At the end of Chongzhen, he was captured by Tian Wan and later became a concubine with Wu Sangui. According to legend, after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, his subordinate Liu Zongmin took Chen Yuanyuan away, and Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the customs.
Chen Yuanyuan was born in a vendor's family, his mother died early, and he was born in an uncle's house, with his uncle's surname "Chen". Live in Taohuawu, Suzhou. Liyuan, a native of China, is famous in Wuzhong, and the dramatist You Xitang "still saw it" when he was young.
As a prostitute in the pear garden, Chen Yuanyuan can't get rid of the fate of convincing others with color. Yuan Yuan once belonged to Zou Shu in Wujiang. "He often plays at home and can't stay" (Ten Beautiful Ci Poems). It is reported that Gong Ruofu, the son of Jiangyin Gong, once redeemed Chen Yuanyuan as a concubine with a large sum of money, but it was not accepted by his wife. Gong Ruofu's father Gong Lingxiu was very surprised when he saw Yuan Yuan and said, "This noble man!" "If you go straight, you won't be responsible for the ransom." (Li's Essays on Tianxiangge). Chen Yuanyuan also had an affair with Mao Xiang. In the spring of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen (164 1), Mao Xiang became a relative of Heng Yue. After passing through Suzhou, he was recommended by a friend and got a chance to meet him in Chen Yuanyuan, and set a date for the meeting. In August of that year, Mao Xiang moved the boat to Suzhou and reunited with Yuanyuan. When Yuanyuan was robbed by the Hao family, she escaped from the tiger's mouth, so she wanted to marry Mao Xiang and braved the fire to visit Mao Xiang's mother on the boat where Mao Xiang lived. The two were affectionate and applied for an oath. Since then, the mammoth has stood up many times because of the funeral. Unfortunately, Chen Yuanyuan was robbed of his spouse Tian Hong and entered Beijing.
In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), Chen Yuanyuan was robbed by his wife Tian Hong. Yuan Yuan's entry into Beijing can be traced back to the 14th, 15th and 16th years of Chongzhen. Among them, Hu Jiezhi's Ci Cun Yong Shi Xin Yue Fu said: "During the Chongzhen period, Tian Guifei's father met Xiang Putuo, passed the golden pheasant, fished and hunted prostitutes, and then returned home in his arms." Hold for fourteen years; Ye's Reading the World said, "In the spring of the sixteenth year, Qi Yong met Wu Chang, a prostitute in the south, and heard about Chen Yuan and Gu Shou. A shock of fame, macro encounter makes people buy ancient guards, and the beauty of the yuan is unparalleled. If Acer has personal interests, he will enter it with 800 gold, and Acer will be carried back to Beijing. " Stick to it for sixteen years. However, according to Memories of Shadow Mei 'an written by Mao Xiang, Mao Xiang and Chen Yuanyuan had a private appointment in the autumn of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen. Since then, Mao Xiang has been unable to go on a date with Yuanyuan due to family responsibilities. During this period, Yuan Yuan sent many letters urging him to keep his promise, but he couldn't reply. In the mid-spring of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, he ventured to Suzhou to see Yuanyuan, but Yuanyuan was robbed of Beijing ten days ago. Because Mao Xiang recorded his own personal experience, Chen Yuanyuan entered Beijing in the mid-15th year of Chongzhen.
As for those who robbed Yuanyuan, there are two versions: Tian Hongyu, the father of Emperor Chongzhen Tian Fei, and Zhou Kui, the father of Zhou Chong. Zou Shu, Liu Jian, You Dong, Li, Ye, Lu Ciyun and others are representatives of former speakers. As they are contemporaries of Chen Yuanyuan, they can be trusted. Only the record of "Zhi Jiang Zhi" and Niu Wei's paraphrased report are those who hold the post-saying, and its name is difficult to test. Zhijiang Bao's "A Brief History of Shen Jia Dynasty" said: "My consort Zhou Jiading bought Jiangnan, heard its beauty and won it with great dignity. Bring it back to Beijing. " Isolated certificates seem unreliable.
After entering Beijing, Chen Yuanyuan became an actor in Tian Hong. Tian Hong suffered from the death of the imperial concubine and gradually fell from power. In order to consolidate his position and seek support in troubled times, he intended to make friends with Wu Sangui, who was very prestigious and armed to the teeth at that time. When Tian Hong met Zeng Sheng, he invited Wu Sangui to his house for dinner. "Out of the group, wonderful. A person with light makeup, who unifies all the beauty, comes first and then arrives, is charming and charming. " And this beautiful singer with light makeup is Chen Yuanyuan. Wu Sangui was stunned by Chen Yuanyuan's beauty. "He was distracted" (Lu Ciyun's Yuan Yuanchuan). At the request of Sangui, Tian Hong presented Yuan Yuan to Wu Sangui and bought a generous dowry for Wu Fu. After Li Zicheng peasant army captured Peking, Yuanyuan was captured by Liu Zongmin. Wu Sangui wanted to surrender to the peasant army, but when he learned that Yuan Yuan had been robbed, he flew into a rage. "Ming History: Liu Kou" said: "When Sangui was called to Shanhaiguan, the capital was trapped and hesitated. He robbed his father, and made a book to recruit him. Sangui wants to capture Luanzhou. He was very angry when he heard that Aichi Chen Yuan had been taken away by Liu Zongmin. He returned to the mountains and seas and launched an attack on the thief. In his anger, more than 100 thousand thieves personally took Wu Xiang's army and attacked Shanhaiguan in the east, not from one stone to pass. Sangui was afraid and begged to surrender to me. "
Under the impact of Wu Sangui's contact with the Qing army, Li Zicheng's peasant army suffered heavy losses, leaving behind the looted trench and women, and fled Beijing in a hurry. Wu Sangui found Chen Yuanyuan in the fire, and the camp was reunited. Since then, Chen Yuanyuan has been following around Wu Sangui. After Wu Sangui pacified Yunnan, Yuan Yuan entered Pingxi Palace in Wu Sangui, which was once the "pet crown harem" (top ten beauties).
After Wu Sangui dominated Yunnan, he was addicted to different ambitions, extravagant and extravagant, singing and dancing. To build an Anfu Garden, "Fifteen people will be bought in Wuling Year, and forty people will be a team" (A Brief History of Shen Jia Palace Affairs), and "The garden is full of prostitutes, which is beyond the forbidden area" (A Brief History of Wandering). Chen Yuanyuan, who was at odds with Wu Sangui's wife and had other favorites in Wu Sangui, gradually fell out of favor, so he resigned and entered the palace, saying, "Eat, clothe and vegetables, and serve the Buddha until the end of his life" (Essays on Tianxiangge). From then on, red makeup was luxurious and desolate.