Fu Shanxiang, the first female champion in Chinese history
Fu Shanxiang (1833–1856?) ), a native of Nanjing, the first and only female figure in Chinese history. Born in a family of scholars, he has been brilliant since childhood and likes to read the history of the Bible.
Fu Shanxiang (1833-1856), a native of Jinling (present-day Nanjing) in the late Qing Dynasty. Born in a family of scholars, he has been brilliant since childhood and likes to read the history of the Bible.
When she was eight years old, her parents died one after another, and the family road declined rapidly. At the age of 13, her brother obeyed her father's orders and married her to the Li family. Her husband was six years younger than her and an ignorant child. When she was 18 years old, her husband died of measles, and the young Shanxiang became a widow overnight before she could fully house.
After burying her son, the mother-in-law planned to sell her for silver. At this time, Fu Shanxiang could no longer live in the Li family.
On January 11, 1851, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom held an armed uprising in Jintian Village, Guiping, Guangxi. On March 19, 1853, the Taiping Army captured Nanjing and renamed it Tianjing as the capital of the Kingdom of Heaven.
With nowhere to go, Fu Shanxiang resolutely defected to the Taiping Army.
In the late spring of 1853, Hong Xiuquan issued an edict to open the armor and take soldiers, while breaking the convention and adding "female subjects"; this was unprecedented in Chinese history. The chief examiner of the male department is Yang Xiuqing, the eastern king, and the chief examiner of the female subject is Hong Xuanjiao, the sister of Hong Xiuquan. Fu Shanxiang bravely signed up for the women's examination. At that time, there were more than 600 men and women participating in the scientific expedition, and the male and female subjects were the same, all of which were "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Heavenly Father Heavenly Brother Heavenly King made policies for the true emperor". Fu Shanxiang in the examination room showed her superhuman talent, she lifted the pen, the text gushed, talented, and in an instant. Her articles are full of essence, the words are pearls, and there are more than 10,000 sprinkles of foreign words, and when she first commented, she won the unanimous praise of the grading officials.
After layers of selection, Fu Shanxiang's article was finally sent to the desk of Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King. After reading it, Dong Wang was immediately impressed by this talented article, especially the views in the text, which made him even more pleased: "The three emperors are not enough to be emperors, the five emperors are not enough to be emperors, but my emperor is the true emperor." So "Tiger Yan Da Yue", mentioning Zhu Bi, did not hesitate to point Fu Shanxiang as a female section leader. Fu Shanxiang won the first place in the Dingjia examination, becoming the first female champion in Chinese history and the only female champion.
After the imperial examination, Yang Xiuqing personally ordered that Fu Shanxiang be recruited into the Eastern Palace and reused. Soon, the Eastern King issued an edict appointing Fu Shanxiang as the "History of Female Attendants". Responsible for the drafting of the Edict of the Eastern King and the collation of documents. Because of his shrewdness and ability, Fu Shanxiang was later promoted to "Bookkeeper" to help the Eastern King review all the documents and books that came and went.
Fu Shanxiang's talent also gradually aroused the interest of the Heavenly King's Palace on the wall, and the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan greeted Yang Xiuqing several times to borrow Fu Shanxiang to handle government affairs, and each time Fu Shanxiang was able to complete the tasks entrusted by the Heavenly King.
In March 1854, the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan issued an edict appointing Fu Shanxiang as the "Minister of Grace and Reward", ranking second in the rank of prefecture division, subordinate to the six departments of the Heavenly King's Palace, and his main duty was still to assist the Eastern King in handling administrative affairs.
After Hong Xiu made the capital Tianjing, he carried out a series of social changes. In this change, Yang Xiuqing played a decisive role. With a cool head and a deep vision, Fu Shanxiang, in addition to helping the Eastern King formulate new policies, also vigorously persuaded the Eastern King to protect the culture and abolish some unreasonable measures.
In June 1854, under the influence of Fu Shanxiang, Yang Xiuqing successively revised the cultural policy of the Kingdom of Heaven to only publish the Old and New Testaments and devalue all ancient books as "demon books" in the name of "speaking on behalf of the Heavenly Father", and abolished the "Women's Pavilion" that made women be married, restored the family system, and allowed young women to marry. Fu Shanxiang persuaded Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, to strictly forbid his subordinates from destroying cultural relics and to establish a large-scale museum in the Eastern Palace where he lived. This series of measures has made a significant contribution to the protection and development of tianjing's cultural relics. At the same time, Fu Shanxiang also helped Yang Xiuqing formulate the policy of liberating women in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, advocating "equality between men and women", "all women in the world are sisters", "one heart and boldness to kill demons", and so on.
Inspired by the policy of emancipating women, wherever the Taiping Army went, a large number of suffering women enthusiastically joined the army to participate in the war. In addition, Fu Shanxiang also urged Yang Xiuqing to abolish the decree that women were not allowed to remarry.
With his special status, Fu Shanxiang to a certain extent reversed the unfavorable situation caused by the short-sightedness of the rulers, and contributed to the early stability and development of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Fu Shanxiang was unanimously praised by the military and people of the Heavenly Kingdom. At that time, there was a saying that "Wu has Hong Xuanjiao, and Wen has Fu Shanxiang".
After only four short years from Guangxi to The capital of Tianjing, these peasant leaders lost their way.
Ahead, while the generals of the Taiping Army fought bloodily everywhere, these peasant leaders were accelerating their corruption and degeneration. From the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan to the Three Kings of the East, North and Wing, they all built a magnificent royal palace in Tianjing.
In addition, peasant leaders also talked about pomp and pageantry, hugging back and forth when traveling, and hundreds of attendants. It is said that the Eastern King had 66 wives and concubines. Nevertheless, Dong Wang was not satisfied, constantly looking for more beautiful women.
In this form, Fu Shanxiang, who has a good face, is also invincible. Through power, Yang Xiuqing turned the beautiful Fu Shanxiang into a prey on his plate, occupying her for a long time. After that, Fu Shanxiang's work had little to do with state affairs and political affairs, and since then, talented women have become "treasures" and jade people have become special objects.
At the same time, Yang Xiuqing's personal ambitions are also growing rapidly, and his disobedience has begun to germinate. In dealing with his former comrades and subordinates, he also made serious mistakes, he attacked on all sides, made enemies everywhere, and the resentment of his subordinates and comrades towards him also accumulated.
In this regard, the clever Fu Shanxiang constantly persuaded Yang Xiuqing to change his ways and pay attention to treating his subordinates and colleagues kindly. However, Yang Xiuqing, who was obsessed with ghosts, not only reprimanded Fu Shanxiang on the spot for "interfering in politics," but also ordered someone to beat Fu Shanxiang to a severe beating.
Finally, in August 1856, the "Tianjing Incident" broke out. Under Hong Xiuquan's secret orders, Wei Changhui rushed back to Tianjing with 3,000 soldiers overnight, and with the cooperation of Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, he killed a chicken and dog in the Eastern Palace, leaving more than 20,000 Taiping Army generals in a different place, and their bodies were thrown in the Qinhuai River, and the river water was dyed red. Then Hong Xiuquan counterattacked and killed Wei Changhui. The whole Tianjing was filled with blood, and the corpses were strewn across the field.
Fu Shanxiang was also killed in the rebel army, and his body was thrown into the river and flowed east with the water.
There are three versions of Fu Shanxiang's whereabouts:
First, the most popular saying is that Fu Shanxiang, the highest-ranking female official in the Eastern Palace, was also killed in the rebel army, and her body was thrown into the river and flowed east. A generation of talented women has since vanished, leaving an endlessly tragic story in the world.
Second, the beautiful and amorous Fu Shanxiang had the privilege of escaping this disaster, but did not forget the love of the Eastern King, so he organized the remnants of the Eastern King's Palace and Shi Dakai, the wing king, to jointly attack the Northern King's Palace to avenge Yang Xiuqing. It is said that there is also an ancient stele as proof.
Third, during the Tianjing Incident, he was imprisoned by Wei Changhui, the King of the North, rescued by Hong Xuanjiao, and later married Tan Shaoguang, the King of Mu of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After the news of Tan's victimization in Suzhou reached Tianjing, Fu Shanxiang died of depression.
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