In August of the 11th year of Tang Yizong Xiantong (870), a sensational funeral kicked off in Chang'an City. On that day, from the princes and nobles to the civil and military officials, everyone was mourning the death of a young woman. In order to highlight the pomp and circumstance of the funeral, the emperor not only asked the palace treasury to unconditionally spend all the expenses of the funeral, but also personally wrote an elegy, and issued a decree requiring that all the people in Beijing must wear linen and filial piety to take to the streets to pray for the blessing of this noble woman. That's right, the deceased is Tang Yizong's beloved daughter Princess Tongchang. After the funeral ended, Tang Yizong's heartache of losing his beloved daughter could not be healed for a long time. He had no way to see that the imperial doctors who were suspected of "killing" the princess were still alive, so he ordered that more than 20 imperial doctors such as Han Zongshao and Kang Zhongyin be arrested and beheaded, and more than 300 of their relatives were imprisoned and handed over to Jingzhao Mansion for strict punishment. This irrational "pet girl madman" made the political situation in the late Tang Dynasty even more turbulent. When Princess Tongchang came to the world, Tang Yizong Li Yi had not yet ascended the throne as emperor. As the eldest son of Tang Xuanzong, at that time, his original name was still Li Wen. Li Wen did not like his father, although the Tang Dynasty had the rules of establishing a prince, but Tang Xuanzong never thought of establishing Li Wen, but he had high hopes for the younger fourth son of the emperor, Li Zi, the king of Kui, and wanted to make him the prince and be in the East Palace. What made Li Wen even more uncomfortable was that Tang Xuanzong's education of his children was stricter than that of previous emperors, even to the point of being unkind. Tang Xuanzong originally wanted to marry his second daughter, Princess Yongfu, to Yu Cong, the son of Yu Ao, a household servant from the Yu clan in Henan, and Princess Yongfu was also extremely satisfied with her future concubine. But just as the marriage was about to be finalized, Princess Yongfu and Tang Xuanzong had a petty temper during the meal, lost her temper, and broke her chopsticks in front of her father. Tang Xuanzong didn't say a word, and on the same day, he issued an order to veto this family affair, and ordered the fourth daughter, Princess Guangde, to marry Yu Cong as his wife, so that Princess Yongfu missed this God-given relationship. Fortunately, Li Wen did not let Tang Xuanzong be completely marginalized, otherwise it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not repeat the fate of his sister Princess Yongfu being alienated. As an ordinary prince, he was still like other royal children, he was rewarded by his father early, gave him the title of King Yun, and opened a mansion in the Sixteen Princes' Mansion in Chang'an. However, with the passage of time, the position of the crown prince was undecided, which invisibly caused great pressure on Li Wen, the king of Yun. History,".Xuanzong was in power, the Spring and Autumn Period was high, and the wicked man said that the prince was the prince. (Yun) the king lived in the outer palace for a long time, and his heart was often worried”。It was at this time that Li Wen's favorite concubine Guo Shiji (i.e., Guo Shufei) gave birth to the lovely Princess Tongchang. Princess Tongchang has never spoken since she was born, and when she was ten years old, she suddenly popped out two words to her father one day: ".Gotta live. At that time, Tang Xuanzong was dying, and then, Li Wen, who was uneasy in the palace of Yun Wang, was supported by Wang Zongshi, the lieutenant of Zuo Shence's escort army, and the deputy envoy Pi Yuanshi, changed his name to Li Luo, and entered the palace to become the emperor, known as Tang Yizong in history. 
Portrait of Tang Yizong.
Princess Tongchang was "alive" because of this voice, and since then she has been regarded as a lucky star by Tang Yizong. In his opinion, whether this is a child's sudden epiphany or a special arrangement from God, the honor and disgrace of Princess Tongchang's life will be closely related to him. As Princess Tongchang grows up day by day, Tang Yizong is ready to find a noble horse for his beloved daughter who also unconditionally gives her a loving pet. His preferred candidate is Wei Baoheng from the family Jingzhao Wei. Wei Baoheng is a son of a family with the fame of Jinshi, and his grandfather Wei Yuanzhen and father Wei Wei are also from the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Wei Baoheng quickly became a man of the hour by virtue of the prestige of "one door and three jinshi", and he was the envy of the world's scholars. Since the marriage between Princess Tongchang and Wei Baoheng was established, Jingzhao Wei has been looking around for the clothing, food, housing and transportation of Princess Tongchang after marriage, and in the family rules, it is expressly forbidden for the children of the clan, including the concubine, to be disrespectful to Princess Tongchang, and try their best to provide a comfortable and pleasant atmosphere for the princess to live outside the palace. The "dowry" given by Tang Yizong is very heavy. According to the record of "Zizhi Tongjian", in the ninth year of Xiantong (868), Princess Tongchang was married, and Tang Yizong gave her the first Guanghua Li of Chang'an City, and".Treasures in the palace are given awayHe also gave another 5 million yuan as a dowry. In the Tang Dynasty, 1,000 copper coins were worth one tael, also known as consistency, and the value of one tael of silver was the same. When Princess Tongchang surrendered, the Tang Dynasty was in the midst of internal and external troubles, and the tax-paying land of Jianghuai had just come with bad news of drought and locust plague and famine. In addition, because of the lack of food and clothing, Pang Xun, a grain officer who was stationed in Guizhou (now Guilin, Guangxi), instigated the generals and men of the army to revolt when he was transferred to Xuzhou and Sizhou. For a time,".Pang Xun claimed to be invincible in the world, made a dew cloth, and scattered the villages and villages, so the people of Huainan were terrified, and often avoided the left of the river”。Jiangnan **, the smoke is everywhere, but Tang Yizong took five million taels to sponsor the wedding of Princess Tongchang, this beloved daughter's cut, the impact on the economy and political situation in the late Tang Dynasty can be imagined. However, Tang Yizong, who was immersed in paying for his daughter, did not realize that his behavior was inappropriate. According to the Tang Dynasty Su Yi's "Duyang Miscellaneous Edition", after Princess Tongchang got married, she was worried that her daughter would not be able to enjoy the original standard of living in the Wei family, so Tang Yizong sent her daughter a variety of delicacies."Its delicacies include spiritual scorching, red chest; Its wine has condensate syrup, osmanthus fermentation; Its tea is green and purpleHe also gave a total of gold wheat and silver rice, which were all offered by the Taizong Temple and the country”。The so-called "spirit burning", according to the record in the book, should be the best roast mutton, "a sheep's meat takes four taels, although the summer poison will not be defeated", its extravagance is far beyond imagination. And "gel slurry" is actually the dew collected from the petals of roses in the early morning. For the princess to take a sip, it is also common for the palace attendants, palace maids and others to break their legs. As for "golden wheat and silver rice", its origin should not be underestimated. According to the explanation of Cihai, "Tiaozhi" is the name of a country and place in the ancient Western Regions, which first appeared in the Book of Han. In the ninth year of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Yongyuan (97), the Western Regions Protector Banchao sent Gan Ying to envoy Daqin, "arriving at the Tiaozhi and stopping near the sea." Scholars speculate that the "Tiaozhi" is most likely on the plains of Mesopotamia, where present-day Iran and Iraq are located. It can be seen that Tang Yizong dotes on Princess Tongchang, and he is really willing to pay for her and the whole world. No wonder "Du Yang Miscellaneous Edition" says, ".From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the princess has never been prosperous
Ban beyond the map of the Western Regions. Source: Internet.
Tang Yizong was also very generous to Ma Wei Baoheng. Since marrying Princess Tongchang, Wei Baoheng has been like a "rocket", soaring to a high position that is difficult for ordinary people to reachWith (Wei) Baoheng as a bachelor of Hanlin, he turned to Langzhong, and was worshipping the scholars and soldiers of the Ministry of War. Not expecting a year, with the official level”。Marrying a princess and being a prime minister, presumably Wei Baoheng will wake up laughing when he dreams. can live in the "love of the world", but the spirit of Princess Tongchang is not as good as day by day. After only a year of marrying Wei Baoheng, she just entered the peach and plum years, and she couldn't afford to get sick. According to historical records, Princess Tongchang's illness was "caused by a dream". It is said that one day, Princess Tongchang had a strange dream while taking a nap. In the dream, a woman appeared, claiming to be Pan Yuer, the beloved concubine of Xiao Baojuan, the Marquis of Dongdu, who wanted to claim back a "Jiuluan hairpin" among the many dowries of Princess Tongchang, and if the princess did not give it, she would implement tough measures. After Princess Tongchang woke up from her dream, the root of her illness fell. The princess was sick, which frightened the Webster family and the royal family. Tang Yizong, who was eager to take care of his daughter's illness, hurriedly summoned more than 20 imperial doctors such as Han Zongshao and Kang Zhongyin to consult the princess, and issued an edict asking the imperial doctors to save the princess at all costs. Due to the strange illness of Princess Tongchang, Tang Yizong "loved Zhong Chen" for his daughter, and constantly urged the imperial doctors to report the princess's diagnosis report, causing Han Zongshao, Kang Zhongyin and others to be afraid of responsibility, and arbitrarily judged that the princess's disease was an incurable disease, and the treatment required the use of rare drugs in the world to be effective. So, the imperial doctors led by Kang Zhongyin played a game to Tang Yizong, claiming that the princess was sickGet red honey and white ape ointment, and eat it to heal”。What exactly is "red honey"? To this day, no one knows. The "stone honey", which is only one word different from "red honey", has clear historical records that it was produced in ancient India, and since the time of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, it was introduced into Middle-earth and became one of the best granular brown sugar at that time. Therefore, the American sinologist Xue Aihua speculated that "red honey" may be a darker color and higher purity of sand sugar. After all, in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", "stone honey" is also believed to have the effect of "hot abdomen and dry mouth cough", which is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine. 
Sugar made from sugar cane. Source: Photo.com.
As for the "white ape ointment", it has never been heard of in any medical monograph before, but it is recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", which cannot be verified in ancient and modern times: "There are mountains in the south, and there are many white apes in the middle." It can be seen that Kang Zhongyin and others' so-called prolonged medical treatment and sought medicine had the ingredients to deceive Tang Yizong from the very beginning, making him retreat from the difficulty. However, what is unexpected is that Tang Yizong dug three feet into the ground in the inner library, and really found the "red honey" stone of the Western Regions Gong and the "white ape fat" number urn of the South China Sea Gong. **Princess Tongchang's bait is complete, and the next thing is to play the home of Han Zongshao, Kang Zhongyin and other imperial doctors. Tang Yizong was waiting for good news in the palace, but the imperial doctors in the princess's mansion were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and they were charged with bullying the monarch, and they desperately fed the princess with the precious red honey and white ape paste. However, the bad news of Princess Tongchang's illness and death still reached Tang Yizong's ears on the first day of August in the eleventh year of Xiantong (870). The death of his beloved daughter made Tang Yizong go crazy in an instant. He vows to find out the truth about his daughter's death, while the Pony Wei Baoheng and the Jing Zhao Wei clan fear that the princess's death will bring them death. Therefore, as soon as Princess Tongchang lost her breath, Wei Baoheng stumbled into the palace and reported to Tang Yizong that Han Zongshao, Kang Zhongyin and others "mistakenly invested in medicine" and caused the princess to die. Tang Yizong is a human being".Moderation, flow to the near habitCoupled with the fact that it was Princess Tongchang who died this time, the impulsive and angry emotions immediately overwhelmed his not wise head. Han Zongshao, Kang Zhongyin and others quickly became the target of public criticism under the anger of the emperor. With the death of Princess Tongchang, they immediately fell victim to this "favorite girl" tragedy: Han and Kang were killed, more than 20 court medical officers were killed, and more than 300 members of their clan were arrested. So, if Tang Yizong was not in a hurry to urge Han Zongshao, Kang Zhongyin and other imperial doctors to ask for the so-called diagnosis report, with this special expert medical team and the medical standards at that time, would Princess Tongchang be able to escape death? It's also hard. First of all, the identities of Han Zongshao, Kang Zhongyin and others are presented in two different expressions in historical materials. In the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, the historians refer to them as "imperial doctors" in general. In other similar historical materials, such as "Zizhi Tongjian" and "Tang Huiyao", their identities are clearly defined as "medical edicts" and "Hanlin medical officials". What is the difference between a physician and a doctor? What a difference! In the traditional sense, the imperial physician refers to the court doctor with a clear establishment; And the medical edict is just a product of the edict system of the Tang Dynasty. The system of "waiting for edicts" originated in the Han Dynasty at the earliest time, mainly to recruit scholars with talents and skills, so that they could listen to the emperor's edicts, prepare the emperor for advice at any time, and also use them as a talent reserve. The edict system of the Tang Dynasty clearly stipulates that the Son of Heaven has set up places to be edicted in Daming Palace, Xingqing Palace, Xinei, Dongdu, and Huaqing Palace, and those who are waiting for edicts are covered".Lexicology, scriptures, joint refining, monks, divination, arts, calligraphy"All aspects. Among them, lexicology is the most valued. 
The most famous Hanlin of the Tang Dynasty was Li Bai. Source: Internet.
In other words, the so-called imperial doctors such as Han Zongshao and Kang Zhongyin are most likely not professionals. Even if there are occasional people with excellent medical skills, they are also good at written skills, and most of them are on paper. Tang Yizong relied on them to treat his daughter's illness, which really fulfilled the saying - rush to the doctor when she is sick. Of course, Princess Tongchang withered prematurely at a young age, and Kang Zhongyin and others could not be blamed for their unclear diagnosis. After the death of Princess Tongchang, Prime Minister Liu Zhan wrote to Han Zongshao, Kang Zhongyin and other relatives to express their grievances, begging Tang Yizong not to overkill. In this note, Liu Zhan mentioned that the situation on the eve of Princess Tongchang's death was".long-term infant critical illness, deep holy mercy; There are no signs of medicine, and the light is separated”。Translated into modern Chinese, the death of Princess Tongchang was due to the long course of the princess's illness and the subtle and difficult to break, which led to Han Zongshao and others being wrong and giving the wrong medicine, disregarding the life of Princess Qingqing, and making His Majesty unable to calm down for a long time. Liu Zhan did not directly participate in the treatment of Princess Tongchang, but he was able to directly assert that the princess was "critically ill for a long time", and he was not refuted by Tang Yizong, indicating that the princess's long-term illness has long been an open secret inside and outside the royal family. If the cause of Princess Tongchang's death is to be investigated at a technical level, it is very likely that she died of some primary disease that she carried. And this disease, in terms of the medical level of the late Tang Dynasty, even the most clever doctors could not understand its causes, so it would lead to the princess's death from a long illness. The aftermath of Princess Tongchang's death is still unresolved. According to the record of "Continuation of Baoyunlu" quoted in "Zizhi Tongjian", two years after the death of Princess Tongchang, that is, in May of the thirteenth year of Xiantong (872), Wei Yinyu, the secretary of Guozijian, suddenly ran outside the palace gate to hand a paper to Tang Yizong, accusing Princess Tongchang's uncle, the brother of Yizong Guo Shufei, and Guo Jingshu, the inner workshop envoy, of confusing the palace and giving Tang Yizong a "green hat". Wei Yinyu's revelation was: ".The internal envoy Guo Jingshu and the ministers Wei Baoheng and Zhang Neng frequently drank in the inner house, and sneaked into Concubine Guo (Shu), which was quite absurd. Seeing Wei Yinyu's real-name report, Tang Yizong was about to explode - not against the reported person, but at the informant. As soon as Wei Yinyu presented the song to the emperor, Tang Yizong rewarded him with a "cane killing, without the whole family", on the charge of "planning to dump the emperor and not set up the prince", in an attempt to subvert the imperial power. Subsequently, Wei Baoheng, the concubine and prime minister who rushed to hear the news, set off a round of "big purge" in the court, and the court ** related to Wei Yinyu, including Yan Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Li Jian in the matter, Zhang Duo in the matter, Li Jingzhong, the general of Zuo Jinwu, Zhang Zhifang in the right Yulin Army, Cui Yuanying, the servant Shaoqing, Cui Xin, the scholar of the Zhongshu, Wei Junqing, the former official of the Heyin Court, and Tian Xianquan, the envoy of the gate, all belittled the court, and tried their best to eliminate the huge impact of the case. The "Examination of the Differences in the General Examination of Information Governance" is a "by-product" of Sima Guang's compilation of the "General Examination of Information Governance", which aims to elaborate on some historical events whose records are unknown through documentary evidence, physical evidence, proofreading, etc. And Guozijian Siye is a ** who is specifically responsible for educating and managing students, and it is unlikely that he will come into contact with the secrets of the palace. Therefore, in response to the book's record of this case, the historian Hu Sansheng once believed, "The language is nonsensicalInadmissible. 
Qing Guangxu edition of "Zizhi Tongjian Examination Differences". Source: Internet.
However, even if there is a wild historical element in "Zizhi Tongjian", "New Tang Dynasty Book" and "Zizhi Tongjian" both record the circumstances of the case, except for the silence that Wei Yinyu participated in the rebellion of the "Don't Establish Prince". Referring to the elaboration of the "Old Tang Book", after the case, Wei Baoheng and Guo Shufei were "safe and fine", which seems to show that after Tang Yizong was hit, he just wanted to blindly cover up some scandals. If it is really as Wei Yinyu reported, then the "New Tang Dynasty Book" about Guo Shufei".For the main reason, it is impossible to go in and out of entertainment and drink, and it is time to talk about the chaos with (Wei) Baowei, and there is no end to itThe record should be true. Princess Tongchang, as the "crystallization of love" between Concubine Guo Shu and Tang Yizong, grew up all the way with the escort of her father and mother, but after getting married, she had to hear and witness the ** thing of her mother and husband. As a "greenhouse princess" who may have congenital diseases, how can she not die early? Faced with Guo Shufei's emotional betrayal and the sudden death of his beloved daughter, Tang Yizong really lost his mind completely. After punishing Han Zongshao, Kang Zhongyin and others, Tang Yizong pointed the finger at the prime minister Liu Zhan, who pleaded for the relatives of the doctor. Liu Zhan was the grandson-in-law of Li Deyu, the core figure of the "Niu Li Party Dispute" in the late Tang Dynasty, and he was also one of the few good looks at that time. Knowing that Tang Yizong loved his daughter to the point of madness, but for the sake of the Tang Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, he still stood up without hesitation and persuaded the emperor to reduce killing. As a result, this move was touching the head, Tang Yizong was furious, and reprimanded Liu Zhan from the court, and appointed Jingnan (where Jingzhou was located) as the envoy of the festival. As Liu Zhan wept blood in his pleading: ".Since His Majesty thundered and was furious, the government and the opposition were shocked, and the nine clans were imprisoned. Due to the mistake of the medicine of the two, there are more than 300 people in the old and young machinery department. Tang Yizong's indiscriminate punishment of innocence eventually caused widespread resistance among the courtiers. As a cool official in the late Tang Dynasty, Jingzhao Yin Wenzhang was once famous for beheading the female Taoist Yu Xuanji. But when he saw Tang Yizong so innocent, this **, who has always enforced the law strictly and was only loyal to the imperial order system, still raised his objections to Tang Yizong-".(Wen) Zhang was sparse and earnestly admonished, thinking that the criminal law was too deep”。Tang Yizong was furious again, "degrading (Wen) Zhang Zhenzhou (now northwest of Sanya, Hainan) Sima". Wen Zhang, who was in despair, hanged himself that night. At the same time, the princess of Tongchang, Wei Baoheng, who was in charge of the court, became more free. Although Wei Baoheng has a reputation for being a jinshi, he has a bad character and a loss of personal morality. He was a jinshi in the fifth year of Xiantong (864), but other students in the same department disdained to be in the company of him, and some were even ashamed to join the same department as him. Among the scholars who entered the same department, there were champions Xiao Yu, prime minister Wang Duo and others. Especially the champion Xiao Yu, who was born in the Xiao family of Nanlanling, is arrogant on weekdays, and has a talent comparable to Li Deyu, which makes Wei Baoheng very jealous. After becoming the concubine of Princess Tongchang, Wei Baoheng demoted Xiao Yu to Sima of Banzhou (now Zunyi, Guizhou) on the grounds that the other party did not respect him, and expelled him from the imperial court. Maybe it was because of the emotional transfer of doting on his daughter, or maybe it was due to the political alliance with Wei Baoheng's family, in short, even after the death of Princess Tongchang, Tang Yizong still favored Wei Baoheng. Even if it was rumored that Concubine Guo Shufei and Wei Baoheng were **, Tang Yizong did not waver. And Wei Baoheng relied on Tang Yizong's unconditional trust to "blackmail power", as long as the other party damaged his self-esteem, whether it was the prime minister or the temperance envoy, he would do his best to bring him down. The few signs of revival created in the era of Tang Xuanzong were completely corrupted. Tang Yizong couldn't get out of the pain of losing his daughter for a long time, and the government and the country didn't seem to be in his scope of concern. When the situation became a little quieter, he was immersed in the spiritual world of Buddhist nothingness. It is well known that the Buddhist power of the Tang Dynasty suffered a devastating blow during the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty (841-846), and it was not until after the accession of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty that the monastic economy came back to life due to the emperor's belief in Buddhism. Compared with his father Tang Xuanzong, Tang Yizong, who also worships Buddhism, is almost crazy. In history, since he ascended the throne, he often set up altars in the palace, and the people in the palace were ordained as monks and nuns. For this reason, during the Xiantong period (860-874), there were "28 monks and nuns of the two streets". It can be seen that in this continuous "Buddha" movement, Tang Yizong's strength and influence on the monks are unique. The courtiers gave solemn advice to Tang Yizong's actions against the Buddha. In the third year of Xiantong (862), Xiao Lian, a regular attendant of the Zuo Sancai, once admonished against the scales: "In the past, Han Yu had been convicted of Xianzong, and today Weichen is willing to be in Yao." In the face of the courtiers' death-defying admonitions, Tang Yizong neither condemned others, but also did not adjust his strategy of worshiping Buddha. But everyone knows that the silent Tang Yizong is even more Buddha than before. In the spring of the fourteenth year of Xiantong (873), Tang Yizong, who had not been able to come out of the pain of losing his daughter, sent people to the Famen Temple and asked for the Buddha's bones in the name of praying for the blessing of Princess Tongchang. 
Today's Famen Temple. Source: In order to make the emperor stop his absurd behavior, the picture insect creative counselor quoted the story of Tang Xianzong's life after welcoming the Buddha's bones to intimidate Tang Yizong. As a result, Tang Yizong said that if he "can see it in life, he will not hate it in death". In order to satisfy his selfishness of the ultimate Buddha, Tang Yizong gave the Tang Dynasty treasury a "big touch" as he did in the past to host weddings and funerals for the Duke of Tongchang. In history, Tang Yizong "made floating maps, treasure tents, incense pans, banner flowers, and building covers to welcome them, all decorated with gold and jade, splendor, and pearl cui." Between the three hundred miles from the capital to the temple, the road is full of cars and horses, day and night. In April of that year, the Buddha's bones arrived in Beijing smoothly, and Tang Yizong ordered all the forbidden troops to go out and play Buddhist music along the street, "boiling the sky and candlesticks, stretching for dozens of miles." Subsequently, he personally went to Anfumen, welcomed the Buddha's bones into the forbidden, and knelt down and kowtowed. The Buddha's bones were enshrined in the imperial city for three days, during which time Tang Yizong ordered that the gold silk in the palace should be rewarded. The amount of money that was given is not clearly recorded in history. However, judging from the series of reactions after the death of Princess Tongchang, the direct or indirect economic losses caused by Tang Yizong to the Tang Dynasty in the name of his daughter are not countable. Tang Yizong, who was rich in wealth, did not receive the blessing of the Buddha in the end, and died in July of the same year. With his death, those who once used the name of Princess Tongchang to do things that brought disaster to the country and the people paid their due price. Ma Wei Baoheng was sentenced to demotion the county order of Chengmai (now Chengmai, Hainan) on a number of charges such as excluding dissidents, slandering others, and forming a party for personal gain. After that, more of his black material was exposed, and before he arrived in Hainan, he was given an edict to die on the way. However, the butterfly effect caused by the death of Princess Tongchang continues to spread. Soon after the death of Tang Yizong, the Huangchao Rebellion, which had a profound impact on the history of the Tang Dynasty and even China, broke out. The appearance of the Yellow Nest made the Tang Empire, which was finally put back together, fall apart again. In this regard, some later historians believe that the fall of the Tang Dynasty should have begun with the death of Princess Tongchang. And all this is not what she wants to see, and it is not something she can control. She is just a rich flower in the world, and after withering prematurely, she has become a mirror for future generations to look at history.