Out of Ginger: A lonely, heartbroken woman
In the poem "Who's Son" by the great tang dynasty poet Han Yu: "The bride of Cuimei is twenty years old, and she is sent back home to cry through the city." "The story of Duchess Lu Guowen's husband Jiang died and her two sons were sent back to the Qi country after her husband died and her two sons were killed.
Chu Jiang, daughter of Duke Zhao of Qi, wife of Duke Wen of Lu. Duke Wen of Lu (鲁文公), surnamed Ji (姬), was the 19th monarch of the State of Lu.
The marriage between the two countries has a long history, Lu Wengong's great-grandfather was Lu Huan Gong, married Wen Jiang of the State of Qi, and Wen Jiang engaged in "brother-sister love" and killed Lu Huan Gong; Lu Huan Gong and Wen Jiang's son Lu Zhuang Married Qi Xiang Gong's daughter Lai Jiang, and after Lu Zhuang's death, Qing Father and Lai Jiang joined forces to kill the two monarchs after Lu Zhuang Gong. Duke LuZhuang's younger brother Ji You supported Duke Lu Wengong's father, Duke Lu, and married The Daughter of Duke Qi, Xiang Jiang, and Duke Lu Wen married Duke Qi Zhao's daughter.
Because of the lessons of previous generations, Lu Wengong was not as infatuated with the women of the State of Qi as his grandfathers and fathers. Even if he went to the State of Qi to propose relatives and sent Out Shangqing, when he married Jiang, he went to a doctor. Duke Lu Wen did not personally go to the border to marry, which was not in accordance with etiquette.
Lu Wengong had two women, Chu Jiang was a lady, and the second concubine was called Jing Ying. Out of Jiang gave birth to two sons Gongzi Evil and Gongzi Shi. Jing Ying also had two sons, Gongzi Li and Gongzi Qi. Although Gongzi Li was the eldest son, Gongzi Xie was the concubine of Concubine Zheng and was made the Prince of Lu. Jing Ying was not reconciled, so she co-opted the powerful ministers at that time, and her lover Dongmen Xiangzhong competed for the throne, and the history books suspected that Gongzi Li was the son of Dongmen Xiangzhong and Jing Ying, which caused a great obstacle to Jiang's son, Prince Evil, to succeed to the throne.
The State of Qi was originally a strong backing for Chu Jiang, but the Duke of Qi Hui had just ascended the throne, and the State of Qi was at a low ebb. After the death of Duke Wen of Lu, Crown Prince Evil succeeded to the throne according to the ancestral system. However, Dongmen Xiangzhong took advantage of the opportunity to send an envoy to the State of Qi and revealed to Qi Huigong the conspiracy to abolish The Chief. Qi Huigong weighed it again and again, although the prince was his own nephew, but his succession to the throne was a legitimate thing, and he would not be grateful to the state of Qi. If the State of Qi helped Dongmen Xiangzhong to support Gongzi Li as the monarch, Gongzi Li would definitely repay the State of Qi.
Therefore, The Duke of Qi Hui acquiesced to the idea of Dongmen Xiangzhong, and after Dongmen Xiangzhong returned to the State of Lu, he killed the crown prince Evil and Gongzi Shi and helped him ascend to the throne, known as Lu Xuangong. Her husband died, her two sons were killed, and Jiang had no place to live in lu and was sent back to his mother's house.
On the way back to China, passing by a market in Luguo, Chu Jiang was sad and cried: "Oh my God! Dongmen Xiangzhong was not a good thing, he killed his concubine Andri Shuzi as the monarch! "Everyone in the market knew what had happened to him and sympathized with her, crying with her.
The Yuan Dynasty poet Yang Weizhen wrote in "Reading the Ancients. The second book reads: "Out of the ginger wept through the market, calling out the truth every day." Everyone in the city is sniffling, and Lu Thief should be divided. Out of the way, there is no return to Lu, and the LinShu rebukes his king. The people of the country sympathized with her misfortune, so they called her to mourn Ginger again. However, in order to distinguish the daughter of Duke Xiang of Qi, who was married by Duke Zhuang of Luzhuang, the descendants also called the mourning ginger who was expelled from the lu country "out of the ginger".