Chen Yuanyuan, one of the eight Yan of Qin Huai, Why does the epitaph say Wu Men Nie?
The question stems from the inscription on Chen Yuanyuan's tombstone"The tomb of the ancestor of Wumen, Nie", and according to the available evidence, Chen Yuanyuan is in"Rebellion of the Three Feudatories"After being suppressed, he fled and later lived in seclusion in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. He later went into isolation in Cengong County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province, where he eventually died, so it may not have been natural for him to engrave his name on a tombstone and hide it.
After the rebellion of the three feudatories was put down, Chen Yuanyuan's final fate.
According to the people of Majiazhai, in the seventeenth year of Kangxi (1678), Wu Sangui, who lost his head, was called Emperor Hengzhou, and soon died of depression"Throne"Passed to his grandson Wu Shifan. In the winter of the twentieth year of Kangxi (1681), the Qing army invaded Kunming, Yunnan, Wu Shifan committed suicide, and the rebellion of the three feudatories was suppressed. The Qing court decided to kill the nine clans of Wu Sangui.
Under the protection of the military advisor Ma Bao, Chen Yuanyuan took Wu Sangui's second son Wu Qihua and others to escape from Yunnan from Cicada Road, and finally fled to Longgaoli, Sizhou, where they organized small teams and lived in various temples. Chen Yuanyuan lived in Tian'an Temple after becoming a monk, Ma Bao lived in Aoshan Temple after becoming a monk, and Wu Qihua lived in a wing room.
After Ma Bao settled down, he often went down the mountain to visit Chen Yuanyuan and Wu Qihua, and the mountain he often walked on was called"Horse Trace Beam", which is the current one"Ma Jialiang"。Chen Yuanyuan and others settled here, Chen Yuanyuan and Ma Bao lived in the monastery for a lifetime, Chen Yuanyuan died at the age of 80, and Ma Bao died at the age of 60.
After the descendants of Wu Sangui multiplied here, they gradually established Majiazhai to commemorate Ma Bao, so the villagers of Majiazhai were surnamed Wu.
Why is the inscription on Chen Yuanyuan's tombstone called?"Wu Mennie"？
In 1984, a family surnamed Wu in Majiazhai broke the news: Majiazhai is actually a descendant of Wu Sangui, and there is an ancient tomb on the back of the hydrangea convex mountain in Majiazhai, that is, Chen Yuanyuan's tomb.
According to the descendants of the Wu family, Chen Yuanyuan, who settled in Majiazhai, never forgot Wu Sangui in his life and protected his children and grandchildren until he died in Majiazhai at the age of 76. After Wu Sangui died, his son Wu Qihua buried him in the mountain behind Majiazhai and erected a stone monument for him.
The inscription on the stone plaque reads:"The tombstone of the late Nie's mother, erected by her son Wu Qihua, daughter-in-law Tu, grandsons Wu Shilong and Wu Shijie, and great-grandsons Wu Dajing and Wu Dachun; Wu Chaoda, Wu Chaoxue, Wu Chaokui, Wu Chaocheng, Wu Chaoxie, Wu Chaoliu, Wu Chaocheng, Wu Chaodan's grandson; It was established in the sixth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1728) on the auspicious day of Wushen in the middle of the second month. Although the tombstone is inscribed"Nie's", but the locals have never called this tomb the tomb of the ancestor of the Nie family, but have always called it the tomb of the ancestor of the Chen family.
What is Chen Yuanyuan's surname?"Wu Men Nie Clan"Some people believe that it was mainly to avoid the Qing court and prevent tomb robbery. About"Wu Men Nie Clan"The explanation of the surname, the more credible explanation at the moment is:"Wu Gate"refers to the surname Wu and the Suzhou family (Suzhou was known as Wumen in ancient times); "Nie's"refers to Chen Yuanyuan's father"Xing"Surname. Nie"Refers to the father's surname"Xing", mother's surname"Chen", because"Xing"with"Chen"All have ears,"Nie"That's it"Two ears"meaning; "Wu Gate"in the plaque"Nie"Refers to the Wu family and Suzhou (Suzhou was known as Wumen in ancient times). Since Chen Yuanyuan is Wu Sangui's favorite concubine, it can be inferred that when Wu Sangui was competing for the throne, Chen Yuanyuan must have been canonized as a concubine, so her identity must be different from that of ordinary people.
Therefore, Chen Yuanyuan is called"Noon Gate Nie", but whether the tomb is the tomb of Chen Yuanyuan is still controversial. Although"Wu Men Nie Clan"The explanation is more credible, but as time goes on, no one knows what the actual situation is.