Ban on pigs

In the 14th year of Zhengde (1519), Zhu Huzhao (reigned from 1506 to 1521) of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty , ordered the people to ban pigs from raising pigs. Known as the "ban on pigs" in history.

Basic information

"The Records of Wu Zong" records: "Yizimao, December 14th year of Zhengde, went up to Yizhen. At that time, when I visited fortunately, civilian pigs were banned, and the slaughter was exhausted. There were farmers in the field, and they were all thrown into the water. Yes. At the age of the year, Yizhen was Ding Si, and the Secretary replaced it with a sheep."

Wanli people Shen Fu in the " Wanli wild allocated " and reads: "When Wuzong Nan Xing, Yangzhou line to the left of War assistant minister Wang (Constitution) copy Bong mighty imperial governor adjutant general of the army commander after the Military Government Taishi town. Guo Gong Zhu (Shou) Jun Post: According to the law, raising pigs and slaughtering pigs is a common practice. However, when the title is born, the surname is different in the same pronunciation. The condition of food is accompanied by sores, which is deeply inconvenient. For this reason where, in addition to cattle and sheep can not help, but not allowed to sacrifice about to hog feeding, and easy to sell slaughter, should therefore illegal , and this made the room when the wife and children, made very edge of forever banished. " [1]

The name of Li Xu , who was at the same time as Wu Zong , was written in the book " Manbi for the Old Man at Jie'an ". There was a notice in his family's collection that contained the chronograph on December 19th, 14th year of Zhengde. An excerpt from the original text of the ban on pigs: "The home for raising pigs is easy to sell and slaughter. It is commonplace, but when a knight is born, he has a surname. Although the characters are different, the sound is the same. When the ban is committed. If it is violated, the offender will also send the extreme side guards, and will always be in the army."

Cause

Superficial reason

Zhu Houzhao banned people from raising pigs for two reasons: one is that his surname "Zhu" and "pig" are homophones, so he should avoid taboos; the other is that he happened to be born in the year of the pig. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao believed that words like raising pigs, killing pigs, swine fever, pigs and dogs are not good for him, the emperor surnamed Zhu, so he ordered the people to ban pigs from raising pigs.

Critical situations and imbalances

The absurd decree similar to the "ban on pigs" was not initiated by Ming Wuzong. For example, Emperor Li of the Tang Dynasty banned people from cooking carp because of the homophony of "carp" and "Li"; Song Huizong had ordered the people of the world to ban killing dogs because of his zodiac sign of a dog. The "Pig Prohibition Order" issued by Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was nothing more than picking up people's teeth. So, why did Ming Wuzong issue a "ban on pigs"? On the surface, Ming Wuzong was born in the year of Xinhai, and his zodiac sign is pig, and "pig" and "zhu" have the same pronunciation. Everyone should avoid taboos. Obviously, Ming Wuzong had regarded pig raising and pig slaughtering as a common folk affair against the emperor. For this reason, Ming Wuzong also raised the absurd view that eating pork would cause sores and would be harmful to health. The "ban on pigs" is full of ignorant and superstitious thoughts and ridiculous logic. In fact, Ming Wuzong's desperate ban on pigs was caused by his critical situation and unbalanced psychology at the time.

During the Zhengde period, the eunuchs were monopolizing power, the government of officials was corrupted, land annexation was serious, armed uprisings were frequent, the country was extremely turbulent, and the regime was in crisis. Seeing that Ming Wuzong had no heirs and ignored the government, the princes everywhere were almost ready to move, waiting for an opportunity to replace him. Masanori five years of Ningxia An Wang Zhu Zhifan rebellion, Masanori fourteen years Jiangxi Ning Zhu Chen Hao of revolted, though were put down, but let Ming Tsung feel their perilous position. At the same time, many close ministers around Ming Wuzong also turned back and sought new owners. For example, Qian Ning , the chief steward of his favorite " Leopard House ", colluded closely with King Ning. In this situation of betrayal and separation, Ming Wuzong's psychology gradually became unbalanced and his psychological burden gradually increased. Even when he wanted to have fun on the southern tour, his nerves were still in a state of high tension. He would feel uncomfortable when he saw people killing pigs and eating meat, and he would think of the horror of being killed. By banning people from killing pigs, one can get an inexplicable sense of comfort and security in their psychology. This is the true mentality of the Ming Wuzong's "Pig Prohibition Order.

Zhu Houzhao his people

Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao (1491-1521) was a famous absurd emperor in history. During the Qing Dynasty, if the princes did not study seriously, they would be reprimanded by their masters: "Do you want to learn Zhu Huzhao?!" Ming Wuzong Zhu Huzhao was in power for a very long time, and he did a ton of ridiculous things. He can leave the Minister of State and political affairs and go out secretly many times for fortune; he can let the harem beauties stand alone in the vacant room, send people everywhere to rob women for their lust; he can let the emperor improperly, willing to be a small general officer ; He could not give birth to a son himself, but adopted more than 200 imperial concubines from the fallen prisoners...and the most absurd of them is the one he issued when he traveled south of the Yangtze River in the 14th year of Zhengde (1519). Prohibition of pigs".

Introduction

After Wu Zong's "Pig Ban Order" was issued, the Jiangbei area was the most affected, which later spread to the capital. A month later, Yang Tinghe , a cabinet scholar who stayed behind in the capital, learned about this, so he wrote a special article on this matter in February in the 15th year of Zhengde (1520). Starting from the overall situation of advocating science and caring about people's livelihood, he refuted all the reasons for banning pigs of Ming Wuzong one by one, and suggested that the edict be reissued to the world, abolish the ban on pigs, and let the people live in peace. In March of the fifteenth year of Zhengde (1520), the Ministry of Rites stated that the country’s normal ceremonies must use the “ three animals ” of cattle, pigs, and sheep . Today, pork has disappeared and cannot be carried out as usual. It is requested to be changed. Due to various pressures from various quarters, Ming Wuzong had to quietly lift the ban, "the hog is still used for internal approval", but only a little evasive in the place where the sacred driving house went. A ridiculous ban on pig farce that lasted only three months but was laughed at for five hundred years by posterity came to an end.

"Please Exempt from Killing Pigs" Full Text

I would like to ask. Recently, it is rumored that officials in towns and villages in Zhili, Shandong, etc. implied imperial decree, banned appointments with local people, and forbidden to raise hogs and sell them for slaughter. Offenders will issue extreme side guards and will always be in the army. It has been circulated from far and near that between ten days and days, residents in cities and villages everywhere feared felony, and then they would kill and sell their hogs at reduced prices. There are even those who dig and bury small hogs in the ground. People are terrified and unpredictable.

The ministers waited hard to think about it, the folks raised cattle, and the temple courts in the suburbs offered sacrifices, feasts and shame, while the officials and the people provided daily food and beverages. It's all here, and it's indispensable for one day. Mencius said: The animals of chickens, hogs, dogs, and hogs can eat meat. The ancient sages and kings ruled the world, so the property of the people was controlled in this way. And if the person is 50 years old, it is not full of meat, so the animals of dolphins and hogs are the tools of health maintenance, not the cause of disease. The blight of life is caused by internal injuries of blood and qi and external feelings of rheumatism. Is it caused by eating hog meat? Besides, the small people's animal husbandry trade uses this as a physiological resource. Is it possible to ban the breeding of orthodox education? As for the twelve birthdays, belonging to the animal, it is the theory of the magician who calculates the fate of the stars. If the pronunciation of the country's surname is the same, the ancients will not hide the name. Although those who are taboo between the words, they still don't hide their names. Now it is because of the sound of the words and the same thing. How can it be? Moreover, there are more domestic livestock than other animals. Cattle is used for farming instead of farming , and it is not something that can be used in common use. Private slaughter is forbidden by law and cannot be indulged. Although the matter may be trivial, the matter is very relevant. It's not a detailed story to spread this way to future generations, and it's true that you must worry about it. The emperor Fuwang had an insight into the situation, carefully examined the order, and ordered the commander to pursue the decree before going to bed. It is still common practice to tell people everywhere to live in peace, and do not cause surprises, but things are not behaved, and people are comforted and happy.

Similar events

Event one

In 1131, a pig got underneath the hooves of the son of King King of France of France , that caused the heir to the throne to fall from his horse and die. The history of pig development in Paris has since been rewritten. it's not possible to steer freely, and that they are raised in captivity. By the ordinal century, the law additionally specifically stipulated that the commissioners of the tiny castle were liable for killing the pigs that wandered within the streets.

Event two

In 1539, the French leader was Francois I , referred to as the " Father of the French Renaissance ." This year, the emperor issued a pardon to resolve the sanitation drawback in Paris-"By the grace of God, Francois, King of France, informs everybody from currently on, that we tend to ar absolutely conscious of our town of Paris and also the outskirts of the city ar terribly foul, thus ramshackle, and even in some places, riding and riding ar extraordinarily tough and inconvenient..."

“For this reason, we tend to need and order the guards, district chiefs and captains of the fifty-man militia to report back to the Paris magistrates and their criminal officers in writing inside one week of the promulgation of the decree on all homes within the districts that don't have latrines and sewers. One week later, the order was issued. The lord and owner of the house concerned, the caretaker and tenants, allow them to apprehend that they have to build a public toilet drain inside 3 months of receiving a written order, otherwise their homes are confiscate...” (Paragraph 24)

"Order all the preceding persons World Health Organization hold and lift piglets, sows , boars, goose chicks , rabbits and pigeons within the preceding areas with none excuses. All the mentioned piglets, sows, boars , Goose chicks, pigeons and rabbits head to head or sent to boost outside of Paris and also the suburbs, otherwise they're going to be subject to seizure of the on top of things and physical penalization..." (Paragraph 29)

Event 3

The thirty second Dongguan Party and Government Leadership Joint Meeting continued November twenty six, 2007 set that from January one, 2009, Dongguan illegal pig raising within the whole town and located {a place|an ara} wherever pig breeding activities are still disbursed. shut down one, investigate and take care of one till the piggery disappears utterly.

Later on the national media and netizens questioned, Li Yuquan, the politician of Dongguan town, unconcealed throughout the National 2 Sessions that the Dongguan town government has off the "prohibition of pig raising" policy. He said: "Originally we tend to thought this concept was a lot of in line with the particular state of affairs in Dongguan, however once paying attention to heaps of opinions, and supported the relevant policies, we tend to felt that this approach was inappropriate, thus we tend to off it!"