<Medicine>(This is cannibalism)

Diary of a Madman

Author: Lust for the Sea Soseki Sang

(Comrade Zhou Zuoren of traitorous fame once wrote a small article related to the history of cannibalism in China, but I don't have the habit of taking notes when I read so it's hard to retrieve it now. My this is based on January 2005 I posted in the 'Tianya Miscellany' of the old article rewritten, the material is usually read from the book extracted.

It is often said that tigers do not eat their children, but mankind has a long history of cannibalism. Around the time of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, tribes such as the Scythians and the Sarmatians, who roamed the steppes of Central Asia, were in the habit of eating human flesh. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus recorded in his History that after killing an enemy, the Scythians would first drink the enemy's blood to lubricate their throats, then cut off the enemy's head as a qualification certificate for distributing the booty, and after distributing the booty, they would also scalp the enemy's head as a material for making souvenirs such as cloaks, arrow pouches, and so on. Finally, the skulls of the enemies are made into fine wine bowls, and those who have not killed an enemy are not entitled to share in the wine at the annual meetings held by the chiefs. Some of the Sarmahian or Massacaida tribes practiced "belly burials," in which all the dead, except those who died of disease, were eaten by the tribe. Many old people who are about to die are usually surrounded by a large number of eagle-eyed clansmen who visit them, but who are actually planning to euthanize them and then make pot roast out of them. They usually used the dead people as sacrifices to the gods along with the cows and goats, and then boiled the human flesh together with the meat of the cows and goats for a big feast. These histories often make me read to my soul, of course, cannibalism is not only in the grassland, they are also all over the ocean, the Maori in Oceania used to eat both fish and people. When I was a teenager reading science fiction novels like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, I was afraid of encountering Maori, thinking that it was really unfortunate for human beings to have Maori. At that time, I didn't know that in fact, all peoples may have a history of cannibalism.

What I am talking about here is the natural state of mankind, in fact, out of the natural state of mankind will still be "people will eat each other" or "easy to eat". It is said that Crassus, one of the ancient Roman triumvirate, was eaten by the Sabbatians after his defeat at Calais, and his brains made the wine bowl of the Sabbatian king. Xu Xilin of the late Qing Dynasty had his heart eaten by the personal soldiers of Anhui governor Enming. The Japanese besieged in the jungles of the South Seas during World War II also ate each other. Some time ago, it was rumored on the Internet that some restaurants in Guangdong were making foetus casserole, and recently it was reported that some perverted guys in Germany specialize in using human beings as dishes, so it is evident that the tragic human cannibalism is still happening. In fact, Chinese history on cannibalism records are full of history, from the pottery cave Taoju era to the Wen X Revolution, all man cannibalism tragedy is staged. "It was the year of drought in Jiangnan, and cannibalism in Quzhou." This is a sentence from Bai Juyi's Qin Zhong Yin. Chinese classical novels are also full of cannibalistic episodes: the Water Margin is full of human buns, Wu Song and Song Jiang were both nearly eaten, Zhu Gui and Mother Night both ran human bun stores, and The Three Kingdoms is also written about people feeding on people in a besieged city. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is written that Liu Bei, when he was fleeing for his life, looked upon Liu An's flimsy house as a place of refuge. Liu Bei, when he was fleeing, visited Liu An's humble home. Liu An, who was suffering from lack of food to entertain his royal uncle, went so far as to kill his wife for food. Liu Bei asked, "What kind of meat is this?" Liu Bei asked, "What kind of meat is this?" Liu An replied, "Wolf meat." After hearing this, Liu Bei had a good meal. This motherfucker Liu An in order to honor the motherfucker fake imperial uncle, even take the parlor guests pay guests, really ruthless as a wolf. From this, we can see that the ritualistic education which scorns life and women's rights is as venomous as a wolf, and Lu Xun said that the ritualistic education is cannibalistic, which is really true. In addition, the entire Journey to the West is the history of the struggle against cannibalism, so we might as well say that most of Chinese history is cannibalism and anti-cannibalism history.

If the phenomenon of cannibalism is due to famine or hatred, it is understandable, but if it is due to bravado and ass-kissing, cannibalism is really a bit puzzling. However, in the Spring and Autumn Annals of Lu Shi, it is said that there were two "good and brave men" in Qi who cut their own flesh in a hotel to show their courage. In the Spring and Autumn Period, in Qi, there was a treacherous man named Yi Ya, who made soup from his own breasts and offered it to Duke Heng of Qi to nourish his health. Yi Ya: "O day-to-day leader - please try it." Duke Heng: "Yes, yes, yes." It is clear that the Chinese people are willing to sacrifice blood money to kiss ass. But the real horror of cannibalism is in the era of famine caused by natural disasters or war, in that case, the weak are the strongest, and women and children and the old and sick are the most vulnerable. History shows that when the world was in turmoil at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the official army in Huaiyue captured people to fill up food when there was a shortage of food, and they especially liked to prey on women and children. The cannibalistic demons thought their flesh was more tender than that of adult men. It is said that the Yankees also ate their own women and children or Indians when they developed the West. But the Chinese were no worse than the Yankees when it came to eating women. In Luanyang xiaxia lu? Two" has praised a prefer to be eaten as a dish also do not want to lose the festival of women: "Ming Dynasty Hebei five provinces are starving, to the butcher sold meat, the official fee can be prohibited. A guest in Dezhou, Jingzhou, into the reverse traveler meal. He saw a young woman naked on a chopping board, tensed her hands and feet, and then drew water to wash her. The horror of the war, can not bear to look at the situation. The guest was so compassionate that he paid the ransom for her. He released her from her bonds, helped her with her clothes, and touched her breasts. The young woman said angrily: "I am grateful to you for your rebirth, and I can be a maid and old woman, but I can't be a concubine and concubine, but I won't serve my two husbands, and that's why I sold myself to this place. Why did you treat her so lightly? She took off her clothes and threw them to the ground, but she was still naked on the chopping block and closed her eyes to the butcher. The butcher hated her and cut off a piece of her flesh. He wailed and wailed, but he had no remorse." A naked woman was tied down on an anvil, and the butcher washed her body with water and prepared to cut her open, while she was in a state of shock. Throw! What a picture of human misery is this! This is the tragedy that happens once there is no food in China, which is known as a state of propriety and righteousness, so it can be seen how illusory benevolence, righteousness and morality are!!!! Some people say this is a story made up by Taoists to praise chaste women. Well then, I'll tell another story about eating women and children.

During the An Shi Rebellion, An Qingxu had sent Yin Ziqi to attack Suoyang (south of Shangqiu), a major town in northern Huaihe. The city was defended by Yue Fei-style loyalists plus Confucian generals Zhang Pan and Xu Yuan. Yin Ziqi had been attacking the city for a long time, and the city had run out of food, so the people were in danger and were worried that there would be a change in the city. The Old Tang Book, under the columns of Zhongyi, recorded: "Many of the soldiers died of starvation, and the survivors were all thin and tired. Patrol out of the concubine said: you have been years of lack of food, and loyalty and righteousness is not less decline, I hate not to cut my muscles to bite the crowd, rather than a concubine and sit down to watch the starvation of the soldiers? Was killed with a large meal, sitters are weeping. The people sitting there were all weeping. Far also killed slave boys to feed the pawns, to the rooks and rats, cooking armor and crossbows to eat. Being besieged for a long time, he first killed the horses to eat, and then he ate 30,000 mouths of women, the old and the weak. People knew they were going to die, but there was no one by the side. When the city broke down, there were only four hundred people left." Zhang patrol and Xu Yuan defended the city for ten months, when the food ran out, Zhang patrol live to kill their own concubines to let the generals hunger, the generals can not bear, Zhang patrol forced the generals to eat their own concubines of meat soup. This is how the thieves benevolent cruelty! In order to defend the city of Li Dynasty, Zhang Pat killed his concubine to feed his soldiers, and Xu Yuan also killed his children and servants to feed his soldiers. The two tyrants finally killed women, the old and the weak for food. The people are the foundation of the state. Killing the people to protect the state is like killing the foundation to protect the end, so why should we still guard such a city? If Zhang Xu had been benevolent and righteous, he should have sacrificed his city to protect the people and killed himself. They use the people's plasma for their "loyalty and righteousness" to enhance the glory, in the name of protecting the people's flesh under the crazy eating people, how paradoxical history!

In fact, feeding on people, discriminating against women, and disregarding life are the darkest aspects of Chinese traditional culture. There is another phenomenon that is just as vicious as cannibalism, and that is the imbalance in the social distribution structure. Under such circumstances, the phenomenon of cannibalism, as described by Mencius, "There are fat horses in the stables and starving corpses in the wild", will occur. Gu Yanwu said in "The Record of Daily Knowledge", "There is the demise of the country, and there is the demise of the world. The death of the country and the death of the world Xi defense? Said: change the name, called the death of the country; benevolence and righteousness to fill, but to the rate of animal cannibalism, people will eat each other, called the death of the world." "Know to protect the world and then know to protect their country. Protecting the country, its ruler and his ministers meat eaters seek; to protect the world, the lowly and responsible ears." This is the origin of the allusion to "the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband". Confucianism is to educate the world with propriety and righteousness as its own responsibility, "there is a family and a country" is only a member of the world. Therefore, Mr. Liang Shuming believed that Gu did not have the present-day view of the country, and Gu meant that the death of the royal family was not terrible, but if the four dimensions of propriety, righteousness, honesty and shame were lost, it would be tantamount to the death of the world. However, from Mencius, Gu Yanwu to Liang Shuming everyone did not understand that the animal nature of man is the four dimensions of propriety, justice, honesty and shame can not be constrained, especially in the consumer society, Chinese people will easily destroy the fragile dimension of propriety and governance, once again degraded to cannibalism of the natural state of man will no longer have the moral conviction of respect for the right to life of the right to life of their fellow human beings. It is precisely for this reason that cannibalism is a recurring cycle in China. In this sense, the repetition of propriety, righteousness, honesty and shame to save the world, is not also a salary to put out the fire type of death of the world signs?