[Planning series] Tell me, ponta-sensei! "What is'Sangokushi'?"-Part 4: The origin of manju is the head !? The influence of Sangokushi that continues to the present day

In fact, everyone is unaware!Arekore derived from "Sangokushi" that has influenced even the present age

Although I know the name, there are surprisingly few people who know the contents (!?) A series of projects to learn "Sangokushi". The theme of the 4th talk is "The influence of the Three Kingdoms that continues to the present day".

There are many hidden influences of "Sangokushi" in the present age, not limited to the story of past history ...?

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This time, please tell us an anecdote that "Sangokushi" has influenced modern Japan!

OK! Actually, Mr. Hasebe is not aware of it, and the influence of "Sangokushi" is close to us!

really? Normally, I'm not conscious of it at all ...

"Sangokushi" Impact on the present age Part 1 "Manju"

For example ... Mr. Hasebe goes to a convenience store, right? There is an influence of "Sangokushi", but do you know what it is?

I wonder what it is. Is it open 24 hours a day?

It's not. What is next to the cash register at the convenience store?

Hot snacks, and meat buns when it gets cold ...?

Yes, it is said that the origin of the meat bun is Komei (Shu Han).

When Komei attacked the southern country, he saw the cruel custom of chomping a living human's neck and submerging it in water to calm the flooding of the river.

It is said that the origin of meat buns is that they said, "No, it's a pity for the sacrifice," and stuffed the meat in flour and sank it in the river, saying, "This is no different from a human neck." !!

Therefore, when "manju" is converted into Chinese characters, the characters "manju" and "head" are included.

I didn't know! Even so, the idea that meat stuffed in a skin made of wheat flour is no different from a human neck is quite crazy.

Well well. So, without Zhuge Liang, the scenery of modern Japanese convenience stores might have changed a little! It's a legend, so the truth is unknown.

Traditions and anecdotes tend to be unclear. What do you think about the truth of this story, ponta himself?

I think it's not a complete lie. Chocolate M & M'S, Japanese Nikujaga, and foods invented in relation to the military are very often spread to homes when soldiers demobilize and return home.

"Sangokushi" Impact on the present age 2 "Momentum of broken bamboo"

Is there anything other than steamed buns that originated in "Sangokushi"?

It's an idiom when it comes to majors. Many of the words that modern Japanese usually use casually are derived from "Sangokushi"!

By the way, does Hasebe like soccer?

I love! The LINE icon is also Maradona!

When the team wins in a row, why don't you say "the momentum of the broken bamboo"?

Say say say It's a way of saying when the team's ferocious momentum doesn't stop!

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This idiom is said to be derived from the line that the military commander, Du Yu, said at the end of the Three Kingdoms era, "Attack at once as if the bamboo were torn apart" when Wu died!

Indeed, if you try to break the bamboo vertically with Nata, it will break easily. Even though it is extremely strong against the force from the side.

Well, it is said that this word was born like that, but it is extremely convenient when expressing the winning streak road of sports, so even if the number of modern children who have never seen bamboo increases, it will not be a dead language. I feel like it.

Other idioms born in "Sangokushi" are "Hakubi", "Reading Hyappen", "Water Fish Fellowship", and "Shiranami". There are "," "Men's three days", but there are also words that are no longer used. Unfortunately.

However, I am relieved that the "momentum of broken bamboo", "late genius", and "white-eyed vision" are frequently used.

Gut …….

Well, there was a person called Ruan Ji in the Three Kingdoms era, but this person can use blue eyes and white eyes properly, and when a person who dislikes himself comes to the house, he has white cold eyes. It seems that he was a fairly easy-to-understand person to meet him.

Due to the influence of this event, in posterity, when you look at someone with cold eyes or malicious intent, you have come to "white eyes".

So that's it. I can't imagine using blue eyes and white eyes properly, but if you face the white eyes and are greeted, it seems like "What's this guy! I'm scared!"

I'm sure Hasebe-san is imagining something like Audrey Kasuga-san's gag "Onigawara!"

It's not a mistake, but if you look at the other person as if you pull his chin all the way and stare at him, you will have more white eyes, right? That's it.

Isn't there a character in a manga that has a cold look with its white eyes peeled off? That kind of production might have been a little different without Ruan Ji.

"Sangokushi" Impact on the present age Part 3 "Furinkazan"

Food and idioms. Is there anything else?

I agree. Without "Sangokushi", the scenery of modern Yamanashi prefecture might have changed!

Yamanashi? It's pretty pinpoint! what do you mean?

That's what it is.

Cao Cao, one of the protagonists of "Sangokushi," organized a Chinese military law book called "The Art of War," and put in notes in light of his own experience.

Thanks to that, it became easier to understand, and the famous books did not disappear in posterity, and they remained safe.

So that's it. Cao Cao was not only a politician and a military commander, but also a scholar.

But what does that have to do with Yamanashi Prefecture?

You see, when you go to Yamanashi prefecture, you can find it everywhere. The four letters of "Furinkazan". That "Furinkazan" that Shingen Takeda used as a flag is a passage of "The Art of War".

In other words, it is thanks to Sonko and, by extension, Cao Cao that "Furinkazan" is overflowing in Yamanashi! It is.

To put it the other way around, without Cao Cao, the four characters that flutter in Yamanashi Prefecture might have been "grape delicious" or "magnificent Fuji"!

Far from changing the scenery of Yamanashi prefecture, I feel that the history may have changed.

What had such an impact on modern Japan! I'm a little deeply moved.

This time I heard about the impact on the real world, so I'd like to hear about the impact on the game soon!

Finally came home ground!

Next time, I will talk about the Three Kingdoms in the game scene.

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