As the "peace emissary" of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhaojun sacrificed his good years and resolutely entered the desert, winning 60 years of peace for the Western Han Dynasty. As one of the four beauties, Luo Yan Zhaojun, with a signal of peace, a large number of brocade and satin and advanced technology spent the rest of her life in the desert, but unfortunately her face was short-lived, her life came to an abrupt end at the age of 33, so after her death, how did the Xiongnu treat her?
Haoyue was pregnant, and Zhaojun was born
Legend has it that Zhaojun's mother was forty infertile, so she went to the temple to pray, and at night she dreamed of a bright moon flying into her arms, and soon after gave birth to Wang Zhaojun, so Zhaojun was known as Haoyue.
In the first year of the Han Yuan Emperor's construction of Zhao, the emperor issued an edict to recruit beautiful women into the palace, and at that time, the Zhaojun who was twenty-eight years old had extraordinary temperament, like a youlan, and was soon selected to enter the palace, but because of the greed of the despised painters, she did not bribe the painter Mao Yanshou, and the treacherous and mean painters deliberately scandalized Zhaojun, making her not allow the emperor to be lucky for a long time. And Zhaojun also waited bitterly in anticipation, hoping to serve the king as soon as possible.
In 33 BC, the Xiongnu Hu Han Xiandan Yu came to Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven and hoped to become the son-in-law of the Son of Heaven. In order to no longer be bothered by the harassment of the Xiongnu, Emperor Yuan of Han agreed to the Xiongnu Shan Yu's wish and prepared to find a palace maid at random and promise to give it to Hu Han Evil Shan Yu.
However, when Zhaojun was preparing to leave the plug, Emperor Yuan of Han found that this naturally beautiful woman was so beautiful and generous, although he regretted it, but Jun had no joke, so he reluctantly let Zhaojun go.
Zhaojun became a member of the Fu clan, but was not happy
Zhaojun left his homeland and went to the desert with a dangerous environment. Although she became the Fu clan of the Xiongnu from the palace maid, she was not happy. She and Hu Hanxian were married for only three years, and Hu Hanxian died. According to the customs of the Hu people, the new order to succeed the old Shan Yu was to succeed the old Shan Yu.
Zhaojun could not accept this strange custom and hoped to return to the Han Dynasty, but was pushed into the abyss by emperor Yuan of Han's phrase "from Hu customs". Zhaojun, who was heartbroken, had to remarry her son Fu Zhu and lived for eleven years.
In 20 BC, Fu Zhu died, and the pain of his deceased husband and homesickness haunted Zhaojun's heart all day long. Within two years, Zhaojun died of illness.
The Xiongnu people's unique way of worshipping
Zhaojun Xiang was destroyed, and both the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu were very sad. The Han Dynasty sent emissaries to mourn, and the Xiongnu Shan Yu held a grand funeral for Zhaojun. 100,000 sheep were slaughtered to honor Zhaojun, and the people were also very miserable. According to the Dunhuang suicide note "Wang Zhaojun Variations", "Shan He came to cry in person on the day ... The official sat on the sword and slashed his face, and the nine surnames mourned and cut off their ears...".
This kind of behavior is frightening just to listen to, although Zhaojun came out of the plug to bring peace and advanced technology, and the people also loved her, but the self-harm method of cutting a knife in the face and cutting off the ears to pay tribute to Zhaojun is really doubtful of the authenticity of the record. Moreover, if it is really self-harm to express grief, then how many people in the funerals of the previous generations can live intact enough to live to the present.
Moreover, as a rap literature that arose in the Tang Dynasty, the content was originally a style of praise for people such as Buddhist scripture stories, many of which were suspected of being virtual fabrications, and the use of variations as the basis for the study of later generations was inevitably a bit out of touch with reality.
The facts proved to be accurate
After several discussions in later generations, people preferred to believe in the sword blade, and the ear was only an exaggeration to reflect grief. Until a mural unearthed in Cave 158 of Dunhuang, titled "The Prince of Various Countries Raises a Picture of Mourning", broke the fierce controversy.
The figures in the picture looked very sad when they heard that the Buddha was about to die, beating their chests, and when they looked closely, they found that some of them cut their faces with knives, and some even pointed the tip of the knife at their chests. The scene was so terrifying that people didn't dare to look at it directly.
In this way, there is a basis for the various self-harm behaviors of the people in the variations, and it is true that they are too sad to use such a custom to show their reluctance towards Zhaojun.
Even now, this kind of behavior is indeed creepy to us, but for the Xiongnu people at that time, the appearance of Zhaojun brought them decades of peace, the silk satin made them not only dress warmly but also more personality, advanced technology also taught them a self-sufficient lifestyle in addition to grazing, and Guser Flute Sheng also made their lives full of vitality.
Her sudden death deserves their blood and tears. Zhaojun was buried in Daqingshan after her death, and the Xiongnu people built a tomb for her and worshipped her as a god, which shows that Zhaojun's envoys made great contributions to the later national unity.
epilogue
Zhaojun's departure was a peaceful exchange, and in the following decades, Han and Hungary maintained good relations, and the technology and culture that Zhaojun brought to the desert made the Xiongnu yearn for advanced culture and the beginning of national unity. And for Zhaojun, what she did made the Xiongnu people love her so much and sacrifice herself in such a cruel way may be unbearable, but she will also feel very pleased.