Today, I opened my phone to browse the news and saw that a platform pushed a historical article to my phone. The content of this article is that Li Shimin let his 10-year-old biological daughter Princess Qinghe marry Cheng Chuliang, the son of Cheng Jin. It would have been a very normal historical article, but the comment area was noisy. Netizens' comments have been surprised by the topic of 10-year-old girls getting married. The author thinks this topic is more interesting, but also make a lively, write a post to discuss this topic.
First of all, let's talk about the historical sources of Princess Qinghe, who was only 10 years old, and went to marry Cheng Liang. According to the "Epitaph and Preface of the Great Tang Dynasty General Yizhou Dadu Governor Shangzhu Guo Gong Cheng Jun" recorded that in the sixth year of Zhenguan, Cheng Yaojin (who had changed his name to Cheng Zhijie at this time) served as the commander-in-chief of the march, and the easy-to-understand version was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. Cheng bit jin on this expedition, the opponent is the Iron Mountain Beast, which is easy to understand and is the tribal armed forces in the Iron Mountain area.
Cheng bit the golden flag and won the victory, and soon destroyed the Iron Mountain Beast. Li Shimin received the good news that Cheng had bitten Jin, and it was really Long Yan Da Yue. Cheng bit Jin for such a great battle merit, Li Shimin would definitely reward him. The crux of the matter is that Cheng Biting Jin is already the Duke of Guo, and Li Shimin can't always seal Cheng Biting Jin as a prince, right? If Li Shimin wanted to reward Cheng for biting gold, he could only seal Cheng's son who bit Jin.
In recognition of Cheng's merits, Li Shimin issued an edict sealing Cheng Zhiliang, the second son of Cheng Biting Jin, as the Duke of Dong'a County, and gave him a thousand households to eat. In ancient times, the system of primogeniture was practiced. At that time, Cheng bit Jin, and his title was the Duke of Suguo. Cheng's eldest son, Cheng Chumo, had the dukedom of Suguo to inherit it, and did not need the county dukedom. In order to make Cheng Jin's heirs more rich and noble, Li Shimin crowned Cheng Liang as the Duke of Dong'a County.
Cheng bites jin stills, played by the famous film and television star Mr. Zhang Weijian.
Cheng Chuliang was canonized as the Duke of Dong'a County, and naturally wanted to enter the palace to face Saint Xien. Cheng Chuliang looks like a talented person, and he also has a fatherly demeanor, and his whole body reveals heroic spirit. Li Shimin saw Cheng Chuliang and felt that this young man was very outstanding, so he wanted to marry his daughter Li Jing, the princess of Qinghe.
In ancient times, when emperors recruited horses, the emperor first revealed the information of willingness to marry to the in-laws. The in-laws knew that the Son of Heaven had the intention of marrying, so they asked the Son of Heaven for affection. After the Son of Heaven received the above table, he gave the princess the next marriage to the in-laws.
Li Shimin said to Cheng Yaojin: "Ai Qing's meritorious deeds have made Lang a talent. Princess Qinghe came out and surrendered, recruiting Liang as the best son-in-law of the East Bed, how about Ai Qing's intentions? ”
In ancient times, the princess married someone called "out of the surrender", which is the meaning of marriage. Marrying a princess into the door, called "Shang Lord", is the meaning of Gao Pan. The family lineage of the Cheng Yaojin family is not as good as Li Shimin's family lineage in any case. Li Shimin is willing to recruit Cheng Liang as the best son-in-law of the East Bed, which is to give Cheng enough to bite the golden face. When Cheng Yaojin heard Li Shimin say this, he immediately took his son Xie Lord Longen with him.
Li Shimin stills, played by the famous film and television star Mr. Zhang Fengyi.
Cheng Yaojin, in accordance with the etiquette system, asked for affection on the table and implored Princess Qinghe to come out of the Cheng family. After Li Shimin received Cheng's courtship table, he issued an edict and gave princess Qinghe a bright way to go out and descend. Princess Qinghe was born in the seventh year of Wude, in 624 AD. The time of Li Shimin's departure from the Qinghe Princess was the sixth year of Zhenguan, 622 AD. At this time, Princess Qinghe was 9 years old and 8 years old.
Kong Shengrenyun: "The six rites are called employment." The six gifts are not prepared, which is called running. Those who are hired are wives, and those who run are concubines." Ordinary people get married and go through the "six ceremonies" procedure, it takes a long time. The son of heaven marries his daughter, the princess descends, and the hero is still the lord, that is a major national event, and the procedure is more complicated than the "six rites" of ordinary people's families. By the time Cheng Yaojin and Li Shimin had completed the established procedures for the wedding, it had been seven years since Zhenguan.
Stills of the eldest grandson empress, played by the famous film and television star Ms. Nursery.
Princess Qinghe, who was seven years old, 10 years old and 9 years old, married Cheng Chuliang after a lively wedding and became Cheng Zhijin's daughter-in-law. Before getting married, Princess Qinghe once said that she would stay in the palace to accompany her father and emperor for a few years. Li Shimin faced the request of his own daughter Princess Qinghe and said, "Ru life is like Si."
Li Shimin's words have three meanings. The first meaning is "the marriage of children, the destiny of parents." The father emperor ordered princess Qinghe to marry, and princess Qinghe had to obey, and there was no room for bargaining.
The second meaning is that the emperor's daughters marry the sons of heroes, which is their fate. Cheng bit jin so much merit, Li Shimin gave his daughter as a gift to the Cheng family, to put it bluntly, it is a political marriage, and it is a means for the Son of Heaven to win over the heroes. Princess Qinghe, as the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Family, it is her responsibility to marry and win over the heroes. Princess Qinghe must obey, and there is no room for bargaining.
The third meaning, Li Shimin has already told the world, the whole world knows about the Princess Qinghe's landing. Jun wu joked that whether Princess Qinghe wanted to or not, she must complete the marriage on time.
Li Tai stills, played by the famous film and television star Mr. Ren Shan.
Reading this, perhaps some netizens are not calm. Li Shimin forced his 9-year-old daughter to marry into the Cheng family, how can this be? The post I read in the morning, there are many netizens who hold this argument in the comment area.
Many people will fall into a misunderstanding, that is, they like to use our concept today to interpret the things recorded in ancient books, which is called: "Today's scholars read ancient books, mostly referring to the loss of ancients." ”
In the eyes of people now, 9-year-old children should be in elementary school. We are in the stage of studying hard and improving every day. Getting a 9-year-old child married seems incredible.
In ancient times, girls generally married at an earlier age. The famous Empress WendeShun of the Tang Dynasty, Sun Shi, married Li Shimin at the age of 12. Li Shimin's daughter-in-law, Princess Yan of Wei, married Li Tai at the age of 10. In ancient times, getting married at the age of 10 was really a common thing, and it was really nothing strange.
Fang Xuanling stills, played by the famous film and television star Mr. Zheng Shaoqiu.
In ancient times, there was a word called "round house". This term refers to the fact that some young girls cannot perform conjugal gifts with their husbands after marriage. Wait until the daughter-in-law is older before she can sleep with her husband. Although Princess Qinghe and Cheng Chuliang were married, the gift of husband and wife should have been completed a few years later. This situation was the norm in ancient times, and it was not unusual.
Li Shimin sent his daughter Princess Qinghe out of the Cheng family and prepared a rich dowry for her daughter. Li Shimin gave Princess Qinghe three thousand households of food, and gave Cheng Chuliang a thousand households of food, all of which were false seals. The etiquette system of the Tang Dynasty, the actual sealing of the food, is generally one-tenth of the false seal. Princess Qinghe and Cheng Chuliang's real seals should add up to four hundred households. The taxes of four hundred households, supporting Princess Qinghe and Cheng Chuliang, were enough for the little two to live a good life.
Everyone should know that Cheng Yaojin was born and died for the Tang Dynasty, and he was only given the title of Duke of Suguo by Li Yuanzhi when he received three hundred households. Cheng bit Jin married Princess Qinghe as a daughter-in-law, got the glory of the "Shang Lord's House", and also got real benefits, and the old Cheng family really made a lot of money. Cheng bites the gold stall on Li Shimin's family, which is really fame and fortune.
Chai Shao stills, played by the famous film and television star Mr. Mao Huafeng.
During the Tang Dynasty, there was a saying that "marrying a princess is equivalent to marrying a lawsuit." Princesses of the Tang Dynasty, many of whom did not have great responsibilities, would bring lawsuits to the in-laws. For example, Fang Xuanling, a meritorious servant of Lingyang Pavilion, because he married Princess Gaoyang as his daughter-in-law, ended up in a lawsuit, and the Fang family fell from this family. Another example is Li Shimin's brother-in-law Chai Shao, because he married Li Shimin's daughter Princess Baling as a daughter-in-law, the result was also a lawsuit, and the Chai family fell from this family.
Cheng bit Jin's luck was very good, and his daughter-in-law, Princess Qinghe, was named Li Jing, the character Dexian. Li Dexian, as his name suggests, is really Lady Xiande. Princess Qinghe did not produce moths like his sisters Princess Gaoyang and Princess Baling, she was honest all her life and taught her husband and son in the Cheng family. Cheng Chuliang had the blessing of a virtuous wife, and his career was very smooth, and he finally died in the position of General Ning Yuan.
If you have to pick a fault from Princess Qinghe, you can also pick out a fault. Princess Qinghe only lived for 40 years, and when she died, Cheng Yaojin was still alive. Princess Qinghe asked Cheng to bite the blonde white-haired person to send the black-haired person, which was probably her only drawback.
References: "Epitaph and Preface of the Great Tang Dynasty Grand General Yizhou Dadu Governor Shangzhu Guo Gongcheng of the Lu Kingdom" "Epitaph of the Princess of Qinghe"
Bibliography: Zizhi Tongjian, Old and New Tang Dynasties
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