Yang Guifei is one of the four famous beauties in Chinese history. It is said that she has the appearance of sinking fish and falling geese, closing the moon and embarrassing flowers. Later, she encountered Tang Xuanzong Li Longji and deeply loved it Her favorite, was canonized as a noble concubine, and the Yang clan family also soared.
In 756 AD, Anlu Mountain rebelled, and Tang Xuanzong, who was addicted to wine, music and dance, fled in a hurry, passing by Maweipo, the general Chen Xuanli_span Thinking that Concubine Yang was a beauty and a disaster, it would only bring harm to the country and the people, so he forced Xuanzong to give her to death. As one of the most famous women in Chinese history, both in her lifetime and after her death, she is full of legends. Coupled with the continuous interpretation of literati songs and historians' narratives, so far, people still wonder whether Yang Guifei died in Maweipo. Opinions vary.
History records the death of imperial concubine
According to historical records, in 756 AD, after the outbreak of the An Shi Rebellion , Tang Xuanzong fled overnight with Yang Guifei, Gao Lishi and others. The next day, when the fleeing team came to Maweipo in Shanxi, the accompanying soldiers suddenly mutinied.He killed Yang Guozhong, who brought disaster to the country and the people, and then pointed the finger at Concubine Yang. Xuanzong had no choice but to order Gao Lishi to strangle her to death and bury her on the spot . After Tang Xuanzong returned to Chang'an , he secretly ordered the eunuch to rebury the imperial concubine.
About this matter, both old and new Tang books have records. " Old Tang Book " says: The skin is broken, but the sachet is still in . And " New Book of Tang " only has the words "the sachet is still there". Why are the old and new Tang books so vague about this matter? Could it be that the body of the imperial concubine was stolen, or that the imperial concubine was not buried in Maweipo?
As early as after the death of the imperial concubine, there were rumors among the people that the imperial concubine did not die in Maweipo, but lived elsewhere. The writer Yu Pingbo made a textual research on this in his "On Poems, Lyrics and Songs", thinking that if the imperial concubine really died in Maweipo, then Bai Juyi's " Song of Everlasting Regret" and Chen Hong's "The Song of Everlasting Sorrow" can only be written in Maweipo, why should it be assumed that Linqiong Taoist and Yuhuan are too real? Therefore, Yu Pingbo concluded that Yang Guifei did not die in Maweipo. And Chen Hong's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" records that "people are led away", it should be said that Yang Guifei was taken away and hidden. Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" said that Xuanzong reburied Concubine Yang after returning to Chang'an, but the result was " in the mud and soil under Mawei Po, no Yuyankong died ",Even the bones are gone, which further proves that the imperial concubine did not die in Maweipo. Chen Hong's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" even pointed out that Concubine Yang was not dead.
The whereabouts of the imperial concubine
If Concubine Yang did not die in Maweipo, where did she go?
Today's Mawei Slope, there is not only the newly repaired Yang Guifei's tomb, but also the statue of the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine's tomb cannot have such blue bricks. Just as people were struggling to find the true whereabouts of the imperial concubine, news of the thousand-year-old tomb broke out in Hongmei Village, Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province.
According to legend, the thousand-year-old tomb at the foot of the hill behind Hongmei Village is where Concubine Yang Guifei died. . According to the old man in the village, it was a dark tomb. In the early years, there was a tombstone. On the tombstone, there was only one inscribed character, Yang , but there was no name taboo. During the "Cultural Revolution", that tombstone has disappeared. Today, the cemetery is full of crops, and there is only a dilapidated altar blue brick. In 1997, Dujiangyan City excavated the ancient tomb. The excavated coffin was 1.7 meters long and 45 cm wide. It was obviously a woman's coffin, but the identity of the tomb owner was difficult to determine. Due to the lack of relevant evidence, the legend of Hongmei Village cannot be verified.
In 2002, Japanese movie star Momoe Yamaguchi claimed to be the descendant of Yang Guifei .Such news shocked the Chinese people. How did Concubine Yang go to Japan? Those who hold this view are not only the writer Yu Pingbo, but also scholars from the Japanese academic circles. They believed that it was a maid who was hanged to death in Maweipo. General Chen Xuanli, seeing the beauty of the imperial concubine, could not bear to kill her, so he conspired with Gao Lishi to replace him with a maid. After the success of this plan, Chen Xuanli sent his cronies to escort the imperial concubine to sail out to sea, and floated to Jiujin, Sankou County, Japan, where she would live forever. Today, there is a tomb of Concubine Yang Guifei in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Yamaguchi Baihui, who claimed to be a descendant of a noble concubine, was from there.
For this matter, both Japanese Nangong Hiroshi's "Yang Guifei Biography" and Watanabe Ryusei's "The Secret History of Yang Guifei's Resurrection" have both described it. Did Concubine Yang really go to Japan? The famous writer Yan Shaotao believes that the reason why they came to such a conclusion was mostly influenced by Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Regret". Bai Juyi wrote in "Song of Everlasting Regret": "In order to feel the change of mind of the emperor, he taught the alchemists to look for it diligently. He emptied his qi and ran like electricity, and he ascended to the sky and entered the earth to seek all kinds of things. The poor blue and the yellow spring fell, and the two places were nowhere to be seen. Suddenly. There are immortal mountains in the sea, and the mountains are in the void. The pavilions are exquisite and five clouds rise, and there are many fairies among them. There is a person whose character is too real, and the snow-skin flowers are mixed in appearance." " The love in the Zhaoyang Palace is very loving, and in the Penglai Palace. The sun and the moon are long ." Bai Juyi imagined that although Yang Guifei died in the incident, her soul had already floated to the immortal mountain in the sea, and later met the messenger of Tang Minghuang on the immortal mountain. Where is the sea fairy mountain Penglai Palace written in the poem? In Japanese literature, scholars often refer to Japan as Mount Horai. Although such a statement seems reasonable and well-founded, it is too bizarre after all, and it is all based on the speculation of "Song of Everlasting Regret", and it is not convincing.
It seems that as time goes on, the legend of Yang Guifei's death has become more and more bizarre. According to the "Gao Lishi Biography", the death of Concubine Yang Guifei was entirely because of her cousin's involvement. Because the soldiers of the Sixth Army hated the traitor Yang Guozhong, Yang Guifei was also involved.Gao Lishi also believed that, judging from the situation of the Maweipo Incident, Yang Guifei had to die. She was hanged in the Buddhist hall of the post house, and the body was then transported from the Buddhist hall to the post house, and Tang Xuanzong also asked Chen Xuanli to come in for inspection. This incident is recorded in the "Old Tang Book", "New Tang Book" and "Tongjian".
No matter where Yang Guifei went or died in the chaos of the army, it was people's sympathy and nostalgia for Yang Guifei. The soldiers of the Sixth Army took Yang Guifei as the source of the trouble and demanded that she be executed. Gao Lishi once said that "the imperial concubine is sincere and innocent." Although this is a bit one-sided, Concubine Yang is indeed not the culprit. Looking at the long history, we can see the truth. The Anshi Rebellion was caused by the contradictions of various forces in the Tang Dynasty, or it can be said that it was the result of the struggle for power and profit within the ruling class. Because of this, we can say that Yang Guifei is not only not the culprit, but a poor political victim . Therefore, people imagine that the deceased imperial concubine can come back to life and enjoy her life among the people.
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