When it comes to the fat beauty of ancient Chinese women, the most typical character is Yang Guifei. It is precisely because of her richness that the concept of fatness as beauty reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty. This influence can be seen in the tang dynasty's female figures. The basic characteristics of the image of the Tang Dynasty ladies are "rich as the body", plump and fat, curved eyebrows and plump cheeks, crisp breasts and long skirts, almost all of which reveal the figure of Yang Guifei.
Natural beauty is hard to give up
Yang Guifei's father was Yang Xuanyan (杨玄琰), the sihu of Shu Prefecture (蜀州, in modern Sichuan). Yang Xuanzhuo was born in the Longqin Wang clan and joined the Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guangzong. He is loyal and benevolent, and is well-known for his honest government, especially his fear of the inside.
His wife, Li Shi, has given birth to three thousand gold in a row. When the fourth child was about to be born, the husband and wife wanted to hold a boy, burning incense day and night to pray for the protection of heaven and ancestors. Unexpectedly, it was still a baby girl who wanted to fall to the ground, really like a basin of cold water poured on the top. But on closer inspection, this baby girl is not only born beautiful, but also has a pale green ring on her right arm, which is different from everyone.
The witch heard that in order to flatter and reward, Hu Chen was a fairy, and after adulthood, it would be the order of the empress. Yang Xuanyan and his wife naturally knew that this might be a witch's nonsense, but they also added a luxury, because the girl had a ring mark on her arm, and she got the good name of Yang Yuhuan.
Later, Yang Yuhuan was favored by Concubine Wu hui and became the wife of her son Shou Wang Mao. A few years after marriage, with beauty and meekness, he received the special favor of King Shou, the love and beauty of husband and wife, and the addition of a pair of children, which was really icing on the cake.
Concubine Wu huifei was very favored by Tang Xuanzong at that time, but because she could not be made empress, Shou Wangmao could not be made a prince, and the two things fell short, and she attacked her heart in a hurry, and finally died of a stroke one day.
After Concubine Wu Hui was killed, Emperor Xuanzong was very nostalgic, and there was no one to replace him in the harem, and his heart was very unhappy, and he frowned all day. Naturally, his heart could not be concealed from Gao Lishi, who was a eunuch. After several thoughts, Gao Lishi finally remembered a person, she was Yang Yuhuan.
He said, "Your Majesty's beloved son, Yang Yuhuan, the wife of Wang Mao, can be called the reincarnation of Xi Shi, and Concubine Biwu Huifei is only above it and not below it, I don't know what the emperor wants?"
Xuanzong was naturally full of joy, but she was his daughter-in-law, and ethics were at stake, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little.
Gao Lishi already had a subtext, and said, "Emperor Gaozong's father, Empress Wu, has a precedent, can't it be effective?"
Xuanzong had a sharp mind in his heart: "Are you asking Yang Yuhuan to become a monk first?"
One day in October of the 28th year of the new century, Gao Lishi took the emperor's holy oracle and brought Yang Yuhuan from the Shouwang Mansion to the Huaqing Palace in Lishan. Emperor Tang Ming had to come here every year in October of the lunar calendar to take shelter from the cold, and then returned to the capital Chang'an when the flowers bloomed in the following spring. Since Yang Yuhuan was summoned to the Huaqing Palace, Xuanzong's trance-like mental state suddenly disappeared, and it seemed that a new life had been injected into his insensitive body and mind.
Three thousand pampered in one
Although Emperor Xuanzong was already impatient with Yang Yuhuan, Yang Yuhuan and King Shou had been a loving couple for several years after all, and the old feelings were difficult to give up, and they did not immediately obey.
After living in the Lishan Huaqing Palace for a while, Emperor Xuanzong rode back to Chang'an, Kyoto, and Yuhuan also entered the palace as a Taoist priest. Because the palace where she lived was called Taizhen Palace, it was called Taizhenguan. Since then, Yang Yuhuan has had the honorific title "Taizhen" given by an emperor. Emperor Xuanzong made the Yuhuan people look at the Daogu, one for the sake of yuhuan's human marriage with King Shou; Second, it is even more a delaying strategy for the father to seize his son and wife.
The Taizhen Temple was located in the palace, and Xuanzong came to pestering Yang Yuhuan as soon as he had time, but Yuhuan was very cold. Emperor Xuanzong was not dead-hearted, pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed, and said infinitely warmly: "There are three thousand beautiful women in the harem, some are less delicate than concubines, some are more feminine and moving than concubines, some are more clever and transparent than concubines, and some are gentler and softer than concubines." But somehow, I am obsessed with you! I was thinking of you day, calling you at night, and your shadow was always in front of my eyes, so I chose you to enter the palace. He was older than King Shou, but my infatuation, thoughtfulness, wealth, and honor were a hundred times higher than his. Can't I offset the defect of old age because of all my strengths?" As he spoke, he fell to his knees and placed the dragon's body outside the Cloud of Nine Heavens.
After all, Yang Yuhuan was a weak woman, and seeing xuanzong so sincere, she promised herself. In the fourth year of Tianbao (745), Emperor Xuanzong issued an edict appointing Yang Yuhuan as a noble concubine. Emperor Xuanzong had not made an empress since he deposed The Empress, so although Yang Yuhuan was a noble concubine, she was actually an empress, and she finally embarked on the peak of her life path.
From then on, the king did not go to the early dynasty
For the emperor's favor, Yang Guifei was very clear in her heart. She knew that she was very beautiful, and because of her beauty, she was favored by the emperor. She carefully maintains and dresses herself, not only often showering in the hot springs, but also paying great attention to skin care and beauty. Her clothes are countless, and there are hundreds of people in the palace who embroider her brocade. Her gold and silver jewelry is even more exquisite and dazzling.
One day, Xuanzong and guifei were eating fruit together, and Xuanzong pointed to the Shandong specialty peach and asked, "How does it taste?" Yang Guifei replied lightly, "The taste is good, but it is far from the lychee in Shu!"
Xuanzong said, "Although the lychee is good, it is extremely perishable, and after five days, the color and taste will change." Concubines grew up in Shuzhong, only know that Shuzhong lychees are delicious, I'm afraid I haven't eaten Hainan lychees, right? That's the taste! It's just that the road is far away, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to transport in five days! However, day and night, may be able to do.... Hey, you might as well travel day and night, and order Shuzhong and Hainan to be shipped at the same time. ”
A holy will went down, five miles to change horses, ten miles to change people, the horse did not stop, day and night, just to give Yang Guifei a taste as soon as possible, to make Yang Guifei happy. There are poems that sigh:
A red dust princess laughs,
No one knows that it is a lychee coming.
Tang Xuanzong, who was more than thirty years older than Yang Guifei, had gradually become old, and he became more and more attached to Yang Guifei, who gave him warmth and joy, and gradually put aside his desire for other women and became more attentive to Yang Guifei's pampering. He spent all day with Yang Guifei in the same bed to seek pleasure, and the sun rose three times. For Yang Guifei, she must be accurate, obedient, and no longer have the heart to take care of state affairs.
This hatred is endless
Yang Guifei knew very well how important her posture was to Tang Xuanzong, and the country could not be without a monarch for a day, but a jun could not be without her for a day. So she became more and more domineering. The Yang family, with Emperor Xuanzong's exclusive favor for Yang Guifei, was unscrupulous and did whatever it wanted. For a time, the world of Datang became the paradise of the Yang family. In particular, her cousin Yang Zhao, who was given the name "Guozhong" (国忠), rose to the high position of prime minister. Yang Guozhong, on the other hand, was also arbitrary and arrogant, misleading the country with power, so that the people could not make a living.
In November of the fourteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan suddenly rebelled at Fanyang and led 200,000 soldiers and horses to attack. An Lushan is a Hu person, brave and good at war, but treacherous and cunning, good at measuring people's expectations, born with an extraordinary body, especially pleasing to people. He once performed a farce of "washing children" in front of Xuanzong and Guifei, pretending to be stupid and selling fools to let them have fun. He regarded the Hu people as knowing only his mother and not his father, and he did his utmost to the noble concubine, and worshipped her as a righteous mother. In addition, the first person who officially requested the establishment of Yuhuan as a noble concubine in front of Emperor Xuanzong was An Lushan, and Yang Guifei was quite appreciative of him, allowing him to grasp great power and grow his wings.
By the time An Lushan raised an army to rebel, the Tang Dynasty had already made the program incorrect, its national strength was weakening, and it was simply unable to resist. In the fifteenth year of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong had no choice but to abandon the capital and flee to Western Shu (the hometown of the noble concubine). In this group of misguidedly dressed men, there were horsemen, sedans, walkers, ladies, eunuchs, and a large group of armed soldiers, marching westward with difficulty. Along the way, dripping water is difficult to find, the mouth is dry, there is nowhere to forage, the hunger is unbearable, and the military's heart begins to float. Marching to Ma Songyi, stopping and stopping, the crowd warned Xuanzong that they must punish the culprit Yang Guozhong. After a burst of knives and guns, Yang Guozhong was brutally slashed and dismembered. The angry soldiers surrounded the pavilion again, shouted for death, and requested that Yang Guifei be killed.
"The anger of the multitudes is difficult to offend, and now it is impossible to subdue it, and if the emperor does not make a quick decision and cut off the love of the Fa, he may harm the emperor himself." Colliers offered advice to the Emperor.
Emperor Xuanzong knew very well that the most important thing at the moment was to stabilize the hearts of the army and had no other choice.
Noble Concubine Yang Yuhuan had already heard the movement outside, and she was terrified, hoping that the emperor would protect her.
However, a cry of "the emperor gave the noble concubine death" shattered her illusions. She laughs at her ignorance and naivety; How many beauties of the past are not the playthings of the royal nobility? He had a miserable life, serving the royal father and son, although he spent days and nights drinking and was extremely glorious, but what love did he have? Once the great calamity came, in order to save herself, it was still the woman who was abandoned, and the oath of the Hall of Eternal Life, the obscene words in the warm existence, were just a scene.
Yang Yuhuan wiped away his tears, calmly walked over to Xuanzong, and silently bid farewell to Lao Jun, who had served for more than ten years. Xuanzong cried uncontrollably, "Concubine Yang, please cut yourself quickly!"
Yang Guifei walked to the bottom of a jujube tree, took out three feet of white silk from her waist, excitedly tied the white silk to the branch, jumped up, put it around her neck, and hurriedly moved around for a moment, that is, she returned to the yin. A wonderful beauty, from then on the incense disappeared. The corpse of the noble concubine was buried by Gao Lishi under a hill on the slope of The Ridge, and she died at the age of thirty-eight.
In Bai Juyi's "Long Hate Song", Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei's love affair is touching. Jiangshan and love, which is more important? Choose love, empty to leave a mercurial emperor "king of the fallen country" of the eternal infamy; Choose the country, and the rest of your life will regret it in loneliness. It seems a bit extravagant for the proud son of heaven to talk about love, because love is always cruelly and ruthlessly obliterated by the need for power.
Although Yang Guifei was safely led by Emperor Xuanzong all the way to the southwest, she was eventually killed in the mutiny at Ma Songpo. Is the death of a noble concubine really a sin deserved?
In fact, she was just a woman who loved to play and laugh and even make a little bit of a little temperament, but she was held in such a position by Xuanzong, and her relatives, especially the three sisters and Yang Guozhong, were excessively profligate on the national treasury and unscrupulously controlled the government, which ultimately harmed her. Although she should not die, she must die, she is like a tree, only when the tree falls, people can catch the birds that perch on the tree.
Yang Guifei and Wu Zetian, both born in the Tang Dynasty, are both national colors and heavenly fragrances, both have ascended to the peak of the peak, but history is so mysterious, Yang Guifei, a woman who does not ask about politics and only wants to live a good life, but brought politics into crisis, so that the country fell into a quagmire; And Wu Zetian, a woman who did not hesitate to specialize in power and technology, brought the country to the peak and laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
The fall of each dynasty has its own historical reasons, and it would be unfair to attribute the main reason for the tang dynasty's transformation from prosperity to decline and the "Anshi rebellion" to a woman, Yang Guifei. Although the "red face" that was once magnificent has been thousands of years old, I am afraid that those hatreds that "have no end" will not easily dissipate in the smoke and clouds of history.
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