For decades after Zhaojun went to the frontier, the Han and the Huns maintained friendly and harmonious relations. Huhanye Shanyu attached the Han Dynasty to the frontier and went out of the border with Zhaojun, which not only ended the split and wars of the Huns for many years, but also laid the foundation for the unification of the Central Plains dynasty. Therefore, from ancient times to the present, countless literati and poets have expressed sympathy and regret for the fate of Wang Zhaojun.
Of course, there are countless people trying to experience the hearts of this generation of beauties who are stunning in the country. However, while we sympathize with Wang Zhaojun, have we ever thought: her far-reaching marriage may be the best way back to her destiny, so should we be happy for her?
Nowadays, what is well-known about Wang Zhaojun is a generation of beautiful beauties who were sent to the palace to be concubines, but they lived deep in the palace because they refused to bribe the painter. If they were not known by the emperor, they would naturally not be favored by the emperor. Later, the Xiongnu Chanyu learned about this wonderful beauty, so he sent troops to invade. The Han army was defeated. Wang Zhaojun voluntarily married his marriage from afar. Finally, he dived into the river at the junction of the Han Dynasty and committed suicide.
Wang Zhaojun was selected into the palace in the first year of Jianzhao of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty, and first became an unknown palace maid. Later, Wang Zhaojun stayed in the harem in the humble and painful way for five years, wasting her youthful and beautiful years. She is just a little palace maid, with no power or power in the harem, and she cannot find a good family like an ordinary woman, give birth to a son and half a daughter, and live a stable life.
However, all this may have been destined long ago.
Han Yuan Emperor In the first year of Jingning, the Shanyu Director met with the Han Emperor for the third time and hoped to marry the Han princess as her wife. This is actually the opposite of the story that the novel unofficial history says, "The Huns attacked heavily, but the Han Dynasty could not defeat it." At this time, the Huns experienced civil strife of mutual murder, and as a result, they were divided into two parts.
In order to seek self-protection, Huhanye Shanyu came to rely on the Han Dynasty. Zhizhi Shanyu was forced to move to the west of Western Regions in desperation. However, the result was still wiped out by the Han general. Later, Huhanye Shan came to pay his respects as a guest minister. The identity of Wang Zhaojun is enough to illustrate this point: before
, the women of Han Dynasty who married far away were all pampered and elegant golden branches and jade leaves from the Han Palace. At this time, Wang Zhaojun, who married Shanyu, was only an unknown little palace maid in the deep palace.
Wang Zhaojun finally walked out of the high walls of the Han Dynasty at the age of nineteen and married as a Han Dynasty princess. The son she gave birth to Huhanye Shanyu was also named the Right Rizhu King, and he had the strong national strength of the Western Han Dynasty as a support. From this we can see that for Wang Zhaojun, he was the queen with supreme power in the Xiongnu, but in the Han palace, he could only be a little palace maid who was powerless and powerless at the slaughter of others. Therefore, marrying far away is not a good thing for her.
Some people say, "Wang Zhaojun's country is beautiful, but it's a pity that the Han Emperor did not know her beautiful face." However, the historical books clearly record that when Huhanye Shanyu said goodbye, the Han Emperor regretted Wang Zhaojun's face, but everything was a foregone conclusion and could not regret it. Regardless of the authenticity recorded in historical books, one thing is certain: one year after Wang Zhaojun married far away, the Emperor of Han also died, so even if she did not go out of the frontier, she would inevitably have the tragic fate of guarding the tomb as a palace maid.
Later, after Wang Zhaojun married into the Western Regions, Huhanye Shanyu was old and passed away two years later. Wang Zhaojun once expressed his wish to return to the Han Dynasty to Emperor Cheng of Han, but Emperor Cheng of Han asked Wang Zhaojun to "follow the Hu customs". In fact, the so-called "Hu custom" is the "sister-in-law marriage system" of the Huns, that is, the marriage custom of marrying stepmothers and sister-in-laws. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why people sympathize with Wang Zhaojun's tragic fate. Later generations even wrote that Wang Zhaojun had to marry his son, and in the end, he committed suicide by taking poison under shame.
In fact, the real story is: in the second year of Jianshi, Huhanye Shanyu died. After that, Wang Zhaojun remarried Huhanye Shanyu's eldest son Fuzhule Shanyu .Moreover, the two lived together for eleven years and had two daughters; the eldest daughter was named Xubu Ju, and the second daughter was named Ju. In the first year of Hongjia, Fuzhu Le Shanyu died again, and Mi Xu succeeded him as Soxie Ruoyi Shanyu. He was the younger brother of Fuzhu Le Shanyu. He was previously named Zuo Xianwang by his brother Fuzhu Le Shanyu.
As for whether Souxiruoshanyu inherited Wang Zhaojun, there is no record in historical materials, but one thing we can be sure of is that Wang Zhaojun died of illness in less than two years. Wang Zhaojun died of illness at the age of 33, about 52 BC to about 19 BC. Since 33 years old is the age of a woman who is energetic, according to the current saying "convention becomes a custom", it is very possible that Zhaojun's "Three Marriages of the Huns" are.
The Huns’ marriage system is actually something that we Han people cannot understand. The marriage customs of the Han Dynasty have become very open and free. It is common for a woman to remarry her husband when she dies, for example: The mother of Emperor Wu of Han Wang Zhi . Wang Shi married King Sun when he was young. Later, a fortune teller said, "Wang Shi is a wealthy person. Not only will he enter the palace to become the queen, but his son will also become the emperor in the future." So Wang Shi left King Sun and entered the prince's uterus. The history after
tells us that she really became the queen, and her son Liu Che also became one of the most famous emperors in Chinese history: Emperor Wu of Han. Regarding Wang Zhi's past, generally speaking, the queen would try her best to cover up the past, but the Western Han people did not think there was anything wrong with it at that time. Emperor Wu of Han not only sent people to the people to find his half-sister, but even made him a princess. The royal family that values etiquette and face so much, let alone the folks of the Western Han Dynasty.
Due to the policy of rest and recuperation implemented by the state in the early Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was more open and free to matters between men and women. So, even if there was no "sister-in-law marriage system" of the Huns at that time, it was very common for Wang Zhaojun to remarry. Moreover, in fact, her age is more in line with Huhanye Shanyu's son. Nowadays, the Wang Zhaojun we know from many historical materials is not necessarily her true thoughts, and the person she married does not mean that she is not the person she wants.
However, what we can be sure of is that whether Wang Zhaojun is due to marriage or her own happiness, the things she gets from marrying far away must be much better than the pain she has suffered in the Han Deep Palace.
Reference materials:
『《Book of Han·Biography of the Xiongnu》, "Miscellaneous Notes of Xijing", "Zizhi Tongjian"』
