It is said that most of the emperors are dashing, with a group of wives and concubines. However, all of those who can become the emperor's concubines are carefully selected, but in ancient times, there were so many who also caught up with the fashion early and had "foreign" wives.
The first thing to say is that our merry emperor Tang Xuanzong Li Longji has heard a lot of stories about him and Yang Guifei. However, there have been several foreign concubines in his harem. Mr. Ge Chengyong, an expert in literature and history, once mentioned that Tang Xuanzong had a Hu Xuannu and a concubine from Central Asia. In the "Biography of the Emperors and Princesses" of the "New Tang Book", we learn that Princess Shou'an was born to Cao Ye Naji. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, "Ji" was the name of a young and beautiful woman, while "Ye Na" meant foreign. Cao, as a surname, was a common surname used by the Sogdians from the Cao State in Central Asia.
Although the academic community has long been inconclusive about the ** of this foreign concubine, we can infer it according to the cultural customs of the time. With the opening of the Silk Road, cultural exchanges between the East and the West became commonplace, and it was not difficult for Westerners to come to China. Therefore, it is not uncommon for Tang Xuanzong to marry a Central Asian woman as a concubine. As for how this foreign woman came to China and how did she get close to Tang Xuanzong?
According to the clues of historical documents and the in-depth study of Sogdian culture, scholars believe that there are three main types of women in Central Asia: one is the sale of Hu and maid, the second is the migration of Central Asians, and the third is the tribute of Sogdians in Central Asia.
In any case, Tang Xuanzong, as a merry emperor, and "good at singing and dancing, Xiaoyin rhythm", naturally gave many opportunities to beautiful alien women who can sing and dance and have good manners. Therefore, Cao Ye should be the Hu Xuannu who was paid tribute by Cao during the Kaiyuan period, and was loved by Xuanzong because of her talent, sex, and virtue.
Another person who had a romantic entanglement with an exotic woman was Zhu Di, who was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di ascended the throne as the emperor after launching a coup d'état, although he was tyrannical, but he also had martial arts, Wentao martial arts, and was a rare talent for governing the world. What is less well known, however, is his affair with a North Korean woman.
Ming Chengzu Zhu Di.
The female concubine Quan from North Korea is the daughter of the Korean national worker Cao Dianshu Quan Yongjun, who was born in a prestigious family, beautiful and smart, and is a rare talented and good-looking woman. From the Yuan Dynasty onwards, Joseon was forced to offer beautiful women to the Chinese court, and the same was true in the early Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang's harem has many Korean concubines, according to historical records, Chengzu Zhu Di is the queen of Zhumen born to the Korean concubine.
Probably in order to be able to see his mother from the Korean beauties, Zhu Di also has many Korean concubines in his harem, and Concubine Quan is favored by Chengzu Zhu Di. When he saw her, Zhu Di was attracted by Concubine Quan's beauty, and was even more impressed by Concubine Quan's flute voice. Since then, Concubine Quan not only favored the harem, but also rarely left Chengzu's side.
Later, Zhu Di went north to Mongolia, and he took Concubine Quan to accompany the army, and when the army walked to Lincheng, Shandong, he suddenly fell seriously ill and died. Zhu Di was very hurt by this, and even listened to rumors, thinking that Concubine Quan died of poisoning, so he cleaned thousands of people in the harem, causing a big injustice, but it is enough to see how deep Zhu Di's love for Concubine Quan is.
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