[tāo tiè]

gluttony

gluttony is a mysterious monster in ancient Han myths and legends. The ancient book Shan Hai Jing introduces its characteristics: its shape is like a sheep's body and a human face.

In ancient Zhong Ding, the shape of the head was carved as decoration. "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." "The Miraculous Classic of Southwest Wilderness Classic": "The southwest is crowded with people, hairy, wearing tapirs on their heads, greedy as wolves, greedy for their own wealth, and not eating people's valleys. The strong seize the old and the weak, and fear the shackles and strike orders, which is called gluttony." Song Shaobo's Record after Hearing, Volume 26: "At the beginning of Shao Shengchu, the ancestor was an official in Chang 'an Mansion. He sold soup and cakes at the people's house in front of the Han Gaozu Temple in Xicheng, and got a white jade, which was more than a foot high. It was carved with clouds and dragons all over the place, and it 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 implied the meaning of governing the country, were gradually forgotten by people, and later generations exaggerated the gluttonous part of the gluttonous image. Su Dongpo once wrote an article "Ode to the Gourmet", saying, "The beauty of the polymer is built to support my gourmets", which added cuteness to the gluttony. Up to now, friends who like food are called "gluttons".