Although it can also be called "pig" and "dolphin", the Ming Dynasty can still say the word "pig", and there is no need to avoid it.
In ancient times, it was indeed necessary to avoid secrets, that is, to avoid using the same words as the emperor's name in daily life.
Ming Dynasty royal family surname Zhu, may be many people feel the need to avoid, pork, slaughtering pigs and the like has become a big trouble, but in fact, in ancient times, pay attention to the name is not secret surname, the Ming Dynasty did not make any prohibition on the word "pig".
The so-called avoidance is one of our traditional cultures, for example, the Tang Dynasty called the tiger a big worm, because Li Yuan's ancestor had an old ancestor called "Li Hu", because of the name of Liu Xiu, the Emperor of Han Guangwu, the Eastern Han Dynasty called Xiu Cai "Mao Cai".
However, in ancient times, it had its own exquisiteness for avoidance, that is, it was not secret about the name, only avoided the name, and did not avoid the surname.
It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, because the emperor's surname was Li, the people were not allowed to catch and eat carp, although this is also what appeared in the novel "Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks", but it also proves that in ancient times, there was no place to hide the emperor's surname.
Although the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty was surnamed Zhu, because of the tradition of hiding names and not hiding surnames, "pig" did not need to avoid the secret of "Zhu", just as the Li tang dynasty did not avoid the homophone of "Li", which is the real avoidance.
In ancient times, pigs were not only called "pigs", but also other titles such as pigs and dolphins.
Although the Ming Dynasty royal family did not order that ordinary people cannot say pork, slaughter pigs and the like, if some people feel that it is still quite taboo, then pork can also be called pork meat, which is a personal habit.
Zhu Yuanzhang was originally from a poor background, and he knew the sufferings of the people, so naturally he would not do such a troublesome and annoying thing, just because his surname was Zhu, he was not allowed to call everyone "pig", which was impossible.
Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty's "Imperial Assembly Code" and "Ming Taizu Records", the frequency of pigs is not low.
In the various historical materials of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a shortage of words such as slaughtering pigs and slaughtering pigs, and in this regard, the Ming court did not shy away from this aspect at all, let alone the people.
Of course, there was only one emperor in the Ming Dynasty who had a large-scale "pig ban" during his reign, that is, Emperor Mingwu Zhu Houzhao, but not because his surname was Zhu, but because his zodiac sign was a pig, and he had issued an edict prohibiting pig raising, pig hunting and pig killing.
However, the harm caused by that ban was too great, and it was not long before it was declared over because of the opposition of the courtiers.
To put it bluntly, the pigs of the Ming Dynasty can still be called pigs, and the people can also be called pigs or dolphins according to their own habits, such as killing pigs and slaughtering pigs, eating pork and the like, and there is no need to be taboo, including the Ming Court itself.