Why was the farming of common carp banned during the Tang dynasty in China?
Correct answer: The Chinese word for carp sounded like the emperor's family name
Tom
A good thing that the Emperor's name did not sound like 'rice' or the nation would have starved.
Lunarsea
swish, It was just the common carp that was banned, so they bred 4 other types.
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What was the Emperors Name. ?
Player Bengal Mama
Rey, A young man at the Chinese restaurant I love to go to has a whole wall filled with 50 gal. tanks, different heads and colors and sizes. I usually leave because I've taken so much time starting at his fish