Friends who are very interested in the burial of ancient concubines, the editor brings a detailed article for your reference. In ancient times, there was a system of burial of living people. Before the emperor died, he would arrange which concubine was to be buried. What if the concubine does not want to die?
There are two types of burial in ancient times: voluntary and forced. No matter which one, you must die!
The burial of the living is a kind that still exists in China since the establishment of the Xia Dynasty and until the Qing Dynasty. A superstitious and cruel feudal system! There are two types: voluntary and coercive!
During the Shang Dynasty, all kings of the Shang Dynasty would take palace maids, wives, and servants as objects of burial! According to historical records, in Anyang, Henan, In the tomb of the king of Shang, 164 bones were unearthed. In addition, only 20 meters away from him, in the tomb of the king of Shang! 16 bones were also found! The scene was cruel and outrageous!
In the Spring and Autumn Period, human martyrdom basically came to an end. There are two reasons for this:
First, since the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Wuwang abolished slavery, and because of the cruelty of and King Zhou , it led to the abolition of slavery. The common people had a certain degree of resistance to the burial system. Therefore, since the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, human martyrdom disappeared in opposition!
Second, Confucianism and Taoism were basically established at that time, including , Confucius, Lao Tzu, etc., from time to time, they traveled around the country, lectured, taught, and advocated good and positive things. Therefore, over time, the death of people became the most untimely product at the time, and there was no more The reason to continue to exist!
Of course, a system can disappear without a few words. It needs time accumulation and continuous sublimation of thoughts to be completely eliminated!
So, in Zhou Tianzi abolished After the martyrdom system, the martyrdom of the people in the Spring and Autumn Period basically existed as a single example!
In the Warring States Period, the martyrdom basically followed the practice of the Spring and Autumn Period!People’s martyrdom is beginning to come back again!
We all know that the largest tomb in China today is Qin Shihuang ’s tomb. In addition to the terracotta warriors and horses, there are the remains of some burial persons!
According to historical statistics, Qin Shihuang had To build their own mausoleum, they did not hesitate to use tens of thousands of civilians for their own services! And these people, after the repairs were completed, did not go home, but all were buried with Qin Shihuang! Besides, on the day Qin Shihuang died, Everyone in the harem must be buried for Qin Shihuang, so the number of people who died in the burial of Qin Shihuang alone reached tens of thousands!
Although Qin Shihuang was a famous military strategist and politician in history, he was cruel and insensitive. As a direct result, the Qin State he founded quickly perished!
In the Han Dynasty, Han Wudi saw it, a lesson from the past, so after his death, there was no death. The system lasted for more than a thousand years, and it was not until the time of Genghis Khan that it became popular again!
In 1227 AD, Genghis Khan died of illness at the foot of the Liupan Mountain. At the funeral of Genghis Khan, Genghis Khan’s son asked more than 40 people who had served Genghis Khan before. The burial of a woman!
arrived at Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang continued to use the funeral system of the Yuan Dynasty! After Zhu Yuanzhang died, as many as 46 people were buried with Zhu Yuanzhang, and was also the ancestor of Ming Dynasty. Up to 30 people were buried! According to historical statistics, from Zhu Yuanzhang to Ming Yingzong , there were more than 100 people buried with the Ming emperor!
During the Ming Yingzong period, Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was because of his uncle week Wang Zhu decided to abolish the martyrdom system again because of the stewed reasons! Until the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, no one was killed in the Ming Dynasty!
In the Qing Dynasty, Nurhachi continued the practice of Zhu Yuanzhang,Human martyrdom continued to be implemented! Including Nurhachi himself, Huangtaiji, Shunzhi, all implemented human martyrdom!
Later, after Kangxi ascended the throne, human martyrdom was abolished again, but although the Qing government has made clear orders There are still special cases like the Zhou government. For example, in the late Qing Dynasty, local government officials praised women who died of their husbands voluntarily, and called them martyrs, sacrificial women, etc., and wrote books to them and set up memorial arches. ! Therefore, the martyrdom of human beings really ended after the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Counting down, it has a history of more than two thousand years!
For ancient concubines, if you don’t want to die! What to do!
In ancient times, generally There are so many fate of concubines!
The first type is that mothers and children are expensive!
Among the concubines in the harem, if your son becomes the emperor, then you naturally follow your son to become the queen mother!
If your son does not become an emperor, he becomes a prince, according to the Qing Dynasty law, you can also move out of the harem to live with your son after a few years, at least for the elderly!
The second type, no children, Either guard the tomb or be buried!
Among the concubines in the harem, the worst treatment is the concubine without heirs!
Because there is no heir, the biggest reason is that you are not spoiled except for physical reasons! The treatment will continue to the next emperor!
At that time, you can only have two destinies. The first is to die for the old emperor, and the second is to keep the tomb of the old emperor. In short, after the death of the old emperor, you have nothing to do. If you use it, the court will not raise you for nothing! So, you can only become a victim!
The third type, a lifetime
There are some concubines who may not have children, but she has raised other princes! This is because of the Qing Dynasty There is a system that the son of any concubine must be raised by other concubines. For example, Kangxi’s son Lao Ba Yin was brought up by the elder brother’s mother 惠妃! So, for this type of concubine, they will not Become a victim,Instead, he lived in the deep palace until he died!
How did the concubines who were buried in the burial be buried?
According to historical records, the concubines who were buried generally chose a method to kill themselves before they were buried. Arranged for burial! As for the methods of suicide, there are probably so many ways!
The first method, the self-hanging method
The self-hanging method, is the simplest and painless method! According to North Korea’s " Li Dynasty Records" According to records, when Zhu Di died, he asked thirty-two concubines to bury him, two of them were concubines from North Korea! With Qi Tiao Bai Ling! And on that day, Renzong personally saw them off, but there was an episode in the middle of the two concubines from North Korea, crying and begging Renzong to release them back to China! But Renzong did not dare to violate Zhu Di’s will, So, watch them hang themselves!
The second type, pouring mercury
According to historical records, when the first emperor of Qin died, the burial method of pouring mercury appeared for the first time!
according to According to records, mercury has an anti-corrosion effect and has the effect of not being perishable! Therefore, Qin Shihuang used such a cruel method in order to make his burial person become a pile of bones soon! This is actually the same as the construction of the terracotta warriors and horses. , It’s just that using too many soldiers will cause mutiny, so it’s changed to mud!
Before the mercury irrigated, the eunuch first used different methods to stun the concubine, and then ordered someone to make a hole in the concubine’s head. , And then forcibly poured mercury in!
After it was poured in, the concubine basically had no vital signs! Then, she would be carried to the tomb and laid out! Until the burial was completed!
The third type, buried alive
alive burial is regarded as the cruelest method of burial!
She didn't faint you and go to burial, but let you watch yourself go to burial! Even if you cry and die, it won’t help, and fate basically cannot be changed!
However,There are also two types of alive burial. The first is to put you directly in a coffin and fill it with soil to bury alive! The other is that in Qin Shihuang’s period, his tomb was relatively large, so he didn’t need a coffin and he drove you in until there was no oxygen. Death!
In short, no matter which kind, it is the cruelest to the martyr!
The fourth kind, giving poison
giving poison and giving white silk are the same, but white Ling has no pain, but poison has. Therefore, the concubines who are treated better use white silk, and the bad ones use poison!
When you are overwhelmed by the medicine, your fate is basically the same as the previous one with white silk. I was carried to the burial!
After talking about the candidates for burial and the method of death, what should the concubine not want to do?
Didn’t I just say that there are two types of burial, one voluntary and one Forced!
It goes without saying that it is voluntary. The harem concubine must be willing to go to the burial, so naturally there will be no problem of unwilling to go!
What should I do if I don't want to go?
The answer is very simple, it is to force!
In ancient times, there were not only concubines but also ministers and maids who were not willing to go!
For example, when the Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji died, there were hundreds of ministers. Forced to be buried!
And when Qin Shihuang died, there were as many as tens of thousands of craftsmen and court ladies who were forced to be buried! This also led to Qin quickly perished!
Then, in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang The concubines of Zhu Di and other harems were forced to die, but he was smarter than Qin Shihuang! For these burials, the successors of the Ming Dynasty gave their descendants a lot of good treatment! Not let them endanger the rule of Ming Dynasty !
Therefore, in ancient times, the burial of concubines in the harem basically did not exist. Would you like it or not, even if you didn’t, it was the ass of firefly, not too big to light up! Basically no effect!
ancient burial,There are two types, one is voluntary and the other is forced. For voluntary, your method of burial may be better, and for compulsion, your method of burial may be more cruel, either by being poisoned or hanged by white silk. The cruelest way is to directly kill you. Buried alive! Therefore, for the ancient concubines, voluntary and forced death are all deaths. It is better to choose a good method of death!
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