Do you really know Wang Zhaojun in history?
I think in the perception of the vast majority of people: she has a peerless appearance, known as one of the four beauties, and she is praised by the world for her envoy to Biansai, and the scenery is infinite. But these are just the comments of later generations, her real life is bleak and humiliated.
Why did Wang Zhaojun ask to marry far away?
It is rumored that when Wang Zhaojun entered the palace, he may have been unable to maintain his appearance, or he may have disdained such a style, and did not bribe the painter like other women, so he was retaliated against and deliberately scandalized, so he was not elected to the inner palace, but was a palace maid for 5 years.
These 5 years have made Wang Zhaojun feel endless loneliness in his heart, and he is also tired of the endless battles in the palace, and he is even more tired of the atmosphere in the palace. It happened that at this time, there were great changes within the Xiongnu, and the struggle continued, among which Hu Han Xie Shan Yu chose to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty in order to strengthen his power and seek refuge, so Wang Zhaojun voluntarily went to the outside of the Saiwai and Qin, with the help of national righteousness, to make the final resistance to his unfair fate.
And the meaning of pro
As a political marriage, the value generated is bound to be significant. First, it alleviated the contradictions between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty, allowing the two sides to develop peacefully for nearly half a century, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent reunification.
Second, it preached the prestige of the Han Dynasty, and other small countries around it, after learning that the Xiongnu were vassals to the Han Dynasty, they all made offerings, which brought great contributions to the development of the Han Dynasty.
and the life of the queen
Wang Zhaojun, who had just arrived in the Xiongnu, quickly adapted to the cold environment of Biansai, not only learned the culture of the Xiongnu people, further improved his relationship with the Xiongnu, but also brought the cultural idea of "humility and benevolence" into the Xiongnu. But the good times didn't last long, and in just a few years, the old and frail Hu Han Evil Shan died in one fell swoop, which opened the most humiliating life in Zhaojun's life.
The culture of the Xiongnu and the Han are very different, due to the particularly harsh environment, survival difficulties, countless people die of hunger and cold every year, so the number of Xiongnu is scarce, and childbirth has become the top priority, which leads to the customs of the Xiongnu, women are also part of the property, to be inherited.
In the Xiongnu at that time, after the death of the father, the son inherited the property and married the mother; After the death of the elder brother, the situation of the sister-in-law marrying the younger brother happened from time to time, and Wang Zhaojun naturally had to abide by this custom, so after the death of Lao Danyu, he had to marry his son Fu Zhu Shan Yu.
However, Wang Zhaojun, who had been influenced by the culture of the Han Dynasty, particularly resisted this custom, so he wrote several letters back to the Han Dynasty, asking Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty to return to the Han Dynasty. But he didn't think that Emperor Yuan of Han had died, Emperor Cheng of Han succeeded to the throne, and decisively rejected Wang Zhaojun's request, Emperor Cheng of Han thought that since he married the Xiongnu, he had to abide by the customs there, so as to reflect the demeanor of the Han Dynasty. He ordered her to abide by the customs of the Xiongnu and marry her stepson. In the face of this morally degraded marriage custom, Wang Zhaojun was powerless to resist and could only endure humiliation.
Wang Zhaojun and Fu Zhu Tired Shan Yu lived together for 11 years and gave birth to two daughters. The events after the death of the replantation are not clear in history, and there are currently two versions:
First, his younger brother succeeded to the throne and became Sou Harmonic Ruo Yu Shan Yu, coveting Wang Zhaojun's beauty, so he also married Wang Zhaojun. But the two only lived together for two years before Wang Zhaojun died of illness.
Second: After the death of Fuzhu Ti Dan, Wang Zhaojun did not remarry. But because his own son was killed in the battle for the throne, he was stimulated, and he missed his homeland and became ill, and finally died.
No matter which version it is, it can be seen that Wang Zhaojun's life is like a commodity, with no autonomy and no human rights, and he has endured humiliation all his life. But her sacrifice not only promoted the cultural exchanges between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty, but also brought 50 years of border tranquility to the Han Dynasty.