schools, flowed to the four fierce families, chaotic, Qiong Qi, awkward and gluttonous, and voted for four generations to resist the charm. It is because Yao collapsed and the world was one, and Dai Shun was United, thinking that he was the son of heaven, and he used his sixteen phases to go to the four evils. "

Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals [1]: "To the north of Sakamoto, the falcon, the bird, the country to be seen, the land of gluttony and Qiong Qi." The four fierce people only use chaos, Qiong Qi, elegance and gluttony as metaphors.

Records of the Five Emperors in Historical Records are described as "Hundun" of Di Hong, "Qiong Qi" of Shaoluo and "Wandering" of Zhuan Xu, all of which are called "three evils" together with "gluttony" of Jinyun.

The Miraculous Classic of Southwest Wilderness: "The southwest is full of people, hairy, wearing tapirs on their heads, greedy as wolves, and fond of accumulating wealth, instead of eating people's valleys. The strong seize the old and the weak, and are afraid of beating orders, which is called gluttony." In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the word "you're an owl" refers to gluttony.

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ancient Zhong Ding yi wares were carved with the shape of their heads as decorations. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals": "Zhou Ding is gluttonous, with Kubinashi's body, and cannibalism is not swallowed, which is harmful to his body." Shang pictographic gluttonous tripod and Shang dragon gluttonous tripod are all created from this.

Song Shaobo's Record after Hearing, Volume 26: "At the beginning of Shao Shengchu, the ancestor was an official in Chang 'an Mansion, and he sold soup cakes in front of the Han Gaozu Temple in Xicheng. He got a white jade, which was more than a foot high, carved with clouds and dragons, and was built as a sacred mountain in the sea, which was enough for gluttony and was a treasure of three generations."

With the changes of the times, the gluttonous patterns in Shang and Zhou Ding, which have the implication of governing the country, are gradually forgotten by people.

The Biography of Wei Shu Huan Xuan, an avaricious person, says: "Taking my concubine's tyranny is almost the same as six bodies, which makes the servant of Shangshu shoot as a matchmaker, and the long history is to welcome guests, feast and celebrate the long autumn."

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gluttony (15) The first act of Cao Yu's Peking Man: "And he is the most particular about eating. He is a famous glutton and is good at tasting the beauty and evil of food." Gluttony is good for food, so it stands in the tripod cover. He also said that gluttony is called gluttony, so gourmets are commonly called "gourmets"; The greed for money means greed in human nature in the world.

"gluttony" is a fierce beast in ancient legends of China, and its greatest feature is that it can eat. It is an imaginary mysterious monster. This monster has no body because he eats his own body too much, only a big head and a big mouth. He is very greedy and finally eats himself. It is a symbol of greed, so it is often used to describe gluttonous or greedy people.

Later generations exaggerated the gluttonous part of the gluttonous image. Su Dongpo once wrote an article "Gourmet Fu", which said, "The beauty of polymer is to support my gourmets", adding cuteness to gourmets, and friends who like food are also called "gourmets".

Tang du fu's poem "muntjac" reads: "Dressed as a thief, gluttonous with a beard." Qing Liyu's "Naihetian Partner Vinegar": "In the end, you will not be gluttonous, and the first guests will endure emptiness." Nie Gannu's "On Mr. Lu Xun's <: Weeds > ":"The evil spirits of human beings are perched on these living bones, and they are feasting on human flesh in their dead lives. "

Second, the historical record of gluttony

It is recorded in Ci Hai:

Gluttony is "the legendary evil beast of gluttony. In ancient Zhong Ding, the shape of its head was carved as a decoration. " When explaining the word gluttony in Ci Hai, it is said that gluttony means "greed", and in History of Rites and Music, Yan Shigu's note: "Greed means gluttony." Especially gluttony.

The Miraculous Sutra Southwest Wilderness Sutra: "There are people in the southwest, with hairy bodies and tapirs on their heads. Greed is like evil, accumulating wealth without using it, and being good at stealing people's grain (the original sentence "Good at accumulating wealth without eating people's grain", according to the "Historical Records of the Five Emperors", justice was introduced and changed). The strong take the old and the weak, and fear the strong and strike the single, which is called gluttony. "The Spring and Autumn Annals" is a gluttonous person, and Jinyun is also a talented person. "

In the 18th year of Zuo Zhuan and Wengong, it is said: "The Jinyun family is a scholar, greedy for food and drink, taking bribes from goods, invading desires and being extravagant, and cannot be greedy; Accumulate and accumulate facts, and don't know the truth; Regardless of the widowed, there is no pity for the poor. The people of the world are more fierce than three, which is called gluttony. " This is the so-called "Spring and Autumn Annals" in the Divine Classic.

An Overview of Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals: "Zhou Ding was gluttonous and had Kubinashi's body, but he didn't swallow his body when he ate, so it's even more rewarding to say so."

Song Luobi's Biography of Human-God says: "The God of Human-God is not common in appearance, and the three generations of Yi wares are full of images of human-god, which is the precept of those who are greedy for abuse. Its image rate is animal-shaped, and it is rich in meat wings. " If you slap what you say, you are almost gluttonous.

Zuo Zhuan says that gluttony is "the Jinyun family is not a gifted scholar", and Historical Records of the Five Emperors says: "The Jinyun family is a gifted scholar, greedy for food and taking bribes from goods, and the world is called gluttony." Jia Xuan was quoted in Historical Records of the Five Emperors: "Jinyun's family, Jiang's surname, was a descendant of Emperor Yan, and he was an official in Jinyun when he was the Yellow Emperor." The surname of Jiang Chiyou is also a descendant of Emperor Yan (Biography of the Road History Chiyou), so Chiyou is probably the "incompetent" gluttony of Jinyun. According to legend, gluttony is the result of resentment from the beheading of Chiyou after he was defeated by Emperor Yanhuang, and it has the ability to devour all things. It was sealed by the Yellow Emperor with a Xuanyuan sword (a dragon tattoo on the sword) and guarded by the lion family for generations (a gatekeeper lion). And "Yan Yan" recorded in Shan Hai Jing Bei Ci Er Jing, Guo Pu thought it was the gluttony of Zuo Zhuan.

Han Fu Qian quoted a cloud from the Divine Classic: "Gluttony is the name of a beast. Being like a sheep, with a human face and eyes under your armpits, cannibalism. "

Third, the details of gluttony

Interpretation of the article "Gluttony" in Wang Aijun's collected works: Lu's Spring and Autumn Period wrote: "Zhou Ding is gluttonous, with Kubinashi's body, and cannibalism is harmful to his body." It has been passed down from generation to generation that this pattern with eyes open and mouth open on bronze wares is called gluttony. If in the Shang Dynasty, whether this kind of decoration was also called gluttony, there is no way to test it. The culture of Shang and Zhou dynasties after history has made great progress, and the gluttonous patterns on bronzes are not casually embellished, but have their profound meanings; Moreover, there are more gluttonous patterns on the ritual vessels, although it is for offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, or it also has the dual desire of seeking happiness and making Xu unlucky.

gluttonous patterns are mainly composed by looking squarely at the faces of animals, and the left and right sides are symmetrical; For the sake of symmetry, there is one on the left and one on the right when carrying the body. The face is a natural and symmetrical figure, and any nation has a deep impression on the faces of animals and human beings. Because the face is a silent language, not only the expressions of joy, anger, sadness and joy are revealed on the face, but also the solemn, mighty, kind, vicious, insidious and mysterious attitudes.

gluttonous patterns, that is, using "strange things in mountains and rivers" as the theme, but these strange things are elusive. Ancient artists, unlike the painters in the prosperous times of civilization, had the ingenious means of "looking for ghosts and evil dogs and horses". At first, the manuscripts adopted were all loyal to realism, and gradually they were simplified from realism; Therefore, most of the images taken by gluttonous patterns have their origins, taking common animals and birds, or approaching human beings. Gluttonous patterns are mainly facial patterns, with feet, body and tail as secondary patterns, and thunder patterns as ground patterns. A complete main pattern is composed of crown ornaments, nose, eyes, eyebrows, horns, ears, mouth, teeth and other functions.

gluttony refers to negative images, but in the "gluttony map" in When I Die by Mr. Yu Guangzhong, "gluttony" is used here to appropriately describe the poet's love for the motherland.

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