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this article was written with reference to historical materials and combined with personal opinions, and the relevant literature sources have been marked at the end of the article.

(forbidden city)

in the early years of the xuande period of the ming dynasty, there were three censors in the court, named he gui, fang ding, and yan kai. the emperor had not seen these three censors for two days.

the three censors were all beijing officials and could be seen at the morning court every day, but strangely, ming xuanzong zhu zhanji did not see them on monday, tuesday, wednesday, or thursday. until friday, the emperor could no longer tolerate it and asked in surprise during the court session: where had these three people been?

in this dynasty, there were tens of thousands of scholars to govern the peasants who far outnumbered them. the country had a vast territory, thousands of miles of fertile land, and countless prefectures, counties, and townships. if everything that happened every day in the ming dynasty had to be brought to the court for resolution, it would be impossible. so the rulers believed that governing the world with laws first would have little effect, and it would be better to govern the world with etiquette first. so the morning court became a very important ceremonial event. through the morning court, it could be reflected that our empire had order of hierarchy and order of the old and the young. all kinds of red tape and action language were condensed in these court meetings for the whole day to follow.