Royal Family Born in Poverty: Why are so many princesses so miserable?

1. The poor were born in the emperor's family.

When it comes to the noblest woman in ancient times, there is nothing more noble than a princess. But why are there so many princesses whose lives are miserable, bumpy or beautiful and die young? Is the higher the status, the worse the fate will be?

This is because only as a princess can her fate be recorded more easily. It is difficult for women from civilian families to enter the sight of historians.

Even the concubines who have been favored for generations, if they don't have the reputation of being virtuous and virtuous, or struggle for power and profit or endanger the country, will generally not go down in history, except as the mother of the prince.

Ordinary women in the same era may encounter a more tragic fate, but it will not be recorded because everyone has become accustomed to it.

Why are beautiful women so unlucky? Because without beauty, you will be unlucky, and there is no need to record it.

Then, as princesses, these Chinese nobles, their fate is tragic. What is the reason?

First, because it is too close to politics, it is vulnerable to disputes. In some dynasties, their life can be said to be dancing on the tip of a knife.

Second, the persecution caused by feudal ethics.

Third, the victims of national destruction.

Fourth, as a political victim and a distant relative.

According to modern historical statistics, the average life expectancy of Princess Song and Qing is about 19 years old. What an amazing number this is! Moreover, throughout the history of the Tang, Song and Qing Dynasties, many princesses died before marriage, and it is not easy for princesses to live to get married.

Before visiting Suzhou gardens, my first impression was that these gardens were too small and cramped, which made people feel depressed and uncomfortable. Then I heard the introduction of the tour guide. The small and tall attic in the garden is actually a young lady's boudoir.

I always knew that ladies after the Tang Dynasty could not go out easily, but I didn't expect that I couldn't even walk around my own home. So the attic should be built very high, so that the young lady can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole garden in her room.

In Water Margin, Pan Jinlian was originally a poor man's wife, so her activity scope is only 10-20 square meters of attic space, so she can't easily show her face downstairs. Therefore, even hanging a window to hang clothes and dropping a bamboo pole can change a person's life. This truly reflects the living conditions of women in the Song Dynasty.

Everyone knows that exercise is good for health, and a broad field of vision is conducive to emotional relief. It is not easy for a woman to survive in such an environment.

The princesses in the palace have many rules, where can they live freely and carefree? This may be the first reason for their short life.

The phrase "poor was born in an emperor's family" was first used to describe Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He is a great poet, but not a good monarch. Finally, the country perished and he was persecuted to death.

Later this sentence was used to describe Princess Changping, the daughter of Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen forced his empresses to commit suicide after the city was broken in Li Zicheng, and then personally slashed his knife at his beloved daughter. He said so.

The country is ruined, and the princess's natural fate is tragic, but even if there is no, how good can the princess be?

2. Princess Qianjin of Northern Zhou Dynasty

First of all, let me introduce my favorite ancient princess: Yu, the daughter princess of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

This princess is the victim of marriage and distant relatives, the victim of national destruction, the victim of feudal ethics, and the victim of political disputes.

And this princess, with the courage and courage of a man, bears the hatred of the country and the family, and fights for the revival until the last moment of her life. The whole experience was extremely touching.

The Northern and Southern Dynasties were not a unified dynasty, so there were too many emperors in this period, which made people see things in a blur. So most people pay little attention to this history, so the story of the daughter princess is rarely mentioned.

Yuwen, the daughter of Yuwen Zhao, the king of Zhao in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, is a princess and pro-Turkic. When she was sixteen or seventeen, she married Chabloz Khan. However, in the second year of her marriage, Emperor Wendi of the Sui Dynasty usurped the regime of the Northern Zhou Dynasty for the sake of Emperor Wendi and established the Sui Dynasty, and the imperial clan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was almost exterminated. Jade's father, daughter princess, got up, lost, and wiped out nine families.

How can the daughter princess not hate such a bloody feud!

At this time, Shabohan fought Sui for his own interests, or because his wife was sad. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty adopted Chang's suggestion, divided the Turks, and let them have civil strife.

Finally, the daughter princess had to help her husband out of the corner first. She wrote to Emperor Wendi with humiliation, saying that although she was a princess of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, she admired the talents of Emperor Wendi and hoped to be his adopted daughter. Sui Wendi was also forced by the situation at that time, so he took his daughter princess as his adopted daughter and sealed the princess's righteousness, hoping that she would put the overall situation first.

These years seem to be peaceful, but the princess secretly finds the orphan of Yuwen royal family, hoping that once she has the opportunity to support Yuwen's bloodline to ascend to the throne, she is also secretly training for the future. Five years later, her first husband died, and she married her husband's son Dulan Khan according to the rules of Turkic.

Once, she was homesick and resentful. She accidentally wrote a poem about her life experience, which was learned by Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wendi was worried that she would provoke a war between Dulan Khan and the Sui Dynasty. She thought she was a hidden danger and decided to get rid of her.

So he took the opportunity to take away the title of Princess Yuwen. Then, another Turkic Khan, Tuguhun, asked for a relative in the Sui Dynasty, and Emperor Wendi of Sui made a request to Tuguhun Khan in exchange for killing Yu.

In order to achieve his goal, Tulihan made mischief in front of Dulan Khan and stated his interests. In the end, Dulan Khan killed his daughter Princess at the age of 33.

The death of the daughter princess is said to be that the princess committed adultery with the beadle because she was very lonely inside. When she was informed and spread by Tully, she was furious and personally broke into the princess camp and stabbed the princess to death.

On the other hand, Duran Khan thought of his own interests, coveted the greater interests entrusted to him by the Sui Dynasty, and was afraid of the powerful forces after the Sui Dynasty pacified the world, so he sent someone to assassinate Princess Qianjin on her way to the Zionist military parade.

No matter how it ends, it brings a sad end to her miserable and helpless life.

Although other dead princesses in history were miserable and enjoyed the golden life for several years, they did not know or could not resist, which made people feel less sympathy for them. Although other pro-princesses are unfortunate, they have the support of the whole dynasty and have the most distinguished status; Although the princesses who died or lost everything because of the struggle for imperial power were miserable, they did not bear the burden of the whole dynasty, nor did they survive in such a lonely heart for nearly twenty years.

Throughout the history of China, there really is no princess whose fate is more tragic, her heart is stronger and her deeds are more touching than her daughter Princess Yuwen.

From another point of view, the ancient emperors and the royal family only regarded the princess as a by-product of giving birth to a son, which was a tool to win over others and political marriage.

Princess Qianjin's cousin, Emperor Xuandi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was bohemian and sent her away as a gift. For such a country, there is no need for Princess Qianjin to devote her life to restoring the country and eventually be killed. Perhaps, Yu did this for her extinct father and relatives.

But in the end, Yang Di, the son of Emperor Wendi of the Sui Dynasty, died at the hands of Yu Wenhuaji, the daughter of the Northern Zhou imperial clan, and the Sui Dynasty perished. According to the ancients, it is also karma.

3. princesses who lost their motherland.

Among the dead princesses, the most miserable ones are the princess captured by the Jin people at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty and the princess of Qinzong.

After Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi succeeded to his nephew's throne, Zhou Xiao, the wife of Li Yu, the queen of Southern Tang Dynasty, fortunately surrendered. It is also a shame to have a painting handed down.

More than a hundred years later, his descendants Song Huizong and Song Qinzong killed the country, and the queen and princess suffered unimaginable humiliation. So the ancient critics said: Look, Song Taizong did something bad, and the retribution came!

It was the Jin people who destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, and the blood feud between the Southern Song Dynasty and Jin was forged. More than a hundred years later, the Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia joined hands to destroy the gold, and the concubines and princesses of the State of Jin were also treated more cruelly. At that time, the Song people were very happy, and they also drew a picture of "Aftertaste" to do their best. However, it was not long before the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by Mongolia, and the final situation was even more tragic.

In this whole so-called causal cycle, it is the generals of Zhao Guangyi and Chu Jin who do bad things. They are all powerful people. And those who get what they deserve are innocent women who have no decision-making ability. What is this karma?

And at the time of retribution, these initiators have been dead for more than one hundred years. Even if they are alive, what they are sad about is not the misery of their descendants, but the shame. That's all!

This history of national destruction and death is so tragic and humiliating that no one wants to mention it. Interested people will understand the difficulties of Jingkang.

After reading this history, everyone can understand that when the city was broken, Emperor Chongzhen raised a butcher knife to his daughter, which was actually a sincere fatherly love. It's just that he didn't succeed in the end Later, Manchu, a descendant of Nuzhen Jin people, learned the lessons from their ancestors and gave corresponding courtesy to Princess Changping. However, all the royal families of Zhu were killed, which led to the tragic death of Princess Changping.

Except for the princesses who died in the Song and Ming Dynasties, the fate of princesses who died in other dynasties was not much better. The general situation is to make concubines for emperors, princes and officials of the new dynasty and distribute them like trophies and goods.

For example, in the harem of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, there were several princesses of Chen in the Southern Dynasties, and their daughters became concubines.

There is also Princess Lechang, the protagonist in the story "Rebirth". Before the country perished, she had a very good relationship with Xu. When the separatist regime was just around the corner, Xu worried that the two would never see each other again, so he agreed to form an alliance with the bronze mirror.

After the downfall of Chen, Princess Lechang became the concubine of Su Yang, an important official of Yue State in Sui Dynasty. Xu made an appointment to sell broken glasses in Suidu market, which was known by Princess and Princess. Su Yang has a bad reputation in other aspects, but he treats Princess Lechang with gentleness. Although he loved Princess Lechang very much, he was moved by the true feelings of Princess Lechang and Xu, and returned the princess to Xu, who took her back to Jiangnan to die.

This story can be handed down only because there is no one in Wan Li, and there are really too few.

Step 4 kiss the princess

When it comes to kissing the princess, the first thing that comes to mind is Wang Zhaojun and Princess Wencheng. In fact, these two princesses are happy among princesses.

Wang Zhaojun is a maid-in-waiting. Because she is very beautiful, she had the chance to be the favorite concubine of the Han emperor, but she finally married and married again, living a lonely life in a foreign country and shouldering the responsibility of the country. The huge gap in this situation has caused great sympathy for her life.

Her life story is touching, because she has the opportunity to become the emperor's favorite princess and enjoy the glory of the Han Dynasty.

Princess Wencheng is a royal female in Li Tang, with a noble birth. After she got married, she was respected by Tubo Songzan Gambuzan. Behind her, there is a whole powerful dynasty as a support.

Their fate is better among the pro-princesses, while other pro-princesses rarely have such a "good day".

During the reign of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, there was a princess and Shan Yu, a military minister who was close to Xiongnu. The princess is said to be the daughter of the imperial clan and the biological daughter of Emperor Han Jing.

At that time, Zhi Dou, a cruel official and famous soldier of the Han Dynasty, guarded the Wild Goose Gate, which was so powerful that the army and minister Khan did not get any benefits every time they entered the customs for looting. So every time the minister Khan was defeated by Zhi Dou, he took it out on the princess and whipped her to vent his anger. The princess is in great pain

Later, it is said that the princess wrote to her grandmother Dou Taihou, crying that Dou Taihou hated Zhi Dou for killing her beloved grandson, and finally killed Zhi Dou.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Sara, the daughter of the imperial clan, and his own grandson.

Liu Xijun's father was the nephew of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and committed suicide because of rebellion. Her father's wives and concubines were beheaded and abandoned in the corpse market, and Liu Xijun was not executed because he was young. Before she got married, her life might be confined to imperial prisoners.

So it's Liu Xijun's turn to kiss. She went to Wusun sadly and died within a few years. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to choose the princess and relatives among the daughters of the imperial clan.

Sara, the founder of Pipa, is just trying to relieve her sadness, and her "Elegy" is even more touching.

After Princess Wencheng, another princess of the Tang Dynasty, Princess Jincheng, was also very poor. She is the granddaughter of her second son, Li Xian, who was forced to death by Wu Zetian, and her father was abused by her great-grandmother.

After Wu Zetian abdicated, Li Xian succeeded to the throne. In fact, he has eight daughters himself, and he just keeps this poor and helpless niece in the palace as a princess, only to send Princess Chengdu to get married when necessary. In the end, Princess Jincheng entered Tibet for 30 years and gained great benefits for the country with the happiness of her life.

Although these princesses were sad when they got married far away, Princess Fang Yi of the Tang Dynasty and Li Yanchong, the leader of the pro-Xi clan, didn't even have a chance to be sad. She was directly beheaded by her husband and offered a flag.

Princess Fang Yi was a female royal family in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that she is the granddaughter of Li Longji or the daughter of a courtier. She was killed less than half a year after her marriage. The reason is that An Lushan killed Xi and Qidan many times for border defense work, which angered Li Yanchong.

In A Dream of Red Mansions, Tan Chun married far away, and the description in the article is very sad.

According to the researcher's inference, she is a daughter of royalty and a barbarian. A young girl who has no say in her life must marry a specific man at a specific time, no matter who that man is. This is also the gift of the son of heaven, the favor of the emperor.

5. princesses who died in the power struggle

Qin Ershi Hu Hai was bewitched by Zhao Gao, and all the innocent sisters died. How tragic!

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suspected that his two biological daughters were unfaithful to him and participated in witchcraft. How tragic it is that two princesses were executed in an imperial decree!

Princess Channing, the daughter of Huang Taiji (Princess Heshuo Kechun) in Qing Dynasty, married Wu Sangui's son Wu. As a result, Wu Sangui refused to rebel, and the princess's husband and biological son were immediately pushed out and beheaded. The princess can't remarry and die alone. How tragic!

Wu Zetian's granddaughter, Princess Li Xianhui of Yongtai (a princess when she died), suddenly lost her brother and husband (killed by Wu Zetian) when she was about to give birth at the age of 16 or 17, and she herself died silently. How tragic!

Princess Yiyang, the eldest daughter of Xiao Shufei, had reached marriageable age when her mother was killed (thirteen or fourteen years old in the early Tang Dynasty). As a result, she suddenly lost her mother and was locked in a dark room with her sister Princess Xuancheng. She once fell from heaven to hell and lived like an animal.

The two princesses lived in the dark for more than ten years, and finally they were married out of the palace because of the indignation of their younger brother, Prince Li Hong. After more than ten years, they lived a fairly quiet life.

Later, Wu Zetian killed the husbands of two princesses before he ascended the throne and was imprisoned in the palace again. Princess Yiyang died soon, and Princess Xuancheng survived to the Li Longji era.

Mangguji, the younger sister of Huang Taiji in Qing Dynasty, was originally Nurhachi's beloved daughter. Because he touched the political interests of Huang Taiji, he was extremely suppressed by Huang Taiji and was finally executed in the middle of the year. Munguji's two daughters were implicated and died one after another.

Emperor Taizong doted on his youngest daughter, Princess Xincheng, and asked her to marry Sun Chang Wuji's son. They are very happy after marriage. Only once did Wu Zetian come to power, the eldest grandson's family was destroyed and Xu was killed and exiled. Princess Xincheng was forced to remarry. Because he was jealous of the marquis of Wu, he was persecuted by his late master Xu, and finally he died miserably.

Her own brother Li Zhi was furious, buried her as a queen, and killed Xu to avenge her, but to no avail.

Princesses who have the right to choose their own destiny and ultimately fail are not in this case, such as Princess Taiping and Princess Anle in the Tang Dynasty.

6. princesses who were miserable all their lives because of feudal ethics

Among them, Princess Nanyang, daughter of Yang Di, Princess Gaoyang, daughter of Emperor Taizong, and Yang Lihua, daughter of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty are the most representative.

Princess Nanyang won the honor for letting her youngest son die in Biography of Women, and became a model of filial piety. In fact, there is absolutely no need to die alone.

Princess Nanyang is very virtuous. After marrying his brother, he was taken into custody for committing a crime, and was later released for the princess's sake. Later, Yu Wenhuaji regicide killed Yang Di.

Then Yu Wenhuaji was defeated by Dou Jiande, and Dou Jiande killed Yu Wenhuaji and his family. Princess Nanyang has a son who is also a member of the Yuwen family. This is on the punishment list. Dou Jiande is willing to give the princess a face and let this child who is only ten years old go. As a result, the princess didn't buy it, and finally the child was killed.

The princess's husband, Yu, defected to and later wanted to see the princess. The princess disappeared anyway and became a monk. Yu and his family were deeply trusted by the royal family. Later, they naturally married a good wife and rose to the top. Only Princess Nanyang needs to spend her whole life reliving her pain.

This story is really chilling.

From this story we can see what feudal ethics can poison people. Princess Nanyang must feel that her behavior is extremely noble if she doesn't save her son.

Princess Gaoyang, the daughter of Emperor Taizong, was dissatisfied with her father's love for her husband's family and wanted to fall in love freely. She also found her favorite debate machine. However, this is not allowed by feudal ethics. Maybe Emperor Taizong felt that he was too sorry for his brother Fang, so he cut his throat.

Princess Gaoyang was lovelorn and finally sought power. Failure was given death. If Princess Gaoyang can have a truly loving husband, if Emperor Taizong can put aside the argument and ignore his daughter's love affair, the tragedy behind will not happen.

Yang Lihua, the daughter of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, married Xuan Di of Northern Zhou Dynasty before Emperor Wendi usurped the throne. Xuan Di, the King of Zhou, was so dissolute that he even wanted to kill Yang Lihua. Thanks to Yang Lihua's mother, the later Queen Dugu knelt down and begged, and Emperor Xuandi of the Zhou Dynasty dismissed the idea.

Later, when Emperor Wendi usurped Zhou's throne, Yang Lihua did not give birth to this child, but Yang Lihua expressed strong dissatisfaction.

What is the need to protect an ungrateful and heartless man?

In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the dynasty declined, and bureaucratic children were generally unwilling to marry the princess. For the princess, it is great that someone is willing to be a husband.

Princess Yongfu, the daughter of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty Li Chen, promised to marry Yu Cong, a Jinshi, but her marriage was cancelled because she was not strict enough and only had dinner with her father once. However, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty married another daughter, Princess Guangde, to Yu Cong. Poor Princess Yongfu had to be an old maid because a meal delayed her life.

7. Princess under the outstanding ancestors of Qing Dynasty

The princesses of Qing Dynasty are also considered as the princesses with tragic fate in the history of China.

There are only two ways out for Qing princesses. One is to marry Mongolia, and the other is to marry one of the courtiers.

Princesses who can avoid intimacy are generally very popular with emperors. However, there is a strange rule in the marriage life of the princess and Xu.

If the princess doesn't declare a letter after marriage, Xu Can won't see it, let alone live a married life. Servants around the princess often prevent the princess from meeting Xu for their own benefit. Xu can accept concubines. They don't want to grovel around the princess, so they worship her as a bodhisattva.

Poor many princesses can't get close to Xu once or twice in their lives, and they all end up depressed. Therefore, the average life expectancy of Qing princesses after entering the customs is less than 20 years old, and they rarely have children.

One of the princesses, who had been married for more than a year, was stopped by people around her every time she wanted to see Xu, and she never even met Xu. Later, I went back to the palace to visit the emperor's father, asked him who he wanted to marry, and then told him the secret. The emperor was also shocked and gave her a message so that she could go back and live with Ma Xu.

8. Write it at the end

Ancient princesses should break through from the environment with extremely high infant mortality rate, live a full life, please their fathers, avoid intimacy and seek a good marriage. After marriage, you can love each other and live a normal husband and wife life. They should also be careful to avoid being executed because of their struggle with power. They should be lucky enough not to encounter incidents that conflict with feudal ethics and ruin their happiness. They should be able to have children with their bellies. I can finally live the life of a modern woman.

Is this difficulty far better than the difficulty of going through five customs and beheading six generals?