Princess Qi Guo and her brother were not in love, and her husband Lu Henggong was brutally killed after he grabbed the bag

Wen Jiang is famous for his unrequited love affair with his brother Qi Xianggong. (Schematic/Academy Video)

The daughter of Duke Qi of Qi was also the half-sister of Duke Xiang of Qi, but there was a secret affair between the brothers and sisters, which continued until Wen Jiang married, and her husband Duke Huan of Lu was furious when he learned of this, but was tragically killed by Duke Xiang of Qi. This absurd incest story made Wen Jiang famous in later generations, and he also bore many ugly insults, but some historians believe that Wen Jiang actually made a lot of contributions to the Lu country when he was alive, and was a rare female politician in history.

However, before Wen Jiang got married, he already had a private affair with his brother Qi Xianggong, in 694 BC, Lu Huan and Qi Xianggong came to the border of the 2 countries to meet because of state affairs between the two sides, Wen Jiang also accompanied her as the wife of Lu Huan, after arriving, she actually had an affair with Qi Xianggong, this matter was also discovered by Lu Huan, so he angrily rebuked Wen Jiang, after Qi Xianggong learned the news, he sent his son Peng Sheng to assassinate Lu Huan Gong successfully, for which the people of Lu were quite angry, and Qi XiangGong only favored Peng Sheng to calm the anger.

The young Duke of Luzhuang was forced to ascend to the throne because of the death of his father, and Wen Jiang lived in the junction of Qi and Lu, "Yudi", and then often traveled back and forth to the 2 kingdoms, while meeting with Qi Xiang in private meetings, while assisting his son to govern the country, Wen Jiang also showed amazing diplomatic ability during this period, not only alleviating the atmosphere of sword fighting between Qi and Lu, in 689 BC (5 years of Lu ZhuangGong), he also successfully let Lu join the combined forces of Qi, Song, Chen, and Cai to fight against the Wei state. Until the death of Duke Xiang of Qi, Wen Jiang did not go to the State of Qi for a long time, and later reappeared in the State of Qi, basically just a state affair.

In 673 BC (the twenty-first year of the Duke of Luzhuang), Wen Jiang died and was given the title of "Wen", Professor Yu Gengzhe of the School of History and Culture of Shaanxi Normal University pointed out that "Wen" has the meaning of being diligent and inquisitive, loving the people, and favoring the people, which is a good title, which shows that Wen Jiang was still a highly respected person in the Lu kingdom until her death, although her "adulterous deeds" were not false, but it was indeed a rare female politician in history, and during her reign, she made a lot of contributions to the stability of the Lu state.

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