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In Jin Yong's "Sealed Sword Work" "Deer Ding Ji", Wei Xiaobao and Ah Ke's joint master", the "one-armed god ni", is set as an arrogant and arrogant woman with super martial arts, dedicated to the cause of anti-Qing and restoration. When Jin Yong recounted the history of the Nine Difficulties Master, he clearly pointed out that she was Princess Changping, the beloved daughter of the Chongzhen Emperor. In fact, Princess Changping does have her own person in history, but her deeds are very different from the description of the novel. So, what kind of character is the real Princess Changping? How did she end up?
Princess Changping, whose real name was Zhu Yuanjiao (pronounced Tongmei), was the second daughter of the Chongzhen Emperor, born to Empress Xiaojielie of the Zhou clan, born on October 29, 1630, the third year of Chongzhen (1630), and was initially given the title of Princess Kunxing, and later changed to Princess Changping (a courtesy name given by the Qing Dynasty). Digression. Since the late 1990s, the claim that Princess Changping's real birth mother was Princess Wang Shunfei has been widely circulated, but in fact, this theory is a fabricated plot by the Taiwanese writer Lin Peifen in the book "Tianwen: Late Ming and Spring and Autumn", and there is no historical basis at all.
Empress Zhou
Although there are no clear historical records, it can be speculated according to common sense that because the relationship between the Chongzhen Emperor and Empress Zhou was very good, he naturally loved her children. At the same time, as a princess, Zhu Yuanjiao was a princess, and naturally she could enjoy an extremely high-quality education, so even if she could not be proficient in poetry, song, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but at least had a fairly high literary and artistic accomplishment. In addition, since Empress Zhou was a great beauty in the show, it can be speculated that Princess Changping should also be a woman with a beautiful appearance and a gentle temperament.
As a princess who was deeply loved by her parents, Zhu Yuanjiao lived a happy life of carefree in the palace since she was a child, and when she was married, she would marry the children of a rich nobleman or a hero according to the custom and live the traditional life of a husband and a godson. However, the war in the last years of the Ming Dynasty completely disrupted the trajectory of Princess Changping's life, so that she not only tasted the pain of national subjugation, but was once pushed into the abyss of death.
Chongzhen Emperor
The Chongzhen Emperor was a rather tragic emperor, who spent 17 years in the reign of the Emperor, spending all his attention on the cause of revitalizing the empire. Unfortunately, under the misdeeds of previous emperors, the Ming Dynasty accumulated shortcomings and chaos, and even if he did everything in his power, it was difficult to prevent the fate of the dynasty's demise. What's more, the Chongzhen Emperor was self-conscious, impetuous, and strict in temperament, and at every turn dismissed and executed incompetent courtiers or generals, which led to the prevalence of deceiving the emperor in the official arena for self-preservation, and accelerated the demise of the empire.
In January of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, established the Dashun regime, and immediately led an army into Shanxi, and in just over two months, he successively attacked Fenzhou, Puzhou, Taiyuan, Xinzhou, Daizhou, Ningwuguan, Datong, Xuanfu, Juyongguan and other places, and on March 17 of that year, he attacked the city of Beijing. After a fierce battle, the next day, the eunuch sent to Zhangyi Gate to supervise the battle surrendered to Li Zicheng and welcomed the Dashun army into the city, and the outer city of Beijing fell.
Map of the situation of the peasant war at the end of the Ming Dynasty
After Li Zicheng led his army into the city, the Chongzhen Emperor knew that the general situation was gone, and first ordered his internal attendants to send the crown princes Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Cijiong the Ding king, and Zhu Cizhao the Yong king to take refuge in the homes of Zhou Kui and Tian Hongyu, and then wrote an edict, ordering Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, to command the armies and assist the crown prince in ascending the throne. After the account was completed, the Chongzhen Emperor already had the intention of martyrdom, but in order to avoid the concubines from being insulted after his death, he ordered Empress Zhou and the imperial concubine Empress Yi'an and his mother-in-law Li Kangfei to commit suicide, and personally hacked and injured several concubines.
Later, the Chongzhen Emperor summoned Princess Changping, who was only 15 years old, and told her with tears in her eyes: "Why were you born in the imperial family?" After saying that, the Chongzhen Emperor covered his face with his left sleeve, and with his right hand, he drew his sword and slashed several times in a row, cutting off the princess's left arm, so that she suddenly passed out. At the same time, the Chongzhen Emperor drew his sword and killed his 6-year-old daughter Princess Zhaoren ("The emperor entered the Shouning Palace, and the lord led the emperor to cry." The emperor said: 'Why did You give birth to my family!' 'Swinging his sword, he cut off his left arm; and cut Princess Shōjin at shōjin Hall. See Ming Shi Vol. 121).
Princess Changping was cut off by her father on her left arm
Looking at his beloved daughter who fell in a pool of blood, the Chongzhen Emperor did not have the courage to make up for the deadly sword, coupled with the urgency of the situation, the Dashun army was already approaching the palace, so that he had to leave the Shouning Palace where the princess lived. In the early morning of the next day, the Chongzhen Emperor, who knew that he was cornered, because he did not want to endure the humiliation after the surrender, he took the eunuch Wang Cheng'en with him to Coal Mountain (present-day Jingshan, across the street from the Shenwu Gate of the Forbidden City in the south), and then hanged himself on a crooked neck tree. The Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide with his left foot and a red shoe on his right foot, and he was only 33 years old.
After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Dashun regime and the Qing Dynasty entered Beijing one after another, half out of the plight of Princess Changping, half to invite people's hearts, and to treat this former princess with great courtesy. Especially during the reign of the Shunzhi Emperor, he not only allowed Princess Changping to continue to live a decent life, but also let her marry Zhou Xian, a capital lieutenant with both talents and appearances. Digression. Zhou Xian, whose real name was Zhou Shixian, was born into a family of officials and eunuchs, and was selected as a donkey before the Chongzhen Emperor's death, but due to the young age of Princess Changping and the turmoil of the times, she could not complete the marriage until the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
The images of Zhou Shixian and Princess Changping in the Cantonese opera "Emperor Girl Flower"
Although married to Ruyi Langjun, it is a great pity that Princess Changping became depressed because she missed her parents all day, and died two years after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, at the age of 17, on August 18, the third year of Shunzhi (1645). What is even more lamentable is that Princess Changping was already 5 months pregnant before her death, so that the unborn baby also died with her mother. After The death of Princess Changping, the Qing court held a dignified funeral for her and buried her next to the Waizhou family mansion at Zhangyi Gate (also known as Quang Ninh Gate).
The princess is fond of poetry, good at needles, and sees the capital wei jun jia li. Yu Zang was captured, Yang laughed, and in the hidden place, he wept and called the emperor's father and mother. Weeping with blood, it is to sit sick, pregnant with May, on the eighteenth day of August. Shu Ling has seven ears out of ten. Du Wei hid the remains of the left cheek, three sword marks on the right cheek, that is, the upper hit also. The old inner attendant saw it, and prayed to the "eyebrows like the first emperor" cloud. See Northern Journey, Princess Changping.
Zhou Xingchi's version of "Deer Ding" in the "One-Armed God Ni" (middle)
Although Princess Changping died at a young age, the topic of her did not end there. In folklore, Princess Changping became a nun after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and learned a super skill, performing chivalry and righteousness everywhere and engaging in anti-Qing and restoration activities, so she was nicknamed "one-armed god ni". Because of the far-reaching influence of these legends, the "Ah Jiu" in Jin Yong's novel "Green Blood Sword", the "Nine Difficulties" in "Deer DingJi", and the "One-Armed God Nun" in Liang Yusheng's novel "Three Heroines of Jianghu" are not based on the legendary Princess Changping.
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