Among the "four beauties" in ancient China, Wang Zhaojun was a beauty in the Han and Yuan Dynasties and was known as "a wild goose". However, Wang Zhaojun's peerless beauty and exquisite talent of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were not known to the Han and Yuan emperors at first.
It is precisely because Wang Zhaojun married the Great Wall and became a "peace ambassador" that he and the Southern Xiongnu have been "beautiful" in the past fifteen years, reflecting many dazzling rays, thus becoming a household name and being listed as one of the moving "four beauties".
In fact, Zhaojun went to the Great Wall, but she had to live there for fifteen years. She married three brothers, Uhaanyehe and his son. This is not allowed in the Central Plains. However, Zhao Jun was not criticized for this, but made the world more praised and won respect and love. Why?
Wang Zhaojun, formerly known as Wang Qiang or Wang Qiang, was born in Zigui, Hunan Province in 54 BC (now Baoping Village, Xingshan County, Yichang, also known as Wangjiawan and Zhaojun Village). She is an out-and-out Tujia girl.
Her name "Zhaojun" was given by the emperor. Later, she changed her name to Wang Mingjun, because she avoided the name of the Jin Emperor Si Mazhao, so she was also called "Fei Ming".
At that time, Wang Zhaojun's hometown was a "land of all nationalities" and a "land of all nationalities". However, it also cultivated her strong and unyielding character.
Because she is naturally beautiful, intelligent and dignified, and has a peerless appearance, the history book says: "Emei is peerless, which can make flowers ashamed of the forest."
Therefore, in 38 BC, when Emperor Hanyuan recruited women all over the country, Wang Zhaojun was the first choice for Nanjun to enter the palace.
That year, Wang Zhaojun 16 years old.
But the beauty of Wang Zhaojun was not known to the Han and Yuan emperors at first.
Because Mao Yanshou, a court painter, is a greedy man, the girls need to bribe him heavily to show their beauty. Wang Zhaojun's family was originally plain, but at the same time he was extremely proud and disdained such "hidden rules".
Therefore, Mao Yanshou painted Wang Zhaojun very ordinary. Emperor Han and Yuan did not agree with this, but was left out in the cold.
As a result, Wang Zhaojun became a secluded maid-in-waiting and had to study piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in the deep palace. In a flash, five years passed. Originally "poetic and pretentious", she became a stunning woman with both beauty and talent.
However, once in the deep palace, it is as deep as the sea, and people raised by boudoir don't know. Wang Zhaojun felt very sad when he couldn't see the Forbidden City. He just wants to get out of the palace and live an ordinary life.
In the first month of 33 BC, it was the first year of Jingning. Uhaanyehe, the southern Xiongnu who was defeated by the northern Xiongnu Khan, took the initiative to take refuge in the Han Emperor and recommended himself as a son-in-law, promising that "there will never be any military revolution in the border areas."
Emperor Han Yuan was very happy and agreed to "kiss" Uhaanyehe. Because Wang Zhaojun "asked for a court order", he wrote a letter: "Wang Qiang, the son of Gong Liang's family, will give you a letter in the future".
Just after Emperor Han Yuan saw Wang Zhaojun's talent, he was shocked and regretted this marriage. However, the son of heaven kept his word and could not be changed, so he made her a princess, gave her the name of Zhaojun, arranged marriage according to the treatment of a princess, and let four ladies-in-waiting marry him to enjoy the glory of the queen outside.
Uhaanyehe obeyed and made Wang Zhaojun "Hu Ning E Shi".
Emperor Han and Yuan hated the painter Mao Yanshou, and ordered to replace the painters in the palace, which caused the shortage of painters in Kyoto at that time.
This is the famous allusion "The painter abandoned the market".
Then, Wang Anshi remembered the "Fei Ming Qu" written by Wang Zhaojun, and recorded this historical fact with emotion: it was unprecedented to blame Dan Qing's hand. I couldn't understand the meaning, so I killed Mao Yanshou for nothing.
With the grand wedding procession in Uhaanyehe, Wang Zhaojun took the wedding mission and bid farewell to Kyoto in the crisp autumn season.
Along the way, in the artistic conception of "Qiu Shu is sad and leaves are yellow", Wang Zhaojun stood on the mount, looked at the geese in the sky, listened to the voice of Ma Si, and immediately plucked the strings to play Exodus.
Under the plaintive sound of the piano, the geese flying south saw the woman sitting in the carriage as if she were a fairy, but forgot to flap her wings and landed on the flat sand.
This is the origin of "Pingsha Yan Fei".
Wang Zhaojun got the reputation of "Wild Goose". After arriving in the southern Xiongnu, she and Uhaanyehe gave birth to a son named Yituzhi, who was later named the son of heaven by the King of Qi.
Wang Zhaojun gradually got used to the life of Xiongnu. Two years later, Uhaanyehe died after taking control of the entire Xiongnu territory, and his eldest son succeeded to the throne, saying that he was tired of loneliness.
Under the will of Emperor Han Chengdi to "follow the customs of Hu", Wang Zhaojun remarried Xin Chanyu, lived together for eleven years, and gave birth to two daughters, Buju and Dangyun.
In the 20th century BC, Fu Chanyu died, and his younger brother succeeded to the throne, saying that seeking harmony is like seeking Chanyu. According to the Xiongnu's "heir marriage" system of "father and wife succeed to the throne, brother dies and marries sister-in-law", Wang Zhaojun remarried to Soho Khan.
In less than two years, in 19 BC, Wang Zhaojun died of illness at the age of 36.
Wang Zhaojun, who was originally buried in the deep palace, finally gained a good reputation for a long time because of "Zhao Jun goes out to the fortress". She, why is she famous in history?
It turned out that "Zhao Jun's departure from the fortress" not only brought peace to the Han dynasty for half a century, but also prompted the Huns to end the situation of division and war, laying the foundation for the "great unification" of the Central Plains.
The history book says: "Border towns are closed for feasts, cattle and horses are wild, there is no warning of dogs barking in the third world, and there is no war in Li Shu." This is a rare peaceful scene on the border between Dahan and Xiongnu.
So when Wang Mang was dictatorial in AD 2, Wang Zhaojun had died 2 1 year. In order to show their sincerity for peace, the Huns also sent Su Buju, Wang Zhaojun's eldest daughter, back to North Korea to serve the Queen Mother in the palace.
It can be seen that the friendly relations between the two sides continue to be maintained.
Also, before his death, Wang Zhaojun spread the advanced culture of the Central Plains to Xiongnu, taught Xiongnu women the skills of flower picking and embroidery, and explained the textile technology, which made Xiongnu yearn for the progress of the Central Plains and enhanced the cultural exchanges between the two sides.
Therefore, Wang Zhaojun won the respect and love of Huns. After his death, he was buried in the south bank of the Black River, known as "Zhaojun Tomb" in history. Since autumn, the grass on the grave is green. Also known as "Qinghai-Tibet".
Zhaojun's contribution also won the feelings and recognition of future generations in the Central Plains. The most famous is Du Fu's Ode to Monuments:
Thousands of mountains and valleys are close to Jingmen, and girls grow up in Sri Lanka.
After a trip to Zitai and even returning to the desert, she has now become a green grave in the dusk.
Her face! Can you imagine the spring wind? In the moonlight, her soul tinkled back.
The Tatar song on her jade guitar tells her eternal sadness.
Wang Anshi also said: Hann is shallow and profound, and life is fortunate to know each other. Poor Qingling is gone, and still has the strings of mourning music.
Cao Xueqin also left a valuable pen and ink (his masterpiece A Dream of Red Mansions also has this trace): the beauty was amazing when she left the Han Palace, and the beauty was as thin as ever. Even if the king is pale, he will seize power to paint.
Today, Zhaojun Tomb in the suburb of Hohhot has been expanded into Zhaojun Museum in 4A scenic spot.
As for the historical fact that Zhaojun married Uhaanyehe and his son, one was the backward situation and system of Xiongnu at that time; Second, Wang Zhaojun, then 2 1 year-old, married Hu, who was in his forties. Remarried to Uhaanyehe's eldest son, Fu Zhu Lei Khan, the same age. The Zhu Lei Khan and his brother Xu Mi were both born in E Shi and are not related to Wang Zhaojun.
In addition, it was the will of Emperor Han Chengdi that Wang Zhaojun remarried.
Therefore, the marriage of a weak woman like Wang Zhaojun is not criticized. At that time, people still remembered her gospel of peace, and the Huns even remembered it as a "fairy".
It can be seen that Zhaojun's "great beauty" is what people want and is worth remembering.
Author brief introduction Li Dakui, born in Meitan, Guizhou, born in 1970s, bachelor of law, literature lover.
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