Why did the ancients call going to the toilet a relief? How did it get around?

Updated on culture 2024-03-02
11 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    The word "untie hands" is said to be related to the immigration activities of Hongdong County, Shanxi, and in ancient times, people also called the toilet "untie the hand".

    At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, due to serious natural disasters and frequent wars, many people died in Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other regions. The land was vast and sparsely populated, and the fields were uncultivated, so the imperial court thought of a way to emigrate from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, to fill the local labor force. But what ancient people valued most was that they were born and raised, and that was their roots, so how could they respond to the call of the imperial court and go to a completely unfamiliar place?

    The people did not want to go, so the court could only enforce it, because they were afraid that some people would flee along the road, so they tied the hands of all the immigrants with ropes and hurried away. If anyone wants to go to the toilet, tell the official and let him help you go to the toilet, over time, this release has become synonymous with people going to the toilet, and even later, it has spread throughout the country, and since then, "untie" is the meaning of going to the toilet.

    However, some people think that "untie your hands" because you have to untie your belt when you go to the toilet. When we go to the toilet, we need to untie the belt of our trousers and take off our pants, and in ancient times, people wanted to tie the belt, also known as "trouser hands", and when we went to the toilet, we needed to untie our trouser hands, which was equivalent to the meaning of untying our hands, so the ancients regarded going to the toilet as a relief according to this step of going to the toilet.

    And there are many interesting words handed down in history, some dynasties called going to the toilet to relieve hands, and some called Gong, until now we call it going to the toilet, which shows that the evolution history of Chinese characters is so interesting. Of course, these are only based on the history of the sayings, if you don't agree with it, it doesn't matter, after all, history is in the past tense, but also open-ended, it leaves us with imagination space far beyond reality, and we pursue the authenticity of history, there can never be only one correct answer, you say yes.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were constant wars, and the imperial court required forced emigration, because the people did not want to leave their hometowns, so a large number of people were escorted hand in hand with ropes as prisoners to prevent people from escaping halfway. The road is far away, and it is walking forward, and it is inevitable that someone needs to go to the toilet, and they will shout "help me untie my hands, I want to urinate" more times, and there is a saying of "untie your hands" when you go to the toilet.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    This is mainly because at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, due to natural and man-made disasters, the imperial court wanted to immigrate people from Shanxi to other places, but it was afraid that those people were unwilling to escape halfway, so they tied them up.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, in the process of immigration to the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi, the number of people was as high as more than 100,000, and in order to prevent escape, the government tied everyone's hands behind their backs on a long rope, and when they wanted to go to the toilet, they said to the escort officers and soldiers, "I want to urinate, help me untie my hands." Slowly simplified into four words: "I'm going to get rid of it." Not only is the word "untied" used to refer to going to the toilet during the immigration process, but when the immigrants arrived all over the country, the word spread and became synonymous with going to the toilet.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Why did the ancients call going to the toilet a relief? Why? I heard that the word "untie" is related to the theme activity of immigrant investment in Hongdong County, Shanxi, and in ancient times, everyone also called the toilet "untie the hand".

    At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, because of the serious flood disasters and the high incidence of wars, many people died in Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other regions. Sparsely populated and uncultivated farmland, the DPRK remembered how to invest in the past from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, to replenish the local labor force. However, what the ancients valued most was their own authentic region and their own roots, so how could they be willing to respond to the appeal of the DPRK and China to go to a completely unfamiliar place?

    The masses were reluctant to go, and the DPRK and China had to apply for compulsory enforcement, because they were afraid that some people along the line would escape, so they tied the hands of all the immigrants with ropes and went forward. The distance is far away, there is always a rest along the road, not to mention that people also have three urgency, if anyone wants to go to the toilet, tell the messenger, so that he will help you to go to the toilet, in the long run, this release has become our name for urine, and even after that, spread throughout the country, from then on, "untie" is the meaning of going to the bathroom.

    However, some people feel that "untie your hands" because you have to untie your trouser belt when you go to the bathroom. When you go to the bathroom, you must untie the trouser belt and take off the pants, and in ancient times, everyone had to tie a belt, also known as "trouser hands", and when you go to the bathroom to untie your trouser hands, it is equivalent to the meaning of untying your hands.

    And there are many interesting words widely circulated in historical time, there are some periods when going to the bathroom is called unraveling, and some are called Gong, until now everyone calls it going to the bathroom, which shows that the history of the evolution of Chinese characters in China is so interesting. Naturally, this kind of view is only widely circulated according to historical time, and it doesn't matter if everyone disagrees, after all, history is in the past tense, it is all open, and the imagination space it gives them is far beyond reality, and we can never have only one standard answer in pursuit of the truth and validity of perfect history

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    It is said that it was a large ** in ancient Guanzhong, and the population became too small. The imperial court moved people from other places, and of course everyone was reluctant to leave their homes. Then, like a prisoner, a long string of people were tied to their hands with ropes. On the way, someone wanted to go to the toilet, so he said to the officers and soldiers, "Relieve yourself."

  7. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    I heard that the word "untie" is related to the theme activity of immigrant investment in Hongdong County, Shanxi, and in ancient times, everyone also called the toilet "untie the hand". The distance is far away, there is always a rest along the road, not to mention that people also have three urgency, if anyone wants to go to the toilet, tell the messenger, so that he will help you to go to the toilet, in the long run, this release has become our name for urine, and even after that, spread throughout the country, from then on, "untie" is the meaning of going to the bathroom.

  8. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    It's because they need to take off their pants when they go to the toilet, and they need to use their hands to untie the strap, which is the time to untie them.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    In ancient times, when escorting prisoners to the toilet on the way, they needed to untie the prisoner's hands to go to the toilet, and then it developed into unraveling hands.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    Because many criminals often use ropes to tie their hands behind their backs during the escort process, when they want to go to the toilet, they need to untie their hands first, so it has such a name.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    It is the action of going to the toilet and then evolving, so it makes people feel more suitable, and slowly changes it, and the pronunciation is relatively similar.

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