Since ancient times, there has been a practice of marrying women from the Central Plains from afar to the frontier. It was even more frequent in . The Western Han Dynasty and . The Western Han Dynasty also had a long-term relationship with .
According to records, during the Western Han Dynasty, several royal women married the Huns from afar to marry, and the most famous marriage was Zhaojun went out of the frontier .
But what is confusing is that Han and Huns and relatives , why did the Central Plains marry a woman from far away to the Huns, but Didn’t see the Central Plains emperor marry the Huns princess ?
The deep-rooted ideas of barbarians
According to records, since ancient times, the Chinese people have called places other than the Central Plains region "The Land of Barbarians" , and the people living here are called "Barbarians" .
Take the word "barbarian" . The Chinese nation reveals the disdain and contempt for barbarians between the lines.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period, there has been a saying of marriage. At that time, some Chinese people were preparing to use this method to maintain the apparent harmony between the two sides.
But more people think that barbarians are like wealth, wolf, tiger and leopard. Once they get benefits, how can they stop? All countries should be harmoniously unified rebellious and stable in the country . This deeply rooted idea of
has deeply influenced future generations and descendants, thus forming an inherent concept.
In Tang Dynasty , Tang Taizong , Li Shimin once said: "The barbarians are like beasts, afraid of the strength of Tang , but they have no moral concepts in their hearts, and often do morally corrupt things."
Li Shimin's adviser Wei Zheng , also agrees with Li Shimin's view, and also said: " Barbarians are not the same as the Chinese nation, and barbarians must have different intentions .
If the barbarians are strong, they will rampage and seize them everywhere like robbers; if the barbarians are weak, they will pretend to surrender and wait for an opportunity to retaliate, regardless of kindness. This is the nature of barbarians."
Han Dynasty belongs to the Chinese clan. Li Shimin and emperors of all dynasties also know this truth well. They are full of contempt for barbarian women from the Huns. Naturally, marry them as their wife .
If an emperor is stupid and wants to marry a Hun woman, the entire The court and the people will unanimously oppose and persuade the emperor . He cannot marry a Hun woman.
So since ancient times, only the Shanyu of the Xiongnu married the princess of the Han Dynasty, and no Han Dynasty emperor married the princess of the Xiongnu as his wife.
The possible consequences of marrying a princess of the Huns as a wife
In all dynasties, there have been dynasties where marrying barbarian women as a wife, causing to cause disasters , and almost destroyed the country.
These lessons of the past are to let the emperors of later generations learn from them. cannot marry barbarian women as their wives, otherwise it will bring disaster to the country.
Assuming that the Han Dynasty emperor married a Hun woman as his wife, the son he gave birth to may inherit the throne of the Han Dynasty. High relatives interfere in politics , will threaten the stability of the Han Dynasty regime.
If the Huns participated in the battle for imperial power, it would bring serious harm to the Han Dynasty.
The Han Dynasty has always been hostile to the Huns, and marriage is just a political means. If the prince of the Han Dynasty had the blood of the Huns, he would definitely classify the Huns as his supporters.
The Han Dynasty emperor and ministers could not hand over the country, and they would not give the Huns the opportunity to participate in the politics of the Han Dynasty. The best way is to eliminate the root of all this , prevent the Han Dynasty emperor from marrying the Hun princess as his wife .
irreconcilable cultural differences
The Huns were nomadic people located in the north, while the Han Dynasty was an agricultural country that carried the thousand-year-old Chinese civilization. The two countries had different cultural heritages.
If the Han Dynasty emperor married the Hun princess as his wife, as the Han Dynasty empress, the Hun princess would definitely bring the Hun culture to the Han Dynasty , and will affect the Han Dynasty culture .
If the culture of the Huns is a reference, it is understandable that it will have a positive effect on the Han Dynasty, but the cultural heritage of the Huns is really unsightly.
Han Dynasty was educated by Confucian culture . In terms of ideas, we must respect the elderly and love the young, be humble and obedient, but the Huns regarded the strong as the king, and the remaining elderly and weak were the end of society.
Moreover, the Han Dynasty was a marriage system for one husband and more concubines. After the woman’s husband passed away, a woman could choose to remarry, or never marry for her whole life and be a widow.
However, the marriage system of the Huns adopted the inherited marriage system , that is, after the father's death, the son can marry the father's wife, or after the brother's death, the younger brother can marry the brother's wife.
In this way, there are too many cultural differences between the Han Dynasty and the Huns. There are many differences in living habits. The princess who married far away from home were forced to get used to these bad habits of the Huns, but the Han Dynasty emperor would not let the Han Dynasty people get used to the living habits of the Huns brought by the Hun princesses.
The Han Dynasty and the Huns were married in humiliation in exchange for short-term peace and keeping their low profile.
is to make the Han Dynasty's military stronger in the later period, to siege the Huns, and expel the barbarians. Therefore, the Han Dynasty emperor would definitely not marry the Huns princess, giving the Huns any opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity.
