Although most women in ancient times were uneducated, women must have morals. For example, husbands and wives should pay attention to the three obediences and four virtues, be obedient and filial in front of their elders, and behave appropriately in front of outsiders, etc.
But there are exceptions to everything. There have been four "unscrupulous" women in Chinese history. What each of them did can refresh your understanding. Let's take a look. .
Shanyin Princess
The first woman was Shanyin Princess Liu Chuyu. She was the princess of the Song Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, the daughter of Emperor Xiaowu of the Song Dynasty. Liu Chuyu is quite famous in history, but she is famous not because of good people and good deeds, but because of her private life.
Liu Chuyu had a prince brother named Liu Ziye. After his father died, his brother Liu Ziye succeeded to the throne and became the emperor. Liu Ziye was cruel and very jealous, so he made everyone in the court panic. Officials had to say goodbye to their families every day when they went to court for fear of accidentally offending the emperor and losing their heads.
But Liu Chuyu is an exception. Not only did she not feel uncomfortable because her brother became the emperor, but she became domineering because of her brother's favor. Perhaps because of the sense of freedom brought by this special status, Liu Chuyu slowly transformed from an obedient girl into a woman without moral integrity, immersed in the affairs of men and women all day long.
Once, Liu Chuyu saw her brother's three palaces and six courtyards with a lot of concubines. She felt unbalanced and thought that she was of the same generation as her brother. Why did she only have one concubine, while her brother could have many concubines, so she looked for Liu Ziye complained. Unexpectedly, after listening to his sister's complaints, Liu Ziye actually gave her thirty male favors directly. This obviously exceeded the category of "love".
Liu Chuyu is not only dissolute by nature, but also uses his power to trample public order and good customs at will. There was a minister beside Liu Ziye, named Chu Yuan . According to his seniority, Chu Yuan was Liu Chuyu's uncle, but Liu Chuyu fell in love with Chu Yuan and didn't care about ethics and morals at all, so he forced Chu Yuan to accompany him for ten days. . It is no wonder that such a strange woman was killed by the Empress Dowager in the end.
Empress Dowager Hu
The second woman is Empress Dowager Hu of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The name of Queen Mother Hu is unknown, because women in ancient times had a low status, and most of them had no names but only surnames. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xuanwu heard that Hu was as beautiful as a flower, so he summoned her to the palace, and Hu was able to start her career in seizing power in the harem.
Mrs. Hu became pregnant not long after she entered the palace. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, "the child is valued and the mother must die". That is, if a son is born and the son becomes a prince, the mother will be given death. Therefore, many people persuaded Mrs. Hu to find a way not to have the child, but she couldn't bear it and finally gave birth to the child. Yuanxu Prince Yuanxu was born.
Fortunately, in the end, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government helped to intercede, and Hu not only did not die, but became Hu Guifei. After the death of Emperor Xuanwu, his son Yuanxu succeeded to the throne. Because Yuanxu was still young, he mainly listened to the Empress Dowager Gao for important matters in the court. Later, Mrs. Hu found a way to get rid of Gao and became the Empress Dowager Hu.
When Empress Dowager Hu got power, she wanted to be above the secular world, so she did a lot of "disgusting" things. For example, for power, she teamed up with her lover to kill her own son, and for pleasure, she forced her son's uncle King Qinghe and her roommate and so on. She was hated by the clan because of this, and was eventually drowned by Er Zhurong in a river.
Zhao Feiyan
The third woman was Emperor Cheng of Han and the second queen Zhao Feiyan . It is said that when Zhao Feiyan was born, her family rejected her for being a girl, so they threw her into the woods to fend for herself. Unexpectedly, she was still alive three days later, so her family picked her up and raised her. When she grew up, because she was good at singing and dancing, she was selected into the palace and became a concubine.
When she first entered the palace, Zhao Feiyan was deeply favored by the emperor. However, as time passed, she never became pregnant, and the emperor gradually became impatient and favored her sister Zhao Hede instead.Zhao Feiyan was a wife for the first time. She was extremely lonely without the emperor, so she secretly found some men from outside the palace and brought them with her by dressing up as men. In this way, she cuckolded the emperor. The confused emperor never found out.
In addition to this, Zhao Feiyan is very likely to have a "snake-hearted" attitude. Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty was only forty-six years old. He died suddenly after a night of fun with his sister Zhao Hede. According to the description of people close to the emperor, he was alive and kicking before his death, showing no signs of illness. Originally, this incident was said to be an accident and some people believed it, but Zhao Feiyan secretly promoted it, claiming that her sister Zhao Hede's beauty was a disaster, and mobilized the ministers to denounce her. Isn't this just "there is no three hundred taels of silver here".
Later, when Wang Mang seized power, he demoted Zhao Feiyan and Emperor Ai Empress Fu to common people. After they were demoted, they came to the imperial mausoleum to visit their husbands, and finally committed suicide.
Princess Taiping
The fourth woman is Princess Taiping. Princess Taiping's surname is Li, her real name is unknown. She is the daughter of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian. Princess Taiping was known as a good daughter when she was young, but perhaps due to the influence of Wu Zetian, or perhaps the shadow left by the He Lanminzhi when she was a child, she suddenly became domineering when she grew up.
Princess Taiping had two honest marriages in her life. The first marriage was to Princess Yangcheng’s second son Xue Shao. In this marriage, Princess Taiping did not do anything inappropriate. However, Xue Shao was sentenced to death because of his relatives' rebellion.
The second marriage, Princess Taiping married Wu Youji . Wu Youji originally had a loving wife. In order to marry him, Wu Zetian also sent Wu Youji's wife to death first, destroying other people's families for her own selfish desires. , it’s really disgusting. After Princess Taiping married Wu Youji, she seemed to have changed. Not only did she keep a lot of male pets, but she also committed adultery with courtiers. She even had a particularly satisfied male favorite who would be dedicated to her mother, Wu Zetian.
's "unscrupulous" behavior really confirms the saying "it's not like one family doesn't come into the same house". The similarities between Princess Taiping and her mother Wu Zetian are not limited to maintaining a male favorite. Even their desire for the throne is exactly the same.
Princess Taiping has been cultivating her own power in the harem, dreaming of ruling the world. After she supported Li Longji to come to power, she wanted to seize Li Longji's power. As a result, Li Longji preempted her. Generals Yulin and the prime ministers were killed. Princess Taiping was also sentenced to death in the end. Even the Supreme Emperor Li Dan came forward. It's no use begging for mercy.
Conclusion
It can be seen from this that we always say that women in ancient times had a low status and had to abide by various moral rules. In fact, they do not need to do so. Restrictions such as "loyalty" and "gentleness and generousness" are only limited to ordinary people. For women in common people's homes, any moral restraint on truly powerful women is just "decoration". The
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