Everyone knows that there were many beautiful women in ancient China, but relatively speaking, the understanding of beautiful men is relatively small.
In the general concept, women should be feminine and beautiful, and men should be masculine and male, using beauty to describe a man, feeling that it will give him a layer of weak temperament. There are indeed many weak and beautiful men in history, such as Zhang Changzong, who likes to grease and powder, and Wei Jiu, who is killed by fans. However, not all beautiful men are like this, and some of them are brave and good at fighting, traversing the battlefield. For example, the famous Lanling King Gao Changgong, and the one I want to talk about today, Han Zigao, who was rumored to be a "male empress" by later generations.
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HanZi Plateau was born into a commoner family in Shanyin County (present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) under the southern Liang Dynasty.
At that time, Southern Liang was in a period of stability rarely seen in the Southern Dynasty, and its economy and culture were unprecedentedly developed. People who were not disturbed by war began to pursue a better life, and jiankang (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), the capital of Southern Liang (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), which was the center of the country, was undoubtedly the first choice for everyone.
As a teenager, Han Manzi also left his hometown for the capital, but what awaited him was not a neon bustling scene, but a huge disaster - the Hou Jing Rebellion.
This rebellion, launched by the Eastern Wei general Hou Jing, completely changed the fate of Southern Liang and Jiankang, and the original metropolis became a ruin, and a large number of civilians died. After the unrest subsided, Han Manzi, who had survived the disaster, fled the city and planned to return home in the vehicles of the army going south. On his way home, he met his master, who later served all his life, then Wu Xing Taishou and later Became Emperor Wen of Chen.
At that time, Han Manzi was sixteen years old and still had a haircut similar to Nezha's. The Biography of Chen Shu Han Zigao records that he was "beautiful in appearance and resembles a woman", while Feng Menglong's "Love History" describes his appearance as follows: "His appearance is gorgeous, delicate and white like a beautiful woman." Mantis head cream hair, natural moth eyebrows. Those who see it are not impressed. ”
The Northern Song Dynasty's "Taiping Imperial Records of beautiful husbands" collects the accounts of beautiful men in previous historical books, of which only three are described as "ruo women" in appearance: Zhang Liang, Han Zigao, and Chen Shuming.
It can be seen that even if the records in the "History of Love" are somewhat exaggerated, Han Zigao is also a rare man in history with a beautiful woman-like appearance. It is reasonable to be moved by such a person.
However, neither the Book of Chen nor the History of the South nor the Zizhi Tongjian records that Emperor Wendi Chen courted him, nor did he go beyond friendship thereafter. Emperor Wen simply asked, "Can I care?" Han Manzi gladly agreed, and from then on became his attendant, and was renamed Zigao.
Reading this in the history books, I suddenly found that Han Zigao and Oda Nobunaga's close attendant Senran Maru had many similarities: a beautiful boy, the bodyguard of the male lord, and was said to have an extraordinary relationship with the master they served.
And despite their beauty, neither of them is an embroidered pillow.
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The year he came to serve nobunaga, Senran Maru was only twelve years old.
Oda Nobunaga was a maverick who was known as the "Owari Fool" for his misdeeds. But in the face of such a strange master, Senran Maru can speculate well on his mind, often doing things well before Nobunaga opens his mouth, which nobunaga appreciates.
Sixteen-year-old Han Zigao also knew Emperor Chen Wen very well. After becoming Emperor Wen's bodyguard, he always guarded him with a knife and took on a trusted job such as delivering wine and vegetables. Although not as eccentric as Nobunaga, Emperor Chen Wendi was an impatient person, and Han Zigao could accurately understand his thoughts every time, without letting him explain too much.
Because they understood the monarch's mind, both were highly valued and promoted. Senran Maru became Nobunaga's chief secretary, writing various orders for him, and as an emissary, he was appointed lord of Mino Kuniwamura Castle. Han Zigao, on the other hand, learned to ride and shoot as he grew up, and applied to Emperor Wen to serve as a general. Although Emperor Wen gave him troops, he refused to let him leave his side. He trusted and relied on Han Zigao so much that he dreamed that he fell off a cliff on horseback, and finally was supported by Han Zigao.
Not only in the dream, in fact, Han Zigao also served as the escort of Emperor Chen Wendi very well. In the first year of Emperor Taiping of Liang (556 AD), Emperor Wen of Chen was attacked by zhang biao at night, and fled from the north of the city in a hurry. At that time, the sky was dark, the soldiers and horses were panicked, and Emperor Wen's life was in danger at any time, and at this time, only Han Zigao was left beside him. Zi Gao walked through the rebel army alone to contact the reinforcements outside the city, and after returning, he went everywhere in the dark to comfort the soldiers, until the army was slightly stable, and after collecting some scattered soldiers, he personally guided Emperor Wen and his troops into the reinforcement camp and erected a defensive barrier. The next day, Tianming confronted Zhang Biao, and he was defeated in the first battle.
The real highlight of Han Zigao was in the rebellion of Emperor Wen after he succeeded to the throne. At that time, Liu Yi was unable to defeat the official army, and had abandoned the prefecture and county to flee to Taozhiling, and built a fence in the ridge to hold on. At this time, Han Zigao was already the commander of a unit led independently, but he did not hide behind and take command, but rode into the battle alone and fought with the enemy, and did not flinch when his left neck was injured and his hair was cut in half, and finally Chen Jun won a big victory in this battle.
After that, he rose all the way to the promotion of Emperor Wen. The emperor's trust and the attitude of Corporal Li Xian led many people to come to him, and he gradually became the most powerful of all the generals of the Chen Dynasty.
And these also brought him the disaster of killing.
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Emperor Chen, like Oda Nobunaga, was betrayed by people he trusted.
The difference is that Wise Mitsuhide directly took Nobunaga's life, while Chen Hao took the throne of his son after Emperor Wen's death.
In June of the 10th year of Tenshō (1582 AD), Oda Nobunaga's subordinate Mitsuhide Akiko suddenly rebelled and led an army of 13,000 men to besiege Honnoji Temple in Kyoto, where Nobunaga was staying. At that time, Oda Nobunaga had less than a hundred people around him, and he put up fierce resistance along with his close attendants, including Senran Maru. After Nobunaga was wounded, he knew that he was doomed, so he returned to the temple to commit suicide, and it is said that Senran Maru was very heroic, and in order to cover Nobunaga's suicide, he engaged in a fierce battle with the Wise Army. However, he was unable to defeat four hands with two fists, and was eventually killed by yasuda Kuniji, a general under Mitsuhide Ofaki, who cut off one of his legs. And his cover also caused Nobunaga to successfully self-immolate, so that the other party failed to obtain his first rank, and it was considered to have completed the final task at the end of his life.
At this time, Senran Maru was only seventeen years old.
Although Han Zigao did not die as tragically as Senlan Maru, he was also very sad.
Four years after the Battle of Taozhiling, Emperor Wen of Chen became terminally ill. Han Zigao personally entered the palace to take care of him, but he could not save his life. After The death of Emperor Wen of Chen, his son Chen Bozong succeeded to the throne as Emperor Chen.
People called deposed emperors usually have their thrones taken away halfway through. It was his uncle, Emperor Wen of Chen's younger brother Chen Huan, who later became Emperor Xuan of Chen.
Since he wanted to depose the emperor, he was bound to cut off his supporters, and Han Zigao, who was trusted and favored by Emperor Wen, bore the brunt of it.
So one day, one of Han Zigao's subordinates suddenly reported him for rebellion. Coincidentally, Han Zigao was attending the council of the crown prince in Shangshu Province at this time, was arrested and imprisoned on the spot, and was given death that night, and his family was acquitted.
This operation is so smooth and smooth, it is inevitable that people will not suspect the catty, especially the crime of conspiracy to rebel has always been at least to destroy more than three tribes, but Han Zigao's father and brother have not been implicated.
Perhaps he already knew his fate, and there was no record of Han Zigao's defense in the history books, as if he had willingly ended his life. At this time, Han Zigao had just turned thirty years old.
The fates of Han Zigao and Senran Maru are also similar after their deaths, they both survive in the wild history novels, becoming male favorites beyond the master-servant relationship, and even Han Zigao is rumored to be the only "male empress" in history. But many people remember only their faces, and the inexplicable relationship between them and the monarch, but ignore their past exploits, their heroic posture on the battlefield.
Reference: Chen Shu (Tang) Yao Silian
History of the South (Tang) Li Yanshou
Taiping Imperial Records (Northern Song Dynasty) By Li Fang
Zizhi Tongjian (Northern Song Dynasty) Sima Guang
"Love History" (Ming) Feng Menglong
Nobunaga Koji (Japan) Ota Nobunaga