In our lives, we often use "the fish sinks and the wild goose falls" and "the moon is shy of the flower" to describe a woman who is extremely beautiful. Many people don’t know how to get these words. In fact, these words come from the allusions of the four beauties in China.
Xi Shi Huansha , it is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a woman named Xi Shi in the State of Yue. When she was huansha by the river, the fish in the river saw her beautiful figure, forgot to swim, and sank to the bottom of the river. This is the so-called sinking fish.
Zhaojun goes out of the fortress , it tells the story of the Western Han Dynasty, when Wang Zhaojun married away from the fortress to be with his relatives. The geese in the sky saw her expression, forgot to fly, and fell to the ground. This is Luoyan.
Diao Chan worships the moon. These four words are used to describe Diao Chan’s beauty. Even the moon in the sky hid in the clouds in shame when she saw her face. This is closing .
The imperial concubine was drunk, describing Yang Guifei After she was drunk, the flowers and plants in the garden felt ashamed and lowered their heads in embarrassment when they saw her charming posture. This is what is called and .
However, there is only one of the four beauties in Chinese history, and future generations admire her extremely. This person is Wang Zhaojun. So what did Wang Zhaojun do?
Heqin, also known as "Herong" and "Hefan", refers to the political marriage between the rulers of the Central Plains dynasties and surrounding ethnic minorities for various purposes. Marriage can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. But strictly speaking, marriage began in the Han Dynasty.
The marriage between the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu is an early example. In the Western Han Dynasty, the world was initially settled, and the soldiers were tired. Liu Bang adopted Lou Jing's suggestion, let the Han Dynasty female Chanyu marry the Xiongnu Chanyu as Yanshi (the collective name for the Xiongnu Chanyu and the wives of the kings) , and gave the Xiongnu a certain amount of cotton, silk, wine, grain, etc. The two parties agreed to be brothers; they opened a "closed market" to trade with each other.
This policy relatively eased military conflicts, was conducive to the recuperation of the Han Dynasty , promoted the economic development of the early Han Dynasty, and strengthened the economic and cultural exchanges between Han and Hungary. "Zhaojun went out of the fortress" happened during this period.
Wang Zhaojun was born in Nanjun of the Western Han Dynasty, in a place called Zigui near Yichang, Hubei Province today. Wang Zhaojun was a beautiful woman when she was born.
It is said that every time she goes out, she will cause a commotion. There is a long queue of young men who admire her. It stands to reason that Wang Zhaojun can find a good husband's family. However, her father Wang Xiang didn't think so. In the eyes of this father, the only person worthy of his daughter is the current emperor.
So to make your daughter stand out, it’s more than just a vase. This father also put in a lot of effort. Even when the family was destitute, they never forgot to cultivate their daughter's skills in music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
As she grew up, Wang Zhaojun became more and more beautiful, and her peerless appearance spread to the capital. Soon, he participated in the draft and stood out and was lucky enough to enter the palace.
It stands to reason that Wang Zhaojun will definitely be chosen by the emperor with his beauty and talent. However, Wang Zhaojun was upright by nature. After arriving at the palace, she felt shameless when she saw others using money to bribe selected officials. Besides, Wang Zhaojun was born in a remote mountain village, and his family had no extra money, so he used it to bribe selection officials. So she failed in the final selection and became a palace maid.
There is another version among the people. It is rumored that during the talent show, the palace will hire some painters to paint the beautiful ladies, and then bring them to the emperor for appreciation. When the emperor falls in love with her, the beautiful girl will flourish and become the emperor's wife.
However, when it came to the portrait session, almost all the show girls bribed the painter Mao Yanshou, with the exception of Wang Zhaojun. As a result, Mao Yanshou deliberately painted Wang Zhaojun ugly, so he was not selected in the final draft and became a palace maid. In this way, Wang Zhaojun has lived in the palace for many years.
No matter which version it is, it shows that Wang Zhaojun and his concubine passed by each other.
In 33 BC, the northern Huns leader Hu Hanxie Shanyu took the initiative to come to the Han Dynasty, proclaimed himself a vassal to the Han Dynasty, and asked for peace. Emperor Han Yuan is naturally a dream. But he was unwilling to let his biological daughter marry to the land of the Huns three thousand miles away. Therefore, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty selected a maid from the harem to recognize as his daughter, and then went to get married.
However, even palace maids are not willing to marry far away. At this moment, Wang Zhaojun took the initiative to ask for help. Because she was tired of life in the palace. She believed that living in a boring palace was better than marrying far away. Just like that, Wang Zhaojun stood up.
When Wang Zhaojun stood in front of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, all the civil and military officials in the court were stunned. Hu Hanxie never imagined that the emperor of the Han Dynasty would be so generous as to marry such a beautiful princess to him. Of course, the most unexpected thing is Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty. He never expected that there would be such a beautiful woman in the palace. If he had known that there was such a beautiful woman, she would have become a member of his harem long ago.
But at this time, he had agreed to betroth Wang Zhaojun to Hu Hanxie, and he had no choice but to watch Wang Zhaojun embark on the road to marriage. Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty was also impressed by Wang Zhaojun's beauty. Not only did he spend a lot of money to make a dowry for her, but he also took out various specialties of the Han Dynasty as Wang Zhaojun's dowry and sent her ten miles away from Chang'an .
Later, Wang Zhaojun followed her husband Huhanxie Shanyu and went through untold hardships, and finally came to the land outside the Great Wall where the Huns lived. After arriving outside the Great Wall, Wang Zhaojun found that he encountered troubles one after another. The first is the language barrier. In order to communicate better, Wang Zhaojun began to learn the Xiongnu language on the second day after arriving outside the Great Wall.
Secondly, there is the issue of diet. The Huns were keen on meat and rarely ate vegetables. This is an unbearable thing for Wang Zhaojun from the Central Plains. Fortunately, in order to solve the food problem, she led the Huns to engage in agriculture and taught the Huns to use farm tools from the Central Plains, and no longer only relied on meat as their staple food.
Last but not least, the environment outside the Great Wall is too harsh. Wang Zhaojun had to endure the unpredictable weather and environment outside the Great Wall for a long time. However, Wang Zhaojun still had the mentality of "take it as he comes" and relied on his strong willpower to finally adapt to the environment here.
Since marrying Hu Hanxie, this Chanyu has doted on her very much. The two gave birth to three sons. Later, with the help of the Western Han Dynasty, Hu Hanxie Chanyu gradually controlled the entire Xiongnu territory, ending the centuries-old disputes between the Xiongnu tribes.
Her husband is the king of the Huns, and he loves her very much. If he continues to live like this, Wang Zhaojun's life should be good. However, Hu Hanxie was a short-lived person. He died in the third year of their marriage at the age of 42.
After Hu Hanxie died of illness, his eldest son succeeded to the throne. According to the Xiongnu system, after a son inherits his father's throne, he must also inherit his women. This system feels a bit ridiculous. But for the grassland people, it is also a last resort.
Because the environment in the grasslands is much harsher than that in the mainland, men's life span is not long. However, allowing the son to inherit his father's wives and concubines was actually a way to protect his father's widow. However, the biological mother cannot inherit.
Even so, Wang Zhaojun was still disgusted with marrying his "son". Because in the Han Dynasty, women always "do not serve two husbands". If her husband dies, the woman will remain a widow for half her life. Later, Wang Zhaojun sent people to find Emperor Yuan of Han, hoping to return to the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty considered the marriage between the two countries and believed that Wang Zhaojun's return would definitely affect the relationship between the two countries, so he politely refused. Wang Zhaojun had no choice but to marry Hu Hanxie's eldest son Fu Zhulei. Fuzhulei also loved Wang Zhaojun very much. They lived together for eleven years and gave birth to two children.
What I didn’t expect was that eleven years later, this Shanyu died again. The eldest son of 's duplicate plant inherited 's position. Wang Zhaojun had no choice but to be forced to marry the grandson of Hu Hanxie Shanyu again.But according to official history, despite experiencing so many changes, Wang Zhaojun still lived to the age of fifty-three. This is considered a long life for the Huns in the outer game.
Since Wang Zhaojun married the Xiongnu Chanyu, under her persuasion, the Xiongnu and the Western Han Dynasty avoided several wars. That is to say, under Wang Zhaojun's mediation, Han and Hungary became more united and harmonious, and created 60 years of no war between the two countries.
It can be said that Wang Zhaojun made great contributions to the harmony and unity of the two peoples, and was praised by future generations. The story of Wang Zhaojun's departure from the fortress has also become an immortal story of national unity in Chinese history.
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