Yam

The name of Yam, it sounds so good. The medicine in the mountains seems to be a fairy who lives in a misty place with no one. Once born, it will have a different style and taste. It's just that real history often has its unexpected twists.

In fact, the original name of yam is Yam. According to the Zongshi language quoted in the Compendium of Materia Medica: "Dyota, because of the name of Zong in the Tang Dynasty, it was avoided to be changed to potato medicine; and because of the taboo of Song Yingzong, it was changed to yam. It is not a Japanese name."

According to Encyclopedia, Emperor Li Yu of Tang Dynasty (November 11, 726 - June 10, 779) was first named Chu (ㄔㄨ, chù), and his nickname was Donglang. Song Yingzong Zhao Shu (February 16, 1032 - January 25, 1067), formerly known as Zhao Zongshi. And the yam we know today has been changed, and it has nothing to do with the original name.

The taboos of the ancients did not have such strictness at the beginning, and the people of the early Han Dynasty did not care about taboos very much, and there is no later legend that Li He could not be admitted to the jinshi, just because his father's name had the word "Jin" in it.

But all the rules and regulations attached to power will always rely on power to impose on people's hearts, intensify their efforts, but lose their original favor.

In the Han Dynasty, filial piety and honesty were promoted, and "honesty" did not know how to express it, but "filial piety" became a tool to be advertised.

By the time of the Jin Dynasty, those behaviors that did not conform to the mainstream of the time were still regarded as peculiar and written into the annals of history.

In fact, when parents treat their children, they originally uphold human feelings. Between heaven and earth, there are all kinds of surprises, there are always parents who are not filial, and there are children who are not filial. How can everything go smoothly, as if it was designed?

In the Republic of China, there was an indignant Wu Yu, who was later given the title of "destroy Kong's shop with one hand".

If you go to Wikipedia, it is difficult to fully understand this person, and it is easy to fall into a collection of era nouns.

In fact, in any era, it is difficult to generalize the events that can leave a legacy in history and the various people involved. If you only use the so-called "right and wrong" to judge, it is nothing but the opposite camp, completely black and white. But all disputes are often just a matter of time and place, and the background of the argument, in addition to the problem itself, is often determined by the background of the person himself.

For example, Wu Yu, who advocates non-Confucianism and denounces the hypocrisy of so-called filial piety, is not a simple philosophical debate. He himself lived in an unsatisfactory family, and his relationship with his father was extremely sharp. Not only did he call his father an "Old Demon" in the diary he left, but he even went to court with his father because of property and other matters. Hometown, no longer able to stand, had to flee.

Regarding his experiences and propositions, Mr. Yu Yingshi also pointed out that this very personal family background created his words and deeds. That is to say, this is not only a personal rebellion, but also the trend of the times has come down step by step, and finally a tuyere sent him to the hero's podium. In fact, the argument he said seemed shocking at the time, but it was not unprecedented in history, including the fact that some fathers and sons he mentioned had no feelings, but in fact, they were put forward by the ancients long ago, and it was only when the situation changed that their power emerged.

In other words, the collapse of the entire cultural building was not because Wu Yu and others were powerful enough, but because it had to collapse due to internal and external troubles.

However, what is interesting is that Encyclopedia still has to record it, and he also complained about his daughter being unworthy in his later years.

In fact, the group of people who defeated Kongjiadian, no matter how they vowed, eventually had to face the contradiction between their own claims and themselves. The most famous is probably the poem by Qian Xuantong, which was made fun of by Lu Xun:

"The practice is not self-defeating, and it is easy to pass forty. Why not gamble on the fat head and resist the dialectics."

When Qian Xuantong was young, there were many angry words. The truth mentioned in this poem is because he once said: "Everyone over the age of forty should be shot." .

The changes in history, of course, are turbulent, and the situation in the period often leads the way for three or five years, but the ups and downs of this wave often make those bare-ass people slowly exposed. People who predict the future often have to give a long enough time, at least to cover their age. But at that time, people may not be able to judge whether it is right or wrong, but later generations have already set foot on the future announced by it, and the future will become a reality, and the so-called prophecy can only declare its success or bankruptcy.

I occasionally find some science fiction novels in the 1980s and 1990s, and the future they envisage is often set at 200X, but we have already surpassed the future by too much, but such a sci-fi future has finally failed. It's like a big wave washing the sand, and after all the voices are mixed, there is a solo. History helps us wipe away the dust, and we can see more of the past.

In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", the evaluation of yam is:

The root is sweet, warm, flat, non-toxic, invigorating the middle and benefiting qi, treating wind and dizziness, relieving low back pain, and strengthening muscles and bones.

And I didn't know earlier that yam can be eaten raw.

The book also says that raw food should not be used as medicine, and cooked food will stagnate qi. It seems that yam, as a medicinal material, is only suitable for drying. Therefore, the yams used in ancient recipes are all dried.

Today's experiments suggest that yam contains a variety of active ingredients, and heating can easily destroy these good things, so eating raw is a good way. Just pay attention, eat with caution and eat less if the spleen and stomach are deficient and prone to flatulence.

According to the view of traditional Chinese medicine, people with normal spleen and stomach who are not afraid of cold and cold are suitable for raw food, especially suitable for people with yin deficiency constitution such as heat in hands, feet and heart; It is especially suitable for people with qi deficiency constitution and yin deficiency constitution.

In fact, traditional Chinese medicine is originally derived from experience. Like many inventions in the 18th and 19th centuries, it is often first to find its possibilities in experiments, and then to understand its possible reasons.

Plato likes to assume that there is an ideal body that is indefinite, perfect and perfect, and that all existence in reality is mortal and degenerates from the ideal body. Therefore, he believes that to create a good country, we can only prevent it. Fall, remain constant, limit.

But is there really such a country?

And is each of our specific people really an imperfect and fallen person?

Zhuangzi once wrote about many deformed and grotesque masters in "The Great Master". Although their bodies are different from ordinary people, they make people close and yearn for them. The so-called parallel thumb arthropods are not only not scary, but have a reason As it should be, so long, so short naturally.

This is also the principle of "safe times and good times". "When the time is right, the Master is in the right time; when the time is right, the Master is obedient. When the season is safe, the time is right, and sorrow and joy cannot enter."

Yam and yam, what changes have been made to their quality?

Dioscorea, of course, has its own origin, and yam, there may not be many in it.

Therefore, looking at those engraved editions, there must be one less stroke, or the taboo of homophones. Although it is a great respect, but looking at it, I am afraid that future generations can only find it funny in front of these strokes with few arms and legs.

A lot of persistence is often the case, and a lot of sacrifice is just a smile.

The ancient gods wanted blood to eat, but Emperor Wu of Liang chose to use vegetarian food as sacrifices. What do you think? Is he unfilial, or is he a sincere believer?

A person ate raw yam.

A lot of people gathered around and said, oops, how did you eat raw yam, it's poisonous.

The man said, "I'm nothing out of the ordinary."

A lot of people: Oops, it's really poisonous.

The person: Very good.

Many people: Toxic...

That person... how should that person answer?

With its light, with its dust? Canglang water, cleans the hair and washes the feet?

Galileo signed it and admitted that he was wrong.

But in this world, after all, there are people who can eat raw yam. The diversity of humans as a species is the vocal strategy of genetic evolution, because you can never predict who will be rewarded in the future.

There is no doubt that the ugly duckling is born in the country of swans, so there is no need to be so entangled? But for most people, it is impossible to tell whether they have been a duck or a swan.

But does it matter again?

Just like facing a person, whether to eat raw, cooked or dry depends on the person's yin and yang, rather than the likes and dislikes of most people.