The hit drama "The Wind Rises" is based on the historical figures Pei Xingjian and The Couple of the Kudi Clan as the prototype of the story, in the play, the versatile Hu girl Kudi Liuli, on the difficult road of washing away the grievances of her mother, met Pei Xingjian, who was both literate and martial but had a precarious fate, and the two young people from knowing each other to falling in love, assisted the prince Li Zhi together, went through ups and downs to calm the chaos, and finally lived a peaceful life away from the court.
The drama is based on the romance novel "Tang Mingyue" adapted, although Monkey Ge has not seen the original book, the TV series has only watched a few episodes, but it can be roughly speculated that the boredom of the plot is nothing more than the heroine with the help of the male protagonist, going to the house fight, going to the palace fight, winning the victory in the case of collective wisdom reduction, and then drifting away, living in a secluded place to talk about love, after all, all the plot is for love service!
But if the plot is really like this, it has to be lamented that the pattern of the original author and the screenwriter of the TV series is really too small, and it is a pity that kudi Yuzheng, who assisted emperor Wu in history and was active in the wuzhou center to participate in politics and deliberation, was so weakened.
The prototype of the heroine of "The Wind Rises" kudi liuli in history is the step-wife of The Great Tang Dynasty's famous minister Pei Xingjian, the founding xian duke of Wenxi County.
Derived from the Xianbei Hu surname, the Kudi clan developed and grew during the late Northern Dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and was a famous and prestigious clan active in the Liangjing area. And Kudi Yuzheng's husband Pei Xingjian was even more incredible, he was born in the Wenxi Pei clan's "Zhongqi Pei", his father Pei Renji, and his brother Pei Xingjian were all famous courtiers in the Sui and Tang dynasties.
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Pei Xingjian (619-682), a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, was good at calligraphy, and was also proficient in the luni-yang calendar, Wenneng Anbang, and Wu Neng to quell chaos, and was a man of both literature and martial arts. He had two wives, originally from the Lu clan of Henan, who was the daughter of Lu Shuang, a military attendant; after Lu's death, Pei Xingjian remarried to the Kudi clan of the stepmother, that is, the Kudi Yuzheng, the prototype of Kudi Liuli in "The Wind Rises and The Neon Dress".
The so-called succession room, that is, the continuation of the string, the filling of the house, the post-wife, the succession, the step-marriage, refers to the main room where the man marries back after the death or divorce of the original wife. The heirs enjoy the same status and rights as the original wife, which are protected by the law.
In the Tang Dynasty marriage that attaches importance to the door, not only does the wife have to choose the daughter of the Gaomen Wang clan, even if the stepmother will not be able to marry the high door, there are many stepsisters who are even higher than the original match, so the visual inspection of Ku Di Liuli's family lineage is higher than the Lu family.
At present, there is no historical data to be sure whether It was the first marriage or the second marriage when Ku Di Liuli married the second-married man Pei Xingjian, but it is certain that Pei Xingjian and her age difference will not be too small, and it belongs to the old husband with a young wife.
Since the "Tang Law Neglect" stipulates that the husband must serve the death of the original wife for one year, if the man wants to remarry, he must postpone at least one or two years after the death of his wife before he can remarry the step-house. If the step-room of the marriage is also a second marriage, perhaps the age difference between the husband and wife will not be much, but if the step-room of the marriage is the first marriage, the age of the bride will be much younger than the husband.
According to the statistics of Tang Dynasty epitaph data, the maximum age difference between husband and stepmother is 29 years old, the youngest is 2 years old, and the average age difference is 15 years old. Therefore, although it is uncertain whether It was the first marriage when Ku Di Liuli married Pei Xingjian, it can still be speculated that Pei Xingjian is about 20 years older than her.
That is to say, the historical Pei Xingjian and Ku Di clan cannot be like the two small unsuspecting people of similar age in the play "The Wind Rises and Neon Clothes", but a tree of pear blossoms pressing begonias.
Maybe fans of the drama or book will feel that Monkey Ge's speculation is too arbitrary, and I am certainly not blindly guessing that Pei Xingjian is much older than Kudi Liuli, that is, the age of Pei Xingjian's death and the time when Kudi Liuli was conscripted into the dynasty by Emperor Wu.
Pei Xingjian died on April 28 of the first year of Yongchun (682) at the age of 64; Kudi Liuli was conscripted into the palace between December of the first year of Hongdao (683) and June of the first year of the Vertical Arch (685).
Emperor Wu recruited Kudi Liuli to let her enter the palace to assist in handling government affairs, not to let her enter the palace for the elderly, if Kudi Liuli was the same age as Pei Xingjian, then there were fifty or sixty years old, which certainly did not meet the expectations of Emperor Wu's conscription of female officials, like Sima Shenwei's wife Li Shi, who was also recruited into the palace, that is, entered the palace in her forties.
Therefore, the age at which Kudi Liuli entered the palace was probably in his forties, of course, he was more than twenty years younger than her husband Pei Xingjian.
If you look at the birth year of Pei Guangting's son Pei Guangting (678) of Kudi Liuli, perhaps Kudi Liuli's age is even younger, because it is not excluded that Pei Xingjian's daughter was not born of Kudi Liuli, so it cannot be regarded as the year before Pei Guangting's birth as the year when Kudi Liuli married Pei Xingjian at the latest.
Returning to the truth, from the famous Kudi Liuli, married to a generation of Xiongjie Pei Xingjian, do not know how long the couple lived together, in short, when Kudi Liuli's son Pei Guangting was 5 years old, Yongchun first year (682) April 28, 64-year-old Pei Xingjian died.
Although the historical records do not record the situation before Kudi Liuli entered the palace, it is certain that she was a woman with both moral integrity and ability, so she was selected by Emperor Wu, who came to the court as the empress dowager, and did not hesitate to win the affection, but also recruited Kudi Liuli, who guarded the funeral for her husband, to assist her in the palace.
According to the Pei Xingjian Shinto inscription, Kudi Liuli has "the virtue of concubines, the talent of Ban Zuo", these two allusions are to describe Kudi Liuli, not only has the virtues of King Wen of Zhou's mother Taixiao and his wife Taixiao, but also the literary knowledge of Ban Jieyu and Zuo Fen.
At the age of The Bearded Man (pronounced 丱条贯), Ding Taiwei Xian Gong was difficult. Belonging to the empress dowager, the middle official zuo qi, the mother jin guo lady, the ceremony for the power grab, the Dao Gong guo zhen, from the curtain hall, into the government of the dynasty. (Pei Guangting's Epitaph)
After entering the palace, Kudi Liuli was worshipped as a royal prince by the beloved and thirsty Emperor Wu. Yuzheng was originally an official name in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, specifically responsible for serving the emperor around, announcing edicts, participating in military affairs, and having great power. However, this official position was not carried out in the Sui Dynasty, nor did the Tang Dynasty have this position.
Lu Shi (陸氏卒), the successor of Lady Huayang of the Kudi clan, has the virtue of Ren Ji and the talent of Ban Zuo. The Holy Queen came to the court, summoned to the palace, and worshiped as the Royal Lord. (Pei Xingjian Shinto Monument)
Some scholars believe that it may have been set up by Emperor Wu to assist his female officials, but judging from Emperor Wu's behavior, this is not in line with her consistent style, so the position of Kudi Liulibai as Yuzheng is likely to be a literary wording of Zhang Shuo, which also shows that the work undertaken by Kudi Liuli is the work of the former imperial emperor, and is a close female official of Emperor Wu.
Therefore, the historical Cudi Liuli only began her career after the death of her husband and when she reached middle age, and embarked on the peak of her career, which is really an inspirational example for women. As long as you have the ability, as long as you are not attached to the man's silk flower, there will always be a time to go out of the boudoir and realize self-worth.
What is the specific work of Kudi Liuli in the palace? It is to assist Emperor Wu in handling daily administrative work, contact confidential government affairs, make edicts for Emperor Wu, and act as advisors and attendants.
Of course, Kudi Liuli alone could not meet the political needs of Emperor Wu, who had made the final preparations for the title of emperor. Therefore, in the first year of the zai dynasty (689), Emperor Wu "asked for the history of women" and recruited widowed women with talent and virtue to assume political functions.
Obviously, in the name of conscripting female history, Emperor Wu openly recruited imperial talents, included them in the administrative team of the court, and assisted her to meet the needs of daily administrative work.
Like Sima Shenwei's wife Li Shi, who has "Cao Everyone's Word Endowment, Reputation in The Middle; Wei Gong Jiang Zhi Zhi Festival, Celebrity Hai Nei", Yin Zhizhi's wife Yan Shi, who "studied the history of the country, Bo Tong Li Jing, asked everything and knew everything, and was not prepared for morality", and Dou Shi, the wife of Zhang Shourang, who had good personal qualities, all entered the palace at this time and became a colleague and partner of Yuzheng Kudi Liuli.
At the same time, because of the "post-abolition storm" in December of the first year of Lin De (664), the little infant Shangguan Wan'er, who was implicated and did not enter the palace, also gradually grew up; as early as the first year of the first year of the first century (674), Wei Yuqing's wife Pei Shi, who was widowed into the palace, was also valued by Emperor Wu because of literary talents such as Cai Wenji and Xie Daoyun.
That is to say, on the eve of the founding of the Wuzhou Dynasty, the center of the empire was in the hands of this group of widows (women) Tiantuan. Of course, this does not mean that an independent system of female officials participating in politics has been formed in the era of Emperor Wu, and no relevant excavated materials have been found at present, so it cannot be said blindly.
Among this group of female officials, Kudi Liuli was the most valued by Emperor Wu, and she herself was not only given the title of Lady huayang, but also her mother and son Pei Guangting followed her, and at a young age, she was transferred to the crown prince's family Ling Cheng, and for several months she was promoted to the title of the master of the Taifu, and she was transferred to Taichang Cheng and added to the Chao Dynasty.
Probably Pei Guangting was the first and only one in the feudal dynasty to obtain an official promotion because of his mother's successful career, which was probably unimaginable to the dead Pei Xingjian! The husband is a big cow in the political world, and the wife is not to mention more!
In February of the first year of Shenlong (705), the elderly Emperor Wu was forced to abdicate, the crown prince Zhongzong Li Xian was restored, and the widow Tiantuan, who was heavily used by Emperor Wu, was also sent home by Emperor Zhongzong, and Kudi Liuli was no exception, after 20 years of working for Emperor Wu in the palace, after 20 years in the center of Wu Zhou, he was dismissed by the new boss.
Emperor Zhongzong practiced zuo, returned to the private door, and paid tribute at the age of the year. Emperor Huan made up the heavens, entered the ten chaos, Shao Kang Si Fu, and retired from the three subordinates. Gongqing of the Jin Dynasty, mother of Liebai Yutan, Zhou Guanyin Note, near the house of Wei Kui. (Pei Xingjian Shinto Monument)
Although he was dismissed by the incompetent new boss, Huayang's wife Kudi Liuli's ability to work in the workplace was obvious to everyone, so after Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji succeeded to the throne, he wanted to use the elderly Kudi Liuli to work in the palace again, but was rejected by Kudi Liuli, who converted to Buddhism after leaving his post.
The emperor is on the verge of the pole, asking for yin government, and then lowering the words of Lun, will stay in the inner auxiliary, the lady will be deeply disciplined and honored, the true enlightenment, the stubborn words, and the super thank you for the world. Every time you read the collection of Zen masters, you will always be honored. (Pei Xingjian Shinto Monument)
Perhaps under the influence of his boss Emperor Wu, Kudi Liuli also believed in Buddhism, and after staying away from the center, Kudi Liuli's daily life was to worship the Buddha, and to break away from the world in the epiphany.
Therefore, in the fifth year of the new century (717), before his death, Kudi Liuli left a last word of "ancient burial", asking his son not to bury her and her husband Pei Xingjian together, but to bury her in Zhongnan Mountain, after the spiritual pagoda of her master Xinxing Zen master.
On April 2 of the fifth year of the new century, he returned to Jingyi, and in August of that year, he moved behind the Zen Master's Pagoda of TheOsungdui in Zhongnan Mountain. Ancient burial, soul is everywhere, into the legacy also. (Pei Xingjian Shinto Monument)
Although the history books do not systematically record the deeds of Kudi Liuli, a career woman of the feudal dynasty, in the Shinto stele of her husband Pei Xingjian, the epitaph of her son Pei Guangting, and the chaotic dynastic situation of the Zhou and Tang Dynasties, it is also possible to sporadically spell out the extraordinary second half of Kudi Liuli's life.
As a feudal woman with both moral integrity and ability, Ku Di Liuli stood next to the equally capable and ambitious Emperor Wu, pointing out the country and the mountains, wielding Fang Shuo, and in the cloud of power, the pen was full of ink and flowers, and the edicts she wrote were quickly taken to various places, and the edicts issued by Wu Zhou probably also had her participation in the discussion.
Such an outstanding woman who has been at the political core and has been in the limelight for 20 years has been so wasted and consumed by romance novels and brainless love dramas, alas! Once again, it is a pity for the historical Lady Kudi Yuzheng of Huayang!
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