In ancient feudal society, there were many cruel systems, of which martyrdom was the most inhumane. In ancient times, there were not many women who lost their lives because of this system. Especially in the imperial family, when the emperor died, many palace women and even the emperor's concubines before his death had to be buried with them. Thousands of years of feudal dynastic development, I don't know how many related poignant stories.
Flipping through the notes of modern archaeology, there are some skeletons that look very distorted and exaggerated, and these corpses are often the products of martyrdom. The formation of this feudal habit begins with the Shang Dynasty, who believed that after death, the soul would live in another world. Therefore, many slave owners and nobles will be martyred after death, so that after death, there will still be people to drive.
Later, in the Qin and Han Dynasties, there was a slight improvement, and began to use wooden figurines and pottery figurines to replace real people. However, it is still not completely eradicated, and the "History of Qin Benji" records: Wu Gong was a pawn, and Yongyang was buried. In the beginning, there were sixty-six people from the dead. This system was not completely abolished until the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
During the Ming Dynasty Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji (1398-1435), there was a talented woman who entered the palace at the age of 14. After only 20 days in the palace, he had hardly even seen Ming Xuanzong's face, so he was asked to be martyred for it. It is likely to be related to her own excellent qualities, Guo Ai was born in 1415, and her family has been an official since ancient times and a scholar.
Guo Ai, who grew up in such an environment, is naturally also a belly of ink. She was already able to write a good poem in her teens, and coupled with her excellent appearance, she was valued by the draft officers when she entered the palace draft. The last innocent and romantic talented woman was sent to the palace, a place of right and wrong.
On January 31, 1435, Emperor Xuanzong of Ming died, and Guo Ai, who had been in the palace for less than a month, was asked to be buried for her husband. Guo Ai had no resistance, nor did he have the ability to resist. This is the fate that Guo Ai must face.
The History of the Ming Dynasty - The Biography of the Later Concubines ??? It is recorded: "Guo Concubine, Ming Ai, Character Shanli, Fengyang Ren." Virtuous and literate, he entered the palace for twenty years and died. Knowing the date of death, Shu Chusheng mourned himself. In the last period of her life, she did not go to anyone to complain and complain. Instead, he bit his finger and wrote a "fatal word" with the blood of youth:
Repair the short number of xi, insufficient more also.
Born like a dream, the dead also feel.
I have returned to my relatives before, and I am ashamed of my loss of filial piety.
The heart is miserable and cannot be healed, but it can be mourned.
Since ancient times, Hongyan has a thin life, and Guo Ai is not only a red face, but also a rare talented woman. This poem is a beautiful description of the injustice of fate and the sadness of the heart. And Guo Ai's miserable life also reveals the sadness of a feudal society. It's just a pity that this amazingly beautiful flower is still difficult to withstand the devastation of the wind and rain in the end.