Why did the ancients go to the toilet and call it out of the palace?

Updated on Toilets 2024-08-22
3 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Correct, not "out of the palace" name should be called "out of the gong", this word originally has no convenient meaning, in the Ming Dynasty imperial examination, when the examination department in order to serious examination room discipline to make provisions, candidates in an urgent need to be convenient, must receive a sign, which reads "out of the respect", to rely on the brand in and out of the toilet and the examination room. Therefore, at that time, the candidates will call going to the toilet "get out of the Gong card", referred to as "out of the Gong", to show their convenience.

  2. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    The word "out of the court" originally had no meaning of convenience. During the scientific examination in the Ming Dynasty, in order to strictly enforce the discipline of the examination room, the relevant departments stipulated that when the candidates were in an emergency, they must receive a sign with the words "out of respect and respect", and enter and exit the toilet and the examination room with the card. As a result, the scholars called the toilet "out of the Gong card", referred to as "out of the gong", in order to show their convenience.

  3. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    It should be "out of Gong". It was the emperor who left the palace.

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