In 52 BC, Wang Zhaojun was born in Zigui County, Nanjun (present-day

Wang Zhaojun

Wang Zhaojun

Xingshan County, Hubei Province).

In the first year of Jianzhao (38 BC), she was elected to the court as a folk woman and became a palace maid.

According to folklore and records, after Wang Zhaojun entered the palace, because he refused to bribe the court painter Mao Yanshou, Mao Yanshou painted Wang Zhaojun not very beautifully, so he was not selected into the harem of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty.

Out of the plug

In the first month of the first year of Jingning (33 years ago), the Southern Xiongnu called Han Evil Shan to come to Chang'an to make a pilgrimage to the Han Emperor, and invited himself to be his son-in-law. Emperor Yuan then gave Zhaojun to Huhan Evil Shan Yu, and changed Yuan to Jingning. Shan Yu was very happy and wrote to express his willingness to keep the border forever.

After Wang Zhaojun arrived in the Xiongnu, he was known as Ning Hu 阏氏 (yān zhī). Zhaojun and Huhan Yeshan lived together for three years, gave birth to a son, named Yitu Zhiyanshi, and was named the king of the right day.

Xiongnu career

In the first two years (31 years ago), Hu Han Xie Shan died, Wang Zhaojun wrote to the Han court to ask for return, and Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty decreed "from."

Portrait of Wang Zhaojun

Portrait of Wang Zhaojun (39 photos)

Hu custom", according to the nomadic marriage system, remarried Hu Han Xie Shan in the eldest son Fu Zhu Tired Shan Yu, the two lived together for 11 years, and had two daughters;

In the first year of Hongjia (20 years ago), the resumption of the plant was tired of the death of Shan Yu, and Mi Xu succeeded him as Sou Harmonic Ruo Shan Yu. [2] Less than two years later, Wang Zhaojun died of illness.

What happened after the death

In 2 A.D., Wang Mang's dictatorship, in order to please the queen mother, rewarded Wuzhu Liuruo Shan Yu, and ordered him to send Wang Zhaojun's eldest daughter Xu Bu Juci to return to the Central Plains and enter the palace to serve the queen mother. [18-19]

In the first year (8 years), Wang Mang seized the power of the Western Han Dynasty and established a new dynasty. The Xiongnu Shan Yu thought that "if you are not a descendant of the Liu family, how can you be the emperor of China?" so the frontiers were stacked and the disasters were endless.

In 9 A.D., Wang Mang changed the order to Yu Xi and awarded a new chapter.

In 10 A.D., the new dynasty changed the Xiongnu to the Xiongnu. Reserve armor rate of 300,000 to attack the Xiongnu, pre-divided into fifteen countries.

In 11 A.D., Wang Mang made people lure the sons of Hu Han Evil Shan Yu. Wu Zhuliu told the subordinates to enter the plug and bribe. The Che Division descended to the Huns.

In the fifth year of Tianfeng (18 years), Wu Lei Ruo Yu died, and his younger brother Yu succeeded to Hudu and the corpse Dao Gao Ruo Yu Shan Yu. In order to change the succession system of brother to brother and brother to the father-son inheritance system, Hudu and the corpse of Gao Ruo Yu abolished his younger brother Yitu Zhiyasi, the king of Yougu Li, inherited the throne of Zuoxian, and killed Zhiyasi again.

In 265 A.D., Sima Yan was called the emperor, established the Western Jin Dynasty, and posthumously honored Sima Zhao as Emperor Wen.

Lore edit

Legend has it that more than 2,000 years ago, in Baoping Village, Zigui County, Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River, there lived a farmer named Wang Zhong, who went to the nearby Qu Yuan Temple to make incense and make a wish, praying for a descendant who was loyal to the country and loved the people like Qu Yuan. On the night of August 15, his wife dreamed of a bright moon in her arms, and soon gave birth to a girl who was more iconic than the fairy, and this was Wang Zhaojun. Zhaojun has been smart and clever since she was a child, diligent and studious, kind-hearted, worried about the country and the people, and especially likes to sing at Mochizuki, so her parents built a building for her and named it Wangyue Tower.

Later, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty selected the beauties of the world as his concubine, and Zhaojun was chosen. After Wang Zhaojun arrived in Chang'an, the capital, like other selected show girls, he first went to the painter Mao Yanshou to paint a portrait. In order to get the favor of the emperor, some beauties bribed Mao painters with a lot of money, and the painters painted them with extraordinary beauty. Wang Zhaojun didn't believe in this evil, and didn't give the painter Mao gold and silver treasures, so the painter Mao deliberately clicked a little under Wang Zhaojun's eyes, but Wang Zhaojun failed to enter the eyes of Emperor Han Yuan and was lonely in the harem.

A few years later, as a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, the Southern Xiongnu Hu Han Evil Shan entered Chang'an to make a pilgrimage to Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty and invited himself as a son-in-law, and Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty decided to find a few beauties among the unfavored beauties, rewarded him, and promised to give the status of a princess to whoever was willing to go. Wang Zhaojun stepped forward. Before leaving, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty summoned Zhaojun, and was stunned when he saw him, how could I not find such a beautiful beauty? Emperor Yuan deeply regretted it, looked at Zhaojun with both eyes, and it was difficult for the Son of Heaven to lose his trust. Zhaojun has been in the palace for many years, and it is also sad to see the amorous and young emperor for the first time, but he wants to leave him. But for the sake of national interests, Zhaojun had to go north.

After sending Zhaojun away, Emperor Yuan immediately flipped through the beauty album and finally found it in an inconspicuous place. After a closer look, it turned out that Zhaojun had an extra flaw under his eyes, which covered up Zhaojun's beauty. The emperor was furious and ordered the deceitful painter Mao Yanshou to be killed.

Zhaojun came to Saiwai with the Hu Han evil, and held a grand wedding in the Xiongnu, the two had a deep feeling, but soon the foothills of Yinshan Mountain and the north and south of the desert, there were serious natural disasters, there was no rain for a long time, the water and grass died, the herdsmen were hungry and chaotic, and there was an evil wind in the flying sand of the Shuo desert. Local residents said that these disasters were brought by Wang Zhaojun, and only by using her blood to pay tribute to the ancestors of the Xiongnu could the grassland be turned into a disaster. Hu Han Xie was depressed and uneasy all day long, and Zhaojun was also worried, and suddenly she remembered that her parents had given her a bag before she entered the palace. Zhaojun opened the bag and saw that it contained crop seeds, gold scissors, and a piece of yellow paper. Zhaojun was puzzled and shed a string of tears sadly. The teardrops fell on the cold sand, and miraculously a small blue crystal spring appeared on the sand. Zhaojun was surprised and delighted, with water, there were also cattle and sheep, water and grass, and crops. She picked up the golden scissors and cut a little lamb with yellow paper, but she didn't expect that as soon as it was cut, the little paper sheep would become a real sheep. Zhaojun used yellow paper to cut cattle and sheep, aquatic plant petals, and suddenly, a large area of green grass and fragrant flowers appeared around him, and herds of cattle and sheep were eating grass and resting in it. In the end, Zhaojun scattered the seeds in the bag on the sand, and crops grew in an instant. The herdsmen were ecstatic and rushed to tell each other, passing on Zhaojun's kindness from generation to generation. [3]

Major Achievements Editorial

Huhan Evil Shan attached to the Han Dynasty and Zhaojun went out of the fortress, which not only ended the division and war of the Xiongnu for many years, but also laid the foundation for the great unification of the Central Plains Dynasty. In addition, exchanges between the two sides were strengthened, so that the relatively backward ethnic minorities at that time inevitably yearned for the advanced system of the Central Plains, and prompted some minority people to follow the system of the Central Plains. [4]

Historical Evaluation Editor

Celebrity reviews

Hann is shallow and deep, and the joy of life is in knowing each other. The poor green mound is gone, and there are still mourning strings left to this day.

- (Song) Wang Anshi

Stunning and amazing out of the Han Palace, the red face is thin, ancient and modern. Even if the king is light on color, what kind of painter will he seize power? [5]

- (Qing) Cao Xueqin

Literary Evaluation

[People's Daily Online]: Wang Zhaojun incarnated as a messenger of peace, married Hu Di, and she did many practical things in a foreign land. Nowadays, the "green mound" of Wang Zhaojun's tomb appears in many places, which also proves that the people of the past generations have missed her great virtue. [6]

Wang Zhaojun married the Huns. It doesn't matter what Wang Zhaojun's own thoughts are, but through the interpretation of this matter by later generations, we can see the marriage view, regional view and aesthetics of the past dynasties. [7]

Anecdotal allusion edit

Flat sand and geese

Wang Zhaojun and Xi Shi, Diao Chan, and Yang Yuhuan are known as the four beauties of ancient China.

Zhaojun is out of the stopper

Zhaojun is out of the stopper

There is "the appearance of the shy flowers in the closed moon, the appearance of the sinking fish and the falling geese", in which the "falling geese" refers to the story of Zhaojun's exit from the plug.

In the first year of Jingning (33 years ago), the leader of the Southern Xiongnu called Han Xiedan to come to Chang'an to make a pilgrimage to the Son of Han Dynasty, called the Han Dynasty, and invited himself as a son-in-law, and the Han Yuan Emperor selected the palace queen Zhaojun. Zhaojun bid farewell to his homeland and went north. Along the way, the yellow sand was rolling, and the horses neighed and geese chirping, which made her feel uneasy, so she immediately played "Pipa Resentment". The poignant and melodious sound of the piano and the beautiful and moving woman made the geese flying south forget to swing their wings and fell on the flat sand one after another, and the falling geese became Wang Zhaojun's nickname.

The painter abandoned the city

According to the "Xijing Miscellaneous Records", Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty asked the painter to paint a portrait because of the large number of women in the harem.

Wang Zhaojun

Wang Zhaojun (7 photos)

Look at the picture to summon the pamper. The palace people bribed the painters, but the only king Zhaojun refused, so her portrait was painted the worst, and she was not allowed to see Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty. Later, the Xiongnu came to ask for relatives, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty selected Wang Zhaojun according to the image, and before leaving, he found that Zhaojun was elegant and generous, and his appearance was the most beautiful.

For example, Wu Wen's "Ming Concubine": "Don't buy gold for paintings, you will be ashamed to be the same as self-media"; Chen Zhisui's "Zhaojun Out of the Plug": "The Han Emperor hated to kill Mao and prolong his life, and the root of the province was himself." Wang Anshi's "Ming Concubine Song": "When I returned, I blamed Danqing's hands, which I never had in my life." Ouyang Xiu's "Ming Concubine Qu Zai and Wang Jiefu": "Although you can kill the painter, what good can you do in the matter?