Since ancient times, the red face is more than a thin life. During China's long feudal dynastic era, a total of 219 emperors were produced, which also produced hundreds of thousands of harem concubines. In that special era when the king was the subject and the husband was the wife, how many daughters could only sigh alone in the deep palace, and finally a wisp of incense soul passed away with the wind. But Wen Xiu, the concubine of the last emperor Puyi, openly challenged the feudal imperial power in the context of the times at that time, wanted to divorce Puyi, and was an independent, daring to pursue freedom and get rid of the control of the imperial power. The past is like a dream, and after 21 years, she confided to her husband that she had been the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty.
Erdet Wenxiu, Manchu, nicknamed Huixin. At the beginning of 1921, when Puyi was fifteen years old, the selection of an empress and the selection of concubines for him was put on the agenda.
A picture of the woman was handed up, Puyi just picked a photo that looked pleasing to the eye, and the people in the circle were embroidered in the circle. On November 30, 1922, Wen Xiu, who was not yet 13 years old, was welcomed into the palace and became a concubine of puyi at the age of 16.
At this time, Wen Xiu was only 14 years old, which was the age of innocence. After three prayers and nine knocks, Wen Xiu became Puyi's concubine. But Puyi is very cold to Wen embroidery, and on the wedding night, Puyi left Xia Xiu alone in the new room. In the vast palace wall, Wen Xiu couldn't help but feel sad and confused about his future life.
Wen Xiu stayed in the Changchun Palace, where Empress Dowager Cixi once lived, although it was a place with gorgeous decorations, but due to Puyi's coldness, the huge Changchun Palace was almost the same as the Cold Palace.
Wen Xiu has loved to read since she was a child, and in the West Hall of Changchun Palace, she hoarded many books to pass the lonely time. It is precisely because Wen Xiu has lived in the study for a long time and does not know how to flatter Puyi, which causes Pu Yi to pay more and more attention to Wen Xiu. Wen Xiu's heart was lonely, and more and more he could not leave the door behind closed doors, only with the ancient books of Qinglan.
However, the days of wen embroidery burying one's head in ancient books and being depressed soon came to an end. Two years later, in 1924, the Qing court had a "forced palace incident", the imperial family fell to Tianjin, life was difficult, Puyi tried to rely on Japan to restore the imperial system.
Wen Xiu attended the private Dunben School in Beijing before entering the palace, and his talent was brilliant, coupled with the extensive reading of books after entering the palace, he was very assertive. She was very dissatisfied with Puyi's restoration behavior and persuaded Puyi to restrain her horse from the cliff.
Puyi could listen to Wen Xiu's advice, so he began to snub Wen Xiu, no longer let Wen Xiu accompany him on trips and meals, and even the rewards of the festival were canceled.
The palace was originally a place to worship high and low, and Empress Wanrong began to insult and humiliate Wenxiu, so the eunuchs and palace ladies saw that Wenxiu had lost power, and they were also unfair and contemptuous to her. Wen Xiu often shed tears alone and even thought of suicide.
Just when Wen Xiu was miserable and disappointed in life, her sister Wen Shan introduced her to a new woman with open minds, Yu Fen. After Yufen learned the truth of Wenxiu's marriage, she persuaded Wenxiu to divorce Puyi, and she encouraged Wenxiu to say: The current Republic of China has entered a new period, and people's understanding of marriage.
There has been a fundamental change from concept to the rule of law, marriage has new legal provisions, regardless of status, as long as there are legal grounds, both spouses can file for divorce. Under the persuasion of Wen Shan and Yu Fen, Wen Xiu decided to leave JingYuan.
After several adjustments, on October 22, 1931, the two parties formally signed a divorce agreement for thousands of years. In Chinese society where men are inferior to women, it is customary for men to divorce wives and emperors to abolish concubines, and no empress or imperial concubine has ever filed for divorce.
Wen embroidery is the first and only successful person. The change in the concept of marriage in modern China is an important factor in the success of literary embroidery.
When Wen Xiu and Puyi got married, the idea of restoration was flourishing, and the society also preached that marriage needed equal love between men and women, and the concept of equality, freedom, and independent marriage based on emotions and marriage ethics had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Mixed with the torrent of this era, the situation faced by Wen embroidery is also very complicated. On the one hand, her marriage with Puyi has no emotional basis, just because of a pleasing photo.
At that time, Puyi only had the restoration of the imperial system in his heart, and believed that the relationship between husband and wife was the relationship between master and slave, and that wives and concubines were the slaves and tools of the king. At that time, the free pursuit of marriage and the autonomy and equality of all people had become the vane of the times.
On the other hand, wen embroidery already has new ideas. In a short essay she wrote called "The Deer in the Garden of Sorrows", she wrote that she saw a deer in a beautiful garden and found it very pitiful.
The deer lives in the imperial garden and eats all day long, which is its luck. But it is its sorrow that it is trapped in the garden and cannot be free, like a prisoner in a prison, who cannot go out without forgiveness. This short article of WenXiu is a self-metaphor for a deer, although the deer in the garden can rely on the support in the garden to protect the rest of their lives, but they have lost their freedom, and wenxiu himself is the same, which makes people sigh.
Although Wen Xiu eventually divorced Puyi successfully, people at that time still held the traditional concept of marriage and family, especially those stubborn defenders of traditional ideas, and were very resistant to the new concept and the new legal system. The media in Tianjin first published the divorce of Wenxiu, and newspapers in Beijing, Shanghai and other places also reprinted it, and the whole country talked about it.
After the divorce, Wen Xiu no longer cared about these gossip, and threw herself into a new life with great courage and enthusiasm. He changed back to his real name Fu Yufang and successively became a teacher and a female newspaper worker.
Under the introduction of friends, she met Liu Zhendong. Liu Zhendong was a simple soldier who participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan and was promoted to colonel in 1945.
Wen Xiu was soon impressed by his good temper and simplicity, and Liu Zhendong was also attracted by Wen Xiu's gentle temperament, so the two agreed to get married and lived a happy and plain life. For the sake of a new life, Wen Xiu did not tell Liu Zhendong about his past experiences and identities.
After the founding of New China, Liu Zhendong became a member of the cleaning team after retiring. In 1953, Wen Xiu died of myocardial infarction, at this time, 21 years had passed since Wen Xiu and Puyi divorced. It was not until her death in 1953 that she confessed her identity to Liu Zhendong, and she was not an ordinary woman, but the last empress Wenxiu.
In modern China, the concept of free, autonomous and equal marriage has been popularized, and the basis of marriage is that feelings have become the consensus of the public, and women's initiative to propose divorce has also changed from immoral to moral. The traditional divorce system was abolished and divorce by spouses on an equal footing became the norm.
The last imperial princess was realizing her divorce in such a social scene. After wenxiu divorced, she became a teacher and lived a free civilian life. The brave act of filing for divorce makes Wenxiu not become the "second grace", which is not only a victory for her, but also the starting point of her happiness in life.
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