Genji and Emperor Suzaku are both the sons of Emperor Tonghu, and the mother of Emperor Suzaku is the daughter of the right minister, the daughter of the Honghui Palace. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Emperor Suzaku admired and trusted this imperial brother who was reduced to a vassal very much, but the lady of the Honghui Palace was angry with Genji because she was jealous of the change of clothes of the Tongju teapot, and was afraid that Genji would be unfavorable to Emperor Suzaku Emperor, so she interfered with Genji everywhere.

When Emperor Suzaku was the crown prince, he admired Aoi Ji and once asked the left minister for marriage, but the left minister did not allow it to be postponed because of his love for the Genji. Subsequently, Genji crowned the ceremony, and the left minister married Aoi Ji to Genji, and the Honghui palace lady was quite dissatisfied, but Emperor Suzaku did not hate Genji because of this.

When Genji was twenty years old, during the cherry blossom banquet, he stole into the Honghui Hall after drinking and became attached to a noble woman "Moonlit Night".

Later, it was learned that Hao Yueye was actually the sixth daughter of the right minister's family, the sister of the Honghui Palace, and Hao Yueye had promised to marry the prince (Vermilion Bird Emperor) at that time.

However, due to an affair with Genji, after entering the palace on a moonlit night, she could not be used as a female queen, and only relegated to the position of a waiter. The right minister and the lady of the Honghui palace resented Genji, but the Suzaku Emperor thought that Genji had a love affair with the Hazy Moon Night first, and did not despise the crown prince.

Emperor Suzaku was very fond of the Shang servant Hao Yueye, but Hao Yueye had a deep love for Genji, and the two still corresponded often after entering the palace, and once they were bumped into by the right minister.

The Empress of the Honghui Palace took the opportunity to instigate Emperor Suzaku, who was helpless to punish Genji. When Genji learned the news, he had to go into exile to avoid humiliation and go to Sumaura.

During Genji's exile in Suma, there were constant changes in the palace, and the Kirithuin Temple appeared in the dream of the Suzaku Emperor, accusing Genji of exile, and then the right minister died, and the Suzaku Emperor suddenly suffered from eye disease, and the Honghui Palace Lady was also sick.

At this time, Emperor Suzaku had intended to pass on the throne to the little prince of the Barnacle Empress (Later Emperor Lengquan), so he issued an order to summon Genji back to Beijing, and the incident of the moonlit night was over.

Emperor Suzaku fell in love with Sainomiya at first sight when he held a ceremony to inaugurate the new Sainomiya as the new emperor, but at that time, he had no choice but to say "do not return" to Saigu as usual, because Sainomiya's return to Beijing meant that the dynasty had changed.

After the abdication of the Suzaku Emperor, Sainomiya and his mother Rokujo returned to Beijing, and soon after the death of Rokuko, Suzakuin sincerely proposed to Genji to accept Maesai Palace.

Genji was preparing to send the former Sai Palace into the palace to be the Empress of Cold Spring, and it was difficult to choose for a while, so he consulted with the Barnacle Queen, and when the two sat across the curtain, they were already gathering the power of the country in one place.

Although they had missed Suzaku Temple for many years, the two finally decided to marry the former Saigong to Emperor Lengquan, their son.

On the day of entering the palace, when he saw the gifts and poems of Suzakuin, Genji suddenly realized that Suzakuin was so affectionate, so he deeply regretted that there was no good thing for Yusei Suzakuin, but it was irreparable, and he felt deeply sorry for this brother.

In his later years, Suzakuin was preparing to enter the mountains to practice, but he was worried that his beloved daughter and the third princess would not be taken care of, so he married the third princess to Genji. However, due to the Kashiwagi incident, the third princess was finally snubbed by Genji, became a nun, and Suzaku Temple felt the impermanence of the world, and finally devoted herself to the Buddha.

Yukiri's biological mother, Aoi Hime, died early, and Genji was exiled, so Yukiri was raised by his maternal grandmother (the mother of the head lieutenant general) as a child, and after the crown ceremony, Genji's Lady Kazari was his stepmother.

Yuki inherited Genji's handsomeness in appearance, but inherited more from his mother Aoi Ji in terms of personality, so he was generous by nature, old and serious, and the princes and nobles all loved and pity.

Xiwu lived in his grandmother's house in his early years, and he and the daughter of the head lieutenant general, Yunjuyan, was a childhood sweetheart, and the two were happy, but the head lieutenant general disliked Xiwu's official position was too low, and he was unwilling to marry his daughter, and Genji did not deliberately improve Xiwu's official position in order to temper Xiwu.

After the evening fog crown ceremony, he entered the university dormitory, and it was even more difficult to see Yun Juyan, and the two were in great pain. Because of the incident after the establishment of Emperor Lengquan, the head lieutenant general and Genji have long been in trouble, and the head lieutenant general also has the idea of sending Yun Juyan into the palace, and Genji originally planned to intercede for Xiwu, but considering the life of competing with the head lieutenant general, it is difficult to speak.

Hou Xiwu was admitted to the Jinshi, and the head lieutenant general remembered Genji's adoption of Jade, so he allowed this marriage that had been delayed for a long time.

Kashiwagi, the eldest son of the head lieutenant general, is the brother of Yunju Yan, and he has known Xiwu since childhood, and these two personable beautiful boys seem to be Genji and the head lieutenant general back then.

At Genji's birthday banquet when he was 40 years old, Yuki and Kashiwagi danced "Squat" together, recalling the scene of their father's father dancing "Qinghai Wave" together in the past Momijigaga.

Before entering the mountain to practice, Suzaku Temple originally planned to marry the third princess to Xiwu, but considering that Xiwu and Yunjuyan had a very good relationship with their husband and wife, they were afraid that the third princess would be left out in the cold, and finally married the third princess to Genji.

Genji gladly accepted because the women around him lacked people with particularly noble status. Kashiwagi has been in love with the third princess for a long time, and is looking forward to the third princess getting married.

Kashiwagi is talented and deeply appreciated by Genji, and often has the opportunity to be a guest in Rokujo-in, and he actually glimpses the faces of the three princesses by chance, and since then he has been haunted by dreams, and finally bought the maid to meet the three princesses.

Soon afterward, the third princess became pregnant. Genji was only surprised at first, but soon stumbled upon a love letter written by Kashiwagi to the third princess, and learned the reason, so he snubbed the third princess.

One day, Kashiwagi was a guest in Rokujo-in, and during the banquet, Genji vaguely mentioned the matter to Kashiwagi, and Kashiwagi was so frightened that he couldn't afford to fall ill when he returned home, and died a few months later.

Before Kashiwagi died, Yukiri apologized to Genji and hoped to forgive his sins. Yuki guessed that this matter was related to the three princesses, but the details were unknown, and after Kashiwagi dreamed, he finally deduced the reason and implicitly conveyed Kashiwagi's meaning to Genji, who lamented Kashiwagi's untimely death. Hou Xiwu has been taking care of the second princess according to the instructions of the cypress, and the two have been in love for a long time and finally become a family.

Although the third princess was snubbed by Genji because of the Kashiwagi incident, fortunately, she finally gave birth to a baby boy named "Kaoru-kun", who was actually the son of Kashiwagi.

Soon after Kaoru Jun was born, Kashiwagi died of illness, and the third princess became a nun. Genji could vaguely see Kashiwagi's expression from the baby's childish face, and couldn't help but think of the matter of Emperor Leng Quan back then, and thought that his father might have known the inside story back then, but he was still generous and benevolent.

Therefore, Genji only thought that this was karma, and his resentment towards Kashiwagi was eliminated.

When Kaoru Jun was born, the Akashi Lady had already entered the palace, and now she is called "Queen Akashi". At that time, Empress Akashi also gave birth to a baby boy, who was the third prince of the present year, known as the "Xiang Emperor".

Kaoru-kun and Kaoru are the same age, nominally the son and grandson of Genji, respectively, the two have known each other since childhood, they grew up in the same Rokujo Academy, and they are also handsome and dashing, and they are a pair of good partners who compete with each other, reminiscent of the previous life of Genji Taisei and the head lieutenant general Taisei minister.

It is said that the eighth prince of the Tonghu Emperor has a mountain villa in the Uji area, called "Prince Uji". Before the death of the prince, he admired Xun Jun a lot, so he entrusted his two daughters, Xun Jun admired the grace and elegance of the eldest daughter, so he was a matchmaker to introduce the beautiful and moving second daughter to the Xiang prince, but the eldest daughter died of an accidental illness.

After Prince Xiang secretly married the second daughter, he doted on her, but the Minister of Xiwu Zuo and the brother and sister of Empress Akashi had already agreed that Prince Xiang would marry the sixth daughter of the Xiwu family, and Prince Xiang could not refuse, and the second daughter felt frustrated.

Xunjun admired his predecessors, and he frequently complained about his second daughter-in-law, and the second daughter-in-law was in a hurry, and informed Xunjun that Prince Uji had an illegitimate daughter "floating boat" outside, and she was born like the eldest daughter-in-law Xiao. When Xunjun was still entangled, he issued a decree to marry his beloved daughter and the second princess to marry Xunjun.

Now he is the son of Emperor Suzaku, and he has a deep relationship with the three princesses of Kaoru Jun's mother, and he usually takes care of Kaoru Jun, and this time he is following the precedent of Emperor Suzaku marrying the three princesses to Genji.

Once when Kaoru Jun went to Uji Villa, he happened to meet a floating boat that came to incense, and he really looked like the eldest son-in-law, so he repeatedly wrote letters to court.

Soon after, the floating boat happened to live with the second daughter, and the prince visited the new maid, and he also happened to meet the floating boat, and he was concerned about it ever since. Hou Xunjun finally found an opportunity to take the pontoon away from his mother's house and temporarily placed it in Uji Villa, but unexpectedly, Prince Xiang stole into Uji Villa and landed first.

Later, Kaoru Jun finally persuaded the second princess to accept the floating boat and prepare to take the pontoon back to Beijing, and the prince of Xiang rushed to come overnight when he heard the news, but Kaoru Jun was vaguely aware of the matter of the prince and the floating boat, so he sent someone to block the Uji Villa, and the prince returned in vain.

But the floating boat at this time has felt that he is guilty, and he committed suicide by throwing himself into the Uji River, and the prince of Xiang fainted after learning of the death, and did not wake up for three days.

However, the floating boat was accidentally rescued by the Ono monks, and lived in seclusion in the mountains, after Kaoru-kun zigzagged to find here, the floating boat vowed not to meet, Kaoru-kun couldn't help but guess: In the past, she was hidden in the Uji Mountain Villa, and now maybe there is another man like me, hiding her in the small wild grass hermitage.

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The Tale of Genji is a classic masterpiece of Japan, which has had a great impact on the development of Japanese literature and is known as the peak of Japanese literature.

Because of the direct experience of court life, I have a comprehensive understanding of the lewd life of the Japanese aristocracy at that time and the **** things between men and women.

In addition, the author's heart is delicate and sensitive, so "The Tale of Genji" is touching to read, like a classical, elegant, beautiful and mournful "romance novel".

The Tale of Genji can be regarded as the world's earliest full-length realistic novel, so it also occupies a very important place in the history of world literature.

Japan is a country full of contradictions, while the tradition of discrimination against women is prevalent, the world's first full-length realistic novel "The Tale of Genji" is written by a woman, "The Tale of Genji", the whole book, only one million words, involving three generations and lasting more than 70 years, with more than 400 characters in the book.

It mainly tells about the living conditions of the Japanese royal family and aristocracy in the Heian period, with the protagonist Light Source as the core of the story, telling about his life and the ambiguous relationship with many female characters.

This is very similar to "Dream of Red Mansions" in China and China. Although "The Tale of Genji" is more than 700 years earlier than "Dream of the Red Chamber", it is also considered to be the Japanese "Dream of the Red Chamber" because of the intricate relationship between the characters in it, and there are as many as 400 characters.

"Gen" mainly tells the life of Japanese nobles in the Heian period, with the story of the light source clan as the core, bringing out many women who have ambiguous relationships with them.

Aoi Ji is his main room, born noble and cold, the light source snubbed her, and there were many beloved women such as Barnacles, Purple Hime, and Akashi Hime. The women who have been close to the light source clan also include more than a dozen aristocratic women such as Hazy Moon Night, Yuyan, and Rokujo Imperial Rest.

Either because of chance encounters, or because of the fate of the world, a large number of realistic white descriptions in the book make the erosive and surprisingly elegant and beautiful life of the nobles in front of the reader's eyes, but the charm has always been undiminished after thousands of years. For the reader, the first thing to understand about this book is to get a sense of the beauty and ambiguity of Japanese culture before they are confused by the large number of names.

Because the author is a court woman of moderate aristocracy, her emotional life is bumpy, and because she has direct experience of court life, she knows the aristocracy of the Heian period very well, and the author's heart is delicate and sensitive, so "The Tale of Genji" is touching to read, like a classical, quiet and beautiful "romance novel".

The text of the whole book is delicate and beautiful, although the plot in the introduction is boring, but when you read the original text, you will feel very beautiful and touching.

The book contains a large number of beautiful waka songs, as well as a large number of beautiful clothes worn by women in the Heian period (such as twelve danyi and cypress fans).

The characters depicted in the book, especially the female characters, each of them has a very obvious uniqueness, and there is no need to describe too much, every word makes people feel that they are gentle or cold, perfect or noble, or as peaceful as a commoner.

But most of their endings are tragic, which is unbearable until they cry.

More than 400 characters appear in the book, and many poignant love stories are depicted.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the concept of marriage in the Heian period.

Whether or not Shihime is Genji's wife has been inconclusive, both in Japan and among all those who like or study it.

As Drunken has mentioned before, the ancient Japanese wife and concubine system is completely different from the ancient Chinese and Chinese wife and concubine system.

In the "Tang Law Shuyi" of China and China, it is said that "the wife, Qi also, and the concubine are bought and sold." Equal numbers hang on top. However, Japan's "Pension Order" clearly stipulates that wives and concubines are both second-degree relatives.

In the annotation book "Ancient Records" of the "Great Treasure Law Order", it is recorded that "the concubines of this order are more subordinate than those of the lowly subordinates...... In this period (referring to Japan), the concubine and the wife are the same. ”

In Heian literature from the middle of the 10th century onwards, due to the widespread use of kana, Chinese words such as "wife" and "concubine" were gradually reduced and replaced by words such as "northern", "dang belly", and "outer belly", the most important feature of these words is that they are used to distinguish these wives who live together and those who live separately, and the wife who lives together is obviously better than the wife who lives separately.

From this period onwards, the Japanese system of wives and concubines changed from the previous order of marriage to the era of cohabitation and separation.

The "polygamy" in ancient China and China should be accurately said to be "monogamy and polygamy", and the marriage of the Heian aristocracy is a kind of "polygamy" in terms of marriage concept and marriage form.

Its biggest feature is that it is impossible to permanently fix the status of "wife" on a woman, nor can it make a clear distinction between a woman and other women in the system.

Of course, this "polygamy" does not mean complete equality between wives. In real life, there is still a distinction, and there is even a custom of "beating the queen wife" in ancient Japan, that is, the wife who marries first has the right to express her jealousy and anger to the wife who marries later.

In the world of The Tale of Genji, or in the polygamous society of the Heian Dynasty aristocracy, a man's sincerity is not expressed in his loyalty to his wife, but in his honesty with her.

It is important for women, especially cohabiting wives, to be open about their relationships with other women to show that they have no intention of concealing it, and women should be moderately "jealous" in their relationships with men and other women, and this "jealousy game" can often be seen between Hikari and Shihime.

Going back to "The Tale of Genji", some people believe that Shihime lacks a formal "wedding" and that she does not live in a dormitory but in a "opposite room", so as to conclude that she is not a wife.

But some people think that from the fact that Shihime is called "Hokushoin", it can be concluded that she should be Genji's wife.

Whether or not Shihime is Genji's wife has always been a controversial topic, and we cannot understand the Japanese marriage system in terms of the ancient Chinese and Chinese marriage systems.

Therefore, if you can read more other materials about ancient Japan when reading "The Tale of Genji", you can understand the background of the time at that time, analyze the thoughts of the characters, and enter the world of "The Tale of Genji". (To be continued.) )