The joy of the church is not enough to be offered; there are occasional tricks, and dare to make it happen.
This sentence was said by Wang Situ with a smile to Master Dong, which means that the music in the workshop is somewhat vulgar, not worthy of the elegant and honorable status of Master Taishi, my family has a family trick, the talent is not bad, dare to let him serve you.
After Dong Zhuo listened, he was very happy, so he asked Wang Yun to quickly offer the family trick, and he wanted to taste it carefully. Wang Yun's family trick is the mink cicada, one of the four beauties of China.
The style of house tricks was very popular in ancient times, and many rich and noble families had some house tricks, although some of them were not good, but in order to follow the trend, they still raised some house tricks.
Since ancient men already had three wives and four concubines, why did they still have to support their families? In fact, the role of the house trick is very large, and there are three uses.
First, have fun by yourself
The people who support the family are basically rich and noble families, and their ideal is to eat, drink, and have fun, eat and eat together, and wait for death.
These people have some house tricks at home, provide for themselves every day, and live a life of drunkenness and drunken dreams. The family tricks are versatile, can sing and dance, and can bring a lot of joy to the members and sons.
Second, status symbols
Everyone has vanity and wants to show their noble status. How did the ancients show their status? One way is to support the family, the more tricks, the more it can show that the family has money, mines, and is a local tycoon.
When entertaining guests, the family trick is to flock to show their financial and material resources, so that guests can cast envious eyes.
Third, transfer to others
A house trick is a "vassal" of a man who can be transferred to others, such as mink cicadas. Wang Yun gave the cicada to Dong Zhuo in order to please Dong Zhuo.
Yingzheng's mother, Zhao Ji, was Lü Buwei's family trickster, and later was favored by Yin Yiren, and Lü Buwei, in order to please Yin Yiren, endured the pain of cutting love and gave Zhao Ji to Yi Yiren, and Yin Yiren was extremely grateful to him.
After Yi Yiren became the King of Qin, he made Lü Buwei a chancellor and repaid Lü Buwei's kindness. In order to be favored, men often send some women, and these women must not be their wives and concubines, so they can only send family tricks. Wives and concubines cannot be sent, but family tricks can, which is also a reason why the ancients raised family tricks.
References: A Brief History of Chinese Culture, Classical Chinese Culture, Ancient Chinese Marriage System, etc