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The first empress in history to become a nun: to serve two emperors and witness the fall of the two dynasties

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The Wei and Jin Dynasties and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms periods were the two most chaotic periods in Chinese history, and a closer look at the history of these short-lived dynasties would reveal that there were not many normal people among those emperors, most of whom were like mentally ill people, all kinds of tossing, all kinds of demise. Among these emperors, two of the post-lords were relatively famous.

The first empress in history to become a nun: to serve two emperors and witness the fall of the two dynasties

One is the Southern Tang Dynasty lord Li Yu, who ruled the country not well, but the pursuit of beauty is a master, can spend the big and small Zhou Hou sisters in the palace, in addition, his literary talent and the later Song Huizong Zhao Yu have a fight, they are both choosing the wrong profession, if not to be emperors, their achievements will certainly be rarely surpassed by posterity.

The first empress in history to become a nun: to serve two emperors and witness the fall of the two dynasties

The other was Chen Shubao, the lord of the Southern Dynasty. During Chen Shubao's reign, he built a large palace, lived in luxury, ignored the government and politics, and feasted with concubines day and night. In addition to indulging in sound and color as Li Hou lord, this Chen Hou lord also liked to chant poetry and write articles, and often summoned a group of literary young people to the palace, drank and wrote poems, and sang songs and colors.

The first empress in history to become a nun: to serve two emperors and witness the fall of the two dynasties

The most famous work left by Chen Houzhuo is "Yushu Backyard Flower":

Li Yu Fang Lin to the High Pavilion, the new decoration of the beautiful ben allure;

Yingto did not enter at first, and smiled at each other.

The face of the demon is like a flower with dew, and the jade tree shines in the backyard;

The flowers do not bloom and fall for a long time, and the fallen red is full of silence!

"Yushu backyard flowers, flowers do not bloom for a long time" has become a famous sound of national subjugation. When the Sui army went south, it was proud of the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, and did not think so, and all military and state affairs were ignored. As a result, the Sui army invaded Jiankang and Chen Shubao was captured.

The first empress in history to become a nun: to serve two emperors and witness the fall of the two dynasties

Chen Shubao originally had a reliable empress Shen Wuhua, who was known in history as "quiet in nature and oligarchic." Cong Min Qiang Ji, dabbling in the history of the classics, Gong Shu Han". Although this talented woman was an empress, her life was very unfortunate. In the third year of Emperor Xuan of Chen's reign (571), Shen became a concubine of Crown Prince Chen Shubao. During this period, Shen's father died, and Shen Hou was separated from Chen Shubao during the funeral, and the mourning was too ordinary.

The first empress in history to become a nun: to serve two emperors and witness the fall of the two dynasties

However, Chen Shubao's temperament was debauched and he could not bear loneliness, so he gradually became estranged from Shen. At this time, the harem beauty Zhang Lihua took advantage of the void and spoiled the harem. On the thirteenth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Taijian, crown prince Chen Shubao, the emperor, was granted amnesty to the world. On the twenty-fifth day of the first month, Chen Shubao made Shen an empress, and Zhang Lihua was crowned as a noble concubine. However, the politics of the harem is managed by Zhang Lihua. Empress Shen took this matter lightly and did not have any scruples. Every day, she immersed herself in reading the history of the sutras and reciting the Buddhist scriptures.

The first empress in history to become a nun: to serve two emperors and witness the fall of the two dynasties

She didn't care if her own status was high or low, but as an empress, Shen Shi saw that Chen Shubao had been indulging in sound and abandoning government affairs all day, but her heart was very anxious, so she wrote to the gong many times. Unexpectedly, such advice actually annoyed Chen Shubao, who was ready to abolish the Shen clan and transfer Zhang Lihua to Zhang Lihua, but it was not implemented due to the death of the country. The Sui army invaded jiankangtai city. Chen Hou was panicked and hid in the well with Zhang Lihua and Kong Guifei and others. As a result, the Sui soldiers found themselves in captivity.

The first empress in history to become a nun: to serve two emperors and witness the fall of the two dynasties

After Chen's death, Shen Wuhua and Chen Shubao were taken captive by the Sui army to Chang'an. Unexpectedly, the Sui Emperor also appreciated Shen Wuhua's talents and learning, and every time he went out on a tour, he ordered her to accompany him. In 618, the Sui Emperor was killed by his close vassal Yu Wenhua, and Shen Wuhua returned from Guangling across the river to return to his hometown, and became a nun at the Biling Tianjing Temple, with the legal name Guanyin, and died in the early years of Zhenguan.

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