In modern Chinese history, although Yehnara Cixi is not a real emperor, she has a history of nearly 50 years in terms of court politics.
Speaking of Cixi, everyone hated her cruelty and style. If it weren't for the Qing Dynasty's insistence on self-shut-off, China would not have been ravaged under the oppression of Western countries.
However, although people hated Cixi, they also had to admire her talent and courage. Cixi is not a famous lady after all, and when she first entered the palace, she was also trembling and walking on thin ice.
Emperor Xianfeng spoke highly of her, because she was "sixteen years old, memorized the Five Classics, knew Manchurian script, and read twenty-four histories, so she could review the recitals of the provinces." ”
In fact, Cixi's literary accomplishment is also commendable. At the age of 32, she wrote a poem that was considered a classic and included in the local elementary school textbook.
Cixi's "Poem on Wishing Parents" (also known as "Wishing Mother's Birthday Poem") was written on the occasion of Cixi's mother's 60th birthday.
Cixi didn't have time to celebrate her mother's birthday in person, so she asked someone to give her many gifts, including a pair of handwritten calligraphy.
The work lasted for several generations before it was finally destroyed during a "special period". The poem says: "The love of parents in the world is the truest thing, the tears and blood of children." The children who have worked hard to raise them, the love of their parents is nothing more than this! ”
Especially the sentence "Parents' love, parents all over the world" is a household name. But many more people don't know that this is coming from Cixi's mouth.
In our minds, Cixi is a vitriol, sinister and cunning villain, how could she say such a thing?
However, there is no doubt that the "Poem for Parents" was indeed written by Cixi. However, through the combing of the historical materials of the Qing Dynasty, it can be seen that the relationship between Cixi and her mother Fucha was not harmonious.
There are many theories about the origin of Cixi, some people believe that Cixi was a Han woman who was born in Changzhi, Shanxi, and some believe that Cixi was born in Zhangzhou, Fujian.
According to historical records, Cixi was born in the 15th year of Daoguang and died in 1834.
His father was a native of the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, first served in Lu'an Zhi County, Shanxi, and was later promoted to the head of Zhili Baochang Dao, and then transferred to Longdaotai, Tingzhang, Fujian, and finally died in Fujian.
* The "Chronicles of Nanjing County" compiled in the 37th year: "Zhang's observation and repair, the word Lianxi, belongs to the Yellow Banner, and Xianfeng Renzi is born. "Her daughter, Wen (Cixi), hid on a mountain. At that time, Emperor Xianfeng recruited people, and was selected as a person in the palace, and soon was promoted to the west hall. ”
Because she was the eldest daughter in the family, after Huizhen's death, Cixi, who was only 16 years old, shouldered the burden of the whole family and accompanied her biological mother Fucha to send her coffin back to her hometown.
Cixi buried her father and was selected to enter the palace as a show girl. Because of his outstanding talent and good at clerical work, he was deeply loved by Emperor Xianfeng. In the sixth year of Xianfeng, Cixi successfully gave birth to a baby boy, and Emperor Xianfeng was overjoyed and canonized her as "Concubine Yi".
And his mother-in-law, Fucha, was also overjoyed. According to the Qing rules, she can enter the palace to congratulate.
At the beginning of the second year, after all the things were arranged, Fucha went to the Forbidden City to visit his daughter.
According to the rules, all those who entered the palace had to salute the emperor. But it's usually a formality, and the younger generation won't really let them kneel.
When he found out that his father and mother were about to bow, he immediately gestured to his servants for them to help him. In this way, her parents will be able to take the opportunity to stand up, so that they can maintain their manners and face, and everyone will be happy.
The Fucha clan was born in a big family, so she naturally knew the rules of the palace, and she wanted to enter the palace to salute, and Cixi would definitely send someone to help her.
Who knows, the Fucha clan bowed three times and nine times, Cixi didn't pay attention to her at all, and no one helped her, she could only stand up by herself, looking very embarrassed.
After this incident, the Fucha clan had already sensed his displeasure. After she entered the palace, she spoke and acted carefully, not as if she had come to visit her daughter, but as if she was suffering in the palace.
Soon, Fucha said hello to his daughter and hurried home. Cixi didn't stay long, it turned out that the mother and son were so "born".
Not only that, Cixi knew that her biological mother, Fucha, was extremely disgusted with the "nouveau riche" who got rich overnight, and was very careful about dressing, so she specially ordered the girl to crumple her hair into a ball and put many jewels on the top of her head.
Fucha knew that his daughter was looking for trouble for Cixi. However, in the face of the "favored" girl, she had no choice but to follow her, and she didn't even dare to show a trace of displeasure, and etiquette such as kneeling and kowtowing three times had no reservations.
Since then, the Fucha clan rarely visited their daughter in the palace, and Cixi rarely returned to visit her mother.
According to common sense, Cixi's parents should be dependent on each other and love each other, but why did she tease Fucha? It all starts with a detail.
Before entering the palace, the intelligent and domineering Empress Cixi liked to express herself. Once, his mother-in-law, Fucha, made her a set of green clothes, fashionable and fashionable. Later, his mother also made an identical outfit for Cixi's sister.
Now it's okay, when Cixi saw that her sister's new clothes were similar to her own, she didn't say anything, and took the big scissors and cut them to pieces.
When Fucha saw that his carefully sewn clothes had been torn by his daughter, he was very angry and complained to Cixi's father. His father was angry and questioned her why she had done this.
In order to avoid pain, Cixi finally stated her true purpose, which was that she was very unhappy with her sister wearing the same clothes, which would make her appear inferior to her brothers.
Since then, they have known that their daughter likes to show off and is also arrogant.
Decades later, Cixi died of illness, and her biological mother, Fucha, moved into the palace. Although it looks calm on the surface, Cixi has always been suspicious of the "bumping shirt", so she took this opportunity to give her mother a hard blow.
It was only in the future that he became enemies with his children everywhere, and he promised to be personal, and Cixi treated his mother as queen, and he changed his opinion of him. It was not until 1867, on the 60th birthday of the Fucha family, that Cixi wrote the "Poem for Parents" with a brush, which is breathtaking.
From Cixi's ability to say the words "father and mother", it can be known that she is not so **, at least the virtue of "filial piety to parents" is still retained in her nature.
But Cixi was too vindictive and refused to forgive others, so her people were miserable by her.
Citations: 1] Wang Kaixi. Empress Cixi's literary accomplishments. Beijing Social Sciences. 2013. doi:10.13262/j.bjsshkx.2013.05.007.
2] He Changjing. Cixi's "Women's Consciousness" and Its Paradox in The Imperial Woman. Journal of Chongqing University of Technology. 2017 (05):66-69. doi:10.19406/j.cn ki. cqkjxyxbskb.2017.05.021.
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