Whether in ancient history or in modern times, twins will always be remarkable. When we walk down the street, if we see twins, we can't help but stop and take a look. Usually, because the twins have the same genetic factors, it is possible that the sex is not the same, but the two people still have a very large similarity in personality, appearance, etc. So don't talk about ordinary people who are not familiar with them, many times even their own parents often can't distinguish twins.
Regarding this, there are similar records in ancient literature, and it is recorded in the Xijing Miscellaneous Records:
"General Huo's wife, a second son, a suspected brother... Duke Xi Xulizhuang, born of one child and two daughters, 曰: 妖, 曰: 茂... Tang Le, the Doctor of Chu, gave birth to two sons, a man and a woman, a male Zhenyue, a female Qionghua... In modern times, Zheng Changshi, Wen Changxuan, and the second son of The Son. Teng Gong was born with two daughters, and Li Li had one son and one daughter. ”
It can be seen that the curiosity and interest in twins has been around since ancient times. And in history, there are many anecdotes about twins, but some are more famous, such as Zhao Feiyan's brothers and sisters; some are not so famous; and some twins are unknown, but the other is not famous.
Very famous twin sisters in history
The most famous twin sisters recorded in history are Emperor E and Lady Ying. Empress Dowager E and Lady Ying are Yao's twin daughters. Emperor E is the sister, Nuying is the younger sister, and both sisters are beautiful women with both talents and looks. Di Yao felt that Shun was not only a man of integrity and could bear hardships and stand hard work, but also a very talented person. He decided to let him take over the position of his leader, and also married his two daughters, Empress Dowager E and Lady Ying, to him at the same time. Regarding the sisters, there is another very famous allusion in history, that is, Xiangfei Bamboo. It is said that after more than 30 years of rule, When Emperor Shun once went to inspect the Yangtze River, he unfortunately died, so he was buried in Jiuling. Hearing the news of Emperor Shun's death, Emperor E and Nuying were deeply saddened and immediately went to the Nine Ridges Mountain. The sisters were on the xiang river, looking at the Nine Ridge Mountain where the emperor was buried, and the tears flowed. Their tears dripped onto the bamboo, and the bamboo was covered with tear marks, and then there were tear-like spots, which were later the southern bamboo.
Although the sisters would quarrel with jealousy in order to compete for their husband's favor, the beloved man was dead, and there was no point in living. The sisters, who did not want to die, cried and died on the Nine Ridges Mountain, following their husbands. It is said that after the death of the sisters, they became gods in the Xiang River, so banzhu was also called Xiangfei bamboo. And Empress Dowager E and Lady Ying have thus become the representatives of the virtuous wife and beautiful love in the future.
In the Han Dynasty period, there were two pairs of very famous twin sisters: one pair was the Red Face Disaster Water, Zhao Hede and Zhao Feiyan; the other pair was the big and small two Qiao. First, let's talk about the Zhao sisters.
Zhao Hede and Zhao Feiyan are famous beauties in history, and the sisters have grown up in the Princess Mansion since childhood and began to learn song and dance from an early age. The beautiful dance, the moving singing voice, and the amazing beauty made the Hancheng Emperor fall in love with the sisters. Finally, under the temptation of beauty, Emperor Hancheng deposed his own empress and made Zhao Feiyan empress instead. The Han Dynasty did not attach great importance to the origin of women, Emperor Wu of Han's once favorite empress Wei Zifu was born from the Princess Mansion, and Liu Heng's empress Dou Yifang was an ordinary palace girl. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Hancheng Emperor made Zhao Feiyan empress.
After the Zhao sisters entered the palace, they were very united at the beginning. The two men joined forces against the other women in the harem, and in order to gain a firm foothold in the palace and try to climb up, the sisters did not hesitate to mutilate the emperor's heirs and use various cruel means against other concubines. But when the sisters joined forces to remove all obstacles and became the most powerful woman in the harem, the sisters began to fight. As the saying goes, a mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, not to mention that there can only be one hostess in the harem, and the queen can only have one. So all the means that the sisters had used against other women were used against their own sisters. As a result, in the end, Zhao Feiyan committed suicide, and Zhao Hede gave the emperor a funeral. The fall of a generation of sister flowers is really sad and lamentable.
And Big Joe and Little Joe, the sisters' experiences are also strikingly similar. Big Qiao married Sun Ce, but Sun Ce died at a young age, leaving Big Qiao in his 20s with his son who had just been born. Xiao Qiao is married to Zhou Yu, and like her sister, Zhou Yu died when she was only in her 20s, and she can only live alone with her three children. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and it was a difficult thing for a woman without a husband to raise her children alone! The fate of the two pairs of sister flowers is the best portrayal of this sentence.
We all know that in order to move Empress Wang, Wu Zetian smothered his newborn daughter alive and then married Empress Wang. But many people don't know that Wu Zetian gave birth to a man and a woman, a pair of twins. The girl was strangled to death by her to frame Empress Wang, and the boy was Li Xian, the second son she left behind.
Although Li Xian saved his life at that time, he was not sacrificed by his mother like his sister. But for Wu Zetian, who only had power and status in his eyes, any descendant of the Li family would become her enemy. So Li Xian finally died under his mother's desire for power. From the prince was demoted to a commoner, and finally forced by his mother to commit suicide, he was only twenty-nine years old when he died. In the face of such a cruel and ruthless mother, I don't know what kind of mood Li Xian had in facing Wu Zetian in the past twenty years or so. If he knew what his mother had done, would he feel resentment or fear when he thought of his poor sister? The imperial family of the Tang Dynasty seems to have an indissoluble relationship with the twins. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had a courtier, who gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses. Li Longji's first empress, Li Longji's original match, was the sister of the dragon and phoenix fetus, and the older brother married Li Longji's sister. This empress was also a poor person, watching more and more women in the palace and giving birth to more and more children, but as an empress, she failed to give birth to a son and a half daughter to Li Longji. The empress was so jealous that she was almost mad, and later because she suspected that she was practicing witchcraft in the palace, Li Longji deposed her.
The above pairs of sister flowers are all involved with the royal family, and at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a pair of twin prostitutes, the Bian sisters. The sisters were originally the daughters of a large family, but due to the decline of the family, they had to become prostitutes. The daughter born of a large family is naturally talented and artistic, coupled with outstanding appearance, so it is famous for the Qinhuai River. The sister was valued by a court official, but because her personality was too strong, she finally chose to become a monk, and since then she has disappeared in the eyes of the world and disappeared without a trace. And the younger sister was also a bumpy fate, and finally embarked on the road of anti-Qing, and finally died on the battlefield.
Historically famous or unnamed twin brothers
In addition to the twin sisters, there have been many famous or nameless twin brothers in history. For example, the Ban brothers of the Han Dynasty. One is Ban Chao, a very good military and diplomat, and the other is a very good literary scholar Ban Gu. During the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were very rampant, and Ban Chao was one of the heroes who destroyed the Xiongnu. Moreover, several surrounding countries established friendly relations with the Han Dynasty, which is also the credit of Ban Chao. Their brothers' father wrote a biography for the Chronicle of History, while Bangu continued his career and continued to contribute to the work of writing biographies. Although Ban Gu is not as famous as Ban Chao, his contribution to Chinese history cannot be ignored. There is also the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, in fact, Li Shimin has a twin brother named Li Yuanba. I believe that this name will certainly be very familiar to many people, but there is not much historical record of Li Yuanba as a person.
One reason is because Li Yuanba's brother Li Shimin has a special status as emperor. Another reason is because Li Yuanba died at the age of 16 and had no offspring. The other twin brothers, like the Lee brothers, one of the celebrities has been revered by posterity for generations. The other is drowning in history and unknown to all. The twin brothers are Bai Juyi and his twin brother Bai Xingjian. In fact, the brothers are very talented and talented people since childhood, but the fate of these two brothers is completely different. Although Bai Juyi also suffered setbacks in his life, on the whole, he was relatively smooth, at least in terms of being an official, he was much luckier than Li Bai. Moreover, Bai Juyi also became a very famous poet in history. But his twin brother Bai Xingjian is far inferior to his brother Bai Juyi.
Although there are also many literary works, there is no way to do it in terms of literary value or circulation, compared with Bai Juyi's works. And it seems that many of his works have a lot of depictions of men and women, and it is often said that he is not doing his job. In the end, Bai Xingjian, together with his works, was slowly and slowly submerged by the long river of history, unknown and unnoticed. However, the works of his brother Bai Juyi have been passed down to the present. These two pairs of twin brothers are moving towards completely different life trajectories.
summary:
Although they are all siblings, although they all have the same genetic factors, although they are brothers or sisters, in fact, they are just different in the order of coming out first and coming out later, and the real age is actually the same. Although there are similarities in appearances, similarities in personalities, or many other similarities that even their own biological parents cannot distinguish. But no matter how similar, there are no two flowers in this world that are exactly the same, nor are there two leaves that are exactly the same. Therefore, some twins, although their fates and experiences are very similar, cannot be said to be due to the fact that they are twins and have a spiritual connection. It can only be said that fate is arranged in this way, but such a similar fate happens to be arranged on a pair of twins.
For example, the Bian family sisters, the Li Shimin brothers, and the Bai Juyi brothers are also twins, and their fate is completely different from the Zhao sisters, the big and small Two Qiao, and the Ban brothers. So, while the twins do have spiritual similarities, there are many similarities. But that doesn't mean the twins' fates are all the same. Some of them have achieved great success, while the other is a stranger, such as the Bai Juyi brothers; some two are successful and famous throughout the ages, such as The Ban Chao and Ban Gu brothers. Others, neither of them has been favored by fate, and the ending is bleak, such as the Zhao sisters, the big and small two Joes. Therefore, fate does not take extra care of you because you are twins, or snubbed you extraordinarily, everyone has the right to choose their own life. The most important thing to take, the most important thing is to see your own choice.