Updated: 2009-11-17

(I) The fantasy An Lushan

The glory of the Tang Dynasty was largely due to the help of all the foreign generals. The "New Book of Tang" specially established a volume of "Biography of the Barbarians and the Foreign Generals" to record the military achievements of these soldiers. However, success was Xiao He and defeat were Xiao He. The end of the glory of the Tang Dynasty was largely attributed to a foreign general named An Lushan.

An Lushan's nickname is "Jainian Mountain", which is said to mean "God of War" in Turkic. This An Lushan was a brave general in his early years. The "New Book of Tang. Biography of Rebel Ministers" listed him as the number one "meanor" and recorded that he once captured dozens of Khitans with five cavalry. At that time, An Lushan could still be called "magnificent and fair", tall and fair-skinned. Considering his mixed-race, (his father is currently from Central Asia and his mother is Turkic). This is not surprising. After middle age, An Lushan became more and more fat and gained weight in middle age. This was an ordinary physical change, but An Lushan was a bit surprisingly fat.

The "New Book of Tang" records that his abdomen was so huge that he was about to hit his knees. Every time he entered the court, he had to change his horses on the way. Moreover, the horses were good horses that could carry heavy loads, otherwise the horse would not be able to bear it and fell to the ground.

All this is reasonable. After all, everyone has the power to be fat. However, "New Book of Tang" describes that An Lushan, who is so fat, can actually dance the "Hu Xuan dance", which is a bit fantastic. "The Book of Yuefu Miscellaneous Records" records that the scope of this kind of dance is limited to a small round carpet, where dancers leaps across and across, and their feet never leave the round carpet. "New Book of Tang Li Ji Zhi 17" records that this kind of dance "the dancer rotates like the wind on the blanket."

You can imagine: a fat man with fair skin, belly hanging above his knees, and can crush his horse to death on a small round blanket that can only accommodate his feet, facing the supreme ruler of the empire, Li Longji, Emperor Tang Ming, and his beloved concubine Yang Yuhuan, quickly spinning his fat belly...

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty also liked to joke with this belly and asked him: "What is it inside with such a big belly?"

The fat and fat An Lushan replied: "There is nothing inside, it's just a heart that's covered."

So the emperor was very happy.

Many people in history have used this to criticize this guy for being stupid and treacherous, changing his mind when he sees the wind, and hiding evil intentions.

To be fair, from the perspective of modern medicine, most people have a heart in their stomachs, and colorful hearts are rare. Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are clear. No matter what, the board that allows people to be unknown must be hit on Li Longji himself first.

Although there was no professional scandal hype at that time, the public was very concerned about the romantic affairs seen by the palace. Somehow, they sent An Lushan and Yang Guifei together, saying it with a slight look. It seemed that someone came into An Lushan's fat belly and saw his heart engraved with "Dear Yang Yuhuan, I love you like a mouse loves rice". Some legends in Tang Dynasty attributed the reason for An Lushan's rebellion to Yang Yuhuan, which was quite stunning, "crying bitterly the six armies and being white, and being angry as a beauty". It was not easy to think about Yang Guifei, "Looking back and smiling, the six palaces have a charming pink and no color". Although it is difficult to be a woman, it is even more difficult to be a beautiful woman, and it is even more difficult to be a beautiful famous woman, but the responsibility of the Six Palaces and Six Armys is actually a woman to bear. Apart from indicating that men shirking responsibility and history itself is a fantasy story, it seems that it is hard to say anything else.

Qin Chun of the Song Dynasty wrote the legendary "Lishan Record", which records that the fantasy An Lushan was drunk and lying drunk on Lord Mingxia, and suddenly transformed, (or had a gene mutation?) Anyway, the horns appeared on his head and a long body of a long steel. The palace man hurriedly reported to the emperor: "An Lushan has become a dragon!" It is estimated that Emperor Ming of Tang was puzzled at the time: "I haven't changed yet, why is it his turn?" So he hurriedly came to a look. After reading it, as an ancient fantasy biology expert (in fact, the emperor is smarter than the emperor. Even if he said coal is black, someone must have said it was right), Emperor Ming immediately made an expert identification conclusion: "Don't be afraid, this is a pig dragon."

Afterwards, when the imperial concubine asked about this, Emperor Minghuang of Tang gave a good explanation from the perspective of "biology": the real dragon has a long horn, a tight mane, a tight belly, a double tail (the tail length exceeds the body or several times), a deep eyes and a high nose, a thick lunar claw, and a bloody tongue (don't get me wrong, this must be not pigment precipitation).. An Lushan's dragon has a big belly, a red tail, a thin lunar claw, and a sparse horn, a short horn... In short, it is a fake product. I guess I can't get a real dragon diploma, so I naturally can't sit in the country.

Of course, this story is a legendary family saying, and cannot be taken seriously, but a poem by Du Fu can be regarded as a poetic history: "The country is broken, the mountains and rivers are there, the city is spring, the grass and trees are deep. When I feel the flowers shed tears, I hate the birds are frightened. The war is fired for three months, and the letters of the family are worth ten thousand gold. The white head is even shorter, and I can't stand the hairpin."

A fantasy fat man who can dance has brought the troubles to the Tang Dynasty, but it is not fantasy at all.

(II) The fantasy "Kunlun Slave"

The Tang Dynasty was strong, so many foreign servants came to the Tang Dynasty to act as laborers. Of course, there were both voluntary and forced ones. Among these foreign laborers, the "Kunlun Slave" had the strongest fantasy color.

Historians have verified the origin of Kunlun slaves, and many historical books have recorded them. The "Reply to the Left Outside Answers" written by Zhou Qufei of the Song Dynasty is quite detailed, and the full text is not long, and the copy is as follows:

"On the southwest sea, there is a Kunlun Sea, connecting the islands. There are often great rocs flying, covering the sun and moving the sun. There are wild camels, and they will swallow them when they meet them. Some pick up the wings of the roc and cut off their tubes, which can be used as buckets. There are also camels, cranes, whose body is six or seven feet long and whose wings can fly, but they are not tall. They eat groceries and fire, or burn red and hot copper and iron to eat them. They produce large ivory and rhinoceros horns. There are also many wild people on the islands, whose bodies are like black paint and fists, and they lure them to capture them. They move tens of millions and sell them to slaves."

In this narrative, whether the author is heard, speaks nonsense, or inherits the ancients, we all see the unrestrained imagination between the lines: the great roc that covers the sky and the sun, a feathered tube that can be used as a bucket; the camel crane that eats fire and swallows iron, and the Kunlun slave with black skin and fist hair - these words are not inferior to the "Astrological Nights" which is famous for its imagination and fantasy.

Pei Yan, a legendary master of the Tang Dynasty, created an outstanding image of Kunlun slaves in "Kunlun slaves": the owner of Kunlun slave Mole, a boy named Cui, fell in love with a singer from a first-class official. He suffered from lovesickness, had a heart but no courage, and stayed at home every day to be depressed. Kunlun slaves learned about his thoughts and bravely shared the worries of the masters. There was a dog in front of the pedestal, "Watching the singing brothel, people are not allowed to enter, and they will be killed. His warning is like a god, and his fierceness is like a tiger." Facing such a fantasy dog, Kunlun slaves are not afraid and use chain cones to kill them. Of course, when killing dogs, they must not sing "Use nunchaku quickly and hum haha..."

After killing the dog, Kunlun slaves came over Cui Sheng and climbed into the high wall. A pair of lovers told each other about their feelings. After saying, "I asked Ji to put a bag and make-up box for him first, and then I said, "I'm afraid that Chi Ming." So he flew out of the steep wall with Ji more than ten. There are no policemen in the first-rank family's guards."

The Kunlun slave carried the song girl's makeup box back and forth many times, and then he jumped out of the high wall with two people on his back. None of the guards in the palace noticed that he was either superb in light skills or proficient in magic, and there was little possibility of riding a broom.

Unexpectedly, the story of the east window was revealed. The boy named Cui was too unrighteous and caused all the causes and consequences in front of the high official. So the first-class master sent fifty armored soldiers to capture Mole. Kunlun slave "flyed out of the high wall with a dagger, glanced out of the high wall like a feather, and was as fast as an eagle, and was as fast as a hawk, and his arrows were as rain, and he could not catch it." The general idea was that Kunlun slave held the dagger and flew out of the high wall like an eagle. He let the arrows go as he was, and he could not hurt him at all. More than ten years later, someone in the Cui family saw him selling medicine in Luoyang, and his appearance was as old as before. It can be seen that he was not only possessed a unique skill, but also had a great chance of maintaining his face, and he might have to live forever.

According to historians' research, this "first-ranking" in the article is Guo Ziyi, a famous general in Xingtang who wiped out the fantasy fat man in the previous article.

"New Book of Tang. Biography of Guo Ziyi" records that Guo Ziyi once took off his armor and removed his helmets in the army of ten thousand horses, led dozens of cavalry into the enemy formation, met the leader of the Uighurs, talked freely, and eliminated a sword and war. He died in vain all his life, and was a legendary figure. The legendary family used him as the prototype to shape the image of a high-ranking official, which contrasted the intelligence and courage of Kunlun slaves. In contrast, Cui Sheng, the master of Kunlun slave, seemed even more timid and fearless, and had no character. In front of Kunlun slaves, the "slave" of the Gentiles, it was pale.

Another famous image of Kunlun slave comes from the legend written by Yuan Jiao in the Tang Dynasty, "Tao Xian":

Tao Xian was the grandson of Tao Yuanming, famous in the court. He was also a famous scholar wearing Xie Gong clogs and climbing the green cloud ladder. He loved mountains and rivers. He often carried a two-foot ancient sword, a four-inch diameter jade ring and a Kunlun slave who was good at water. Mr. Tao called these three things his three treasures. Whenever he traveled to the beautiful water, he threw the jade ring and the ancient sword into the water, and let the Kunlun slave go into the water to get it as an entertainment. Unexpectedly, when he passed Chaohu Lake, Maha went into the water to get the ring and the sword, but was bitten by a poisonous snake in the water and cut off his finger.

Mr. Tao did not learn from his lessons. When he passed by the boat in Xisai Mountain, he found that the river was black and not flowing. He knew that there were monsters under the water, but he still threw Yuhuan and the ancient sword into the water and asked Kunlun slaves to take it. Unexpectedly, there was a two-meter-long dragon under the water. Maha was defeated and came on the boat to report. The famous scholar said to Kunlun slaves: "The three treasures have been lost, and it is useless to keep one of you. I will try my best to help me catch the Yuhuan and the ancient sword."

As a result, Kunlun slaves were forced to helplessly, "was shouted loudly, bleeding from their eyes" and returned to Heijiang, and unfortunately died in a fight with the dragon.

Tao Xian did, and lost the demeanor of his ancestors, "the mountain spirit is beautiful every day and the birds return together", which is even worse than the standard of "the kind-hearted love for others". However, this brave Kunlun slave who is good at water is very brave and loyal, which is regrettable. Walking 1234567

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(III) Fantasy Hu Shang

Let’s talk about foreign servants in the Tang Dynasty, and let’s talk about foreign merchants in the Tang Dynasty.

An Lushan was a Hu man. Due to the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty and frequent cultural exchanges between China and the West, Chang'an City was even more mixed in all directions. The concept of "Hu man" was also relatively broad. Even people from the Qin Dynasty (Eastern Rome) and other places can also be called Hu man. The identities of Hu man are diverse, including foreign generals, painters, actors, monks, merchants, translators (translation), civil servants, medical officials, musicians, and scholars (not masters... When Master Xuanzang left Chang'an, a sorcerer He Zhongda told the master that if the mounts who went west were "slim old red horses, and there was iron in front of the lacquered saddle bridge", the consequences were as follows, and such people were quite similar to prophets and fortune tellers.)

Among these Hu people, the stories of Hu merchants are also related to rare treasures. Some of the stories of Hu merchants and pearls are quite fantastic. "Taiping Guangji" records many stories of Hu merchants, let's give a few examples:

"During Wu Zetian, a certain country in Xifan offered her the mandibular bone of King Vilou Boyi and the tongue of the Pratyekabud, and there was a green mud bead. Wu Zetian hung the mandibular bone and tongue for the people to see. The mandibular bone was very big, like a small chair; the tongue was green, as big as a cow's tongue; the bead was as big as a thumb, slightly blue. Wu Zetian did not know the preciousness of the Qing mud bead, so he gave it to the monk of Ximing Temple. The monk put the bead on the forehead of Vajra. Later,

The monk preached, and a Hu man who came to listen to the lecture looked at the bead without turning his eyes. For more than ten days, he always stared under the bead, and his heart did not need to be listened to. The monk understood in his heart, so he asked the Hu man: "Does the donor want to buy this bead?" The Hu man said: "If it is possible to sell, I guarantee a high price." The monk's initial asking price was 1,000 guan, and gradually increased to 10,000 guan, and the Hu man agreed. So he sold it for 100,000 guan. The Hu man bought the bead

Then he cut open the flesh on his legs, put the beads into it, and then returned to his country. The monk reported this to Wu Zetian soon. Wu Zetian ordered the search for this Hu man. A few days later, the envoy found the Hu man and asked him where the bead was. He said he had swallowed the beads into his stomach. The envoy wanted to cut open his stomach to test, but he had no choice but to take the beads out of the flesh of his legs. (This is more cruel than the other...) Wu Zetian summoned the Hu man and asked:

"What do you want to use this bead for a high price?" The Hu people said: "There is a green mud pole in a certain country in Xifan. There are many pearls and treasures in the bore. However, the mud is very deep and it is impossible to get the treasures. If this green mud bead is thrown into the bore, the mud will turn into water and those treasures can be obtained." Wu Zetian then used the green mud bead as a treasure. Until the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the bead was still there." ("Taiping Guangji Volume 402 Treasures 3" from "Guangyi Ji")

On the one hand, it can be explained that the Buddhist teachings of the Celestial Empire are flourishing, and on the other hand, it can also be seen that Hu Shang Zhibao is important. Of course, it is unknown whether the magical green mud bead has the environmental protection effect of purifying the mud. If there was a science fiction novel at that time, this story could be considered one, but it is probably only considered a soft science fiction or light novel.

Another story about the Hu people and the Pearl is like this:

"In recent times, there were Persian Hu people who went to Fufeng to travel (note: equivalent to an inn), and saw square stones outside the master's door and lingering for several days. The master asked about the reason. Hu said, "I want to pound silk." Because he asked for money for two thousand yuan. The master was very happy to get the money, so he used the stone to give it a stone. Hu carried the stone out and cut it out of the crowd to get a diameter of one inch bead. He used a knife to break his armpit and hide it inside, and returned to his country. He traveled with the boat and traveled for more than ten days. The boat suddenly wanted to disappear. The boatman knew that the sea god was looking for treasure, so he searched it everywhere, but there was no treasure and god, so he wanted to drown Hu. Hu was afraid, so he cut his armpit and took the beads. The boatman cursed: "If you want this bead, you should have something to do." The sea god then took one hand, and the big one left with the beads." (Source same as above)

These two Hu people were not very lucky. They finally hid the pearl in their flesh. As a result, one was taken back by the Emperor of Humanity, and the other was taken back by the God of Sea. They suffered some flesh and blood in vain and were happy. However, the Hu Shang Dynasty hidden dragons and tigers were not only these people with bad luck, but also Zhang Du, the Minister of Rites, wrote an article "Lu Yong" (from "Xuanshi Zhi"), which is summarized as follows:

It is said that there is a man named Lu Yong in the east of Chang'an City. He liked to eat noodles since he was a child, and the more he ate, the thinner he became. This group of Hu people were strong, one of whom knew medicine, told Lu Yong: "The noodles are not the king, but the one in the king's stomach is an ear." Although there was no such thing as "resident Evil" and "apart from the word "apart from the body", he naturally had to take medicine if there were insects in his stomach. Mr. Lu took the pills given by Hu Shang, "and spit out a worm, about two inches long, blue inch in color, and like a frog." The Hu man was overjoyed and told Mr. Lu that the frog insect was the most treasure in the world. "It was born from the harmony of heaven and earth, so he liked to eat noodles. It was planted by wheat from autumn and then became solid in the summer of the next year. He received the full energy of the four seasons of heaven and earth, so he liked to eat it." The general idea was that the insect was condensed from the essence of heaven and earth.

The reason why I love eating noodles is because the wheat that makes noodles is sown in autumn and harvested in summer (those improved varieties are not included...) All the heaven and earth energy in all seasons have been experienced (probably just like the stone in Huaguo Mountain who has received the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the sun and moon suddenly becomes a monkey; the Heaven Stone has experienced the wind and moon on earth and suddenly said that "Dream of Red Mansions" is the same...) So it is very consistent with the appetite of this insect. All the treasures in the world are condensed from the vitality of heaven and earth, and this insect is the treasure among treasures. With this root, you are not afraid of not getting other treasures - so what is the most rare in the world? Talent, although there are rare dough-eliminating insects, it is even rarer to see insects through your stomach.

Hu Shang got the insect and then went to the sea. "The oil was ointmented in the silver cauldron, and the fire was formed under it, and it was poured into the cauldron, and it was refined for seven days." After burning the insect with the silver cauldron for seven days, the big boss of this treasure had trouble eliminating the insect, so the employees below naturally could not ignore it. First, a boy came and brought out a plate of inch beads (look... they gave it to him, and the man on it finally got one, but the sea god snatched it away). As a result, the Hu Man looked down on him and scolded the boy who gave the treasure. Then a beautiful jade girl sister, and the beads she gave were not suitable for Hu Shang's wishes. Finally, an immortal came and sent a three-inch bead. The merchant gave up, took the beads and stopped roasting the insects.

After the fire was stopped, the insect that had been burning for seven days was still lively and unharmed. It seems that if Hu Shang had no money in the future, hello, "Come on, roast the frog." Everything will be fine.

The story is not over yet. The Hu man "swallowed his pearl and said to Yong, "I follow me into the sea, be careful and not afraid." Yong immediately held the Hu man wearing it and entered it. The sea waters were all open for dozens of steps, and all the clans who were scaled back were cleared back. They visited the Dragon Palace, entered the Jiao Room, and had pearls and strange treasures. They only chose what they wanted, and they gained a lot in one night."

It turned out that the immortal's pearl was actually a water-retarding bead. After Hu Shang swallowed it (he was not afraid of stomach stones) took Mr. Lu straight to the Dragon Palace, the Jiao Man's palace, and took countless gold and silver treasures. Mr. Lu got a piece of the pie and started international trade and sold it in South Vietnam. "The goods were obtained from Nanyue and received a thousand gold titaniums". He no longer served in the officialdom, and he was prosperous and free and easy.

The above magical and magnificent stories of the Tang Dynasty may be seen in official history, notes, or collections of legends in the Tang and Song dynasties. They are all included in the Tang Dynasty. Foreign figures, from emperors, generals, and ministers to merchants, all imagine fantasy, vast oceans, gods, dragons, immortals, and people. They all appear in their writings; play, laugh, anger, and scolding all become articles - but we inherit too little, but forget too quickly.

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