Li Yu and Zhao Kuangyin were two monarchs with different personalities during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

Li Yu and Zhao Kuangyin were two monarchs with different personalities during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. They are masters of literature and martial arts. For this reason, their lives are completely different, but they are only linked by a woman, Zhou Ehuang.

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Zhou Zong, the daughter of Stuart in Southern Tang Dynasty, is good at singing and dancing, and is good at music. She entered the palace at the age of 19 and became the concubine of Li Houzhu Li Yu. Li Yu loves her dearly and likes her very much. After Li Houzhu succeeded to the throne, she became queen. Li Yu composed a lot of music for her.

In this troubled times, Li Houzhu and Song Taizu, with profound literary attainments and superb martial arts, were born in different places. -Li Yu was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, so they don't know the difficulty of governing the country. Zhao Kuangyin was born in a poor family, had a great ambition of revenge, and had a different attitude towards life, which laid the foundation for their later fate.

During the period of Yin Di in the later Han Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin set fire to the flower viewing building, and then looked for a way out ambitiously. He met Zhou Ehuang by chance in Chuzhou, and they fell in love. Zhou Ehuang had an eye for people and asked Zhao Kuangyin to go to Nantang to realize his ambition, leaving a handkerchief embroidered with words as a promise. Li Yu became a prince, bought a heavy dowry, and went to the hands of Situfu. At this time, Zhao Kuangyin also came all the way to Wan Li to meet his sweetheart. Li Yu's literary talent made Zhao Kuangyin sleepless, and his dream was shattered. After that, Journey to the West went to Guo Wei. Several generations later, I became emperor. Later, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Li Yu and his wife to go to Miansheng, exposing their relationship with Zhou Ehuang. Li Yu realized this, but her refusal to face life angered Zhao Kuangyin. Zhou Ehuang was left out in the cold, and her sister visited, but she was attracted by Li Yu. Zhao Kuangyin let people sneak into Li Yu's palace, intending to take Zhou Ehuang away, but Zhou Ehuang refused. This is to tell Zhao Kuangyin not to start a war just to be the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Later, Zhao Kuangyin sent troops to order not to kill Li Yu's family. The city was short of food for many days, and Li Yu surrendered.

Complete Portraits of Zhao Kuangyin in Song Dynasty

The painting you see is a sitting statue of Song Taizu. In the picture, Zhao Kuangyin sits in the dragon chair in a comfortable posture, with a serene look and deep eyes. He wears a black hat and has black sideburns, and his hair is elegant and exquisite, which is a great advantage of meticulous painting. The details of this painting are well handled, and the lines and wrinkles on the clothes are vivid, which fully shows Song Taizu's posture.

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From the photos of Zhao Kuangyin, we can see that Song Taizu is clean and honest. Perhaps this description is not appropriate, but as an emperor, he only wears a simple white coat, which at least shows his frugality. This picture is a silk color picture, so the background you see is not white, but a little yellow. This color is very clever with the whole picture, which softens Zhao Kuangyin's facial expression and shows his generous character. The dragon chair behind him is also painted very finely, and the patterns embedded in mahogany are clearly visible, which shows that the painter's painting level was high at that time. This painting shows us a generous and upright founding emperor with meticulous brushwork. Next, let's introduce the hero of the picture.

Zhao Kuangyin, also known as Song Taizu. As we all know, his native place is Luoyang, and Zhao Kuangyin defected to Guo Wei. Later, Guo Weili became the leader of the alliance and fought in the Southern Tang Dynasty with great achievements. After that, Zhou Shizong died and Zhao Kuangyin took over the imperial army. The following year, he was ordered to attack the Khitan and Northern Han borders. At this time, the famous Chen Qiao mutiny happened, and from then on, Zhao Kuangyin proclaimed himself. Established the Great Song Dynasty, called Song Taizu. This portrait of Zhao Kuangyin was also completed after he proclaimed himself emperor.

Are there any feelings between Zhou Ehuang and Zhao Kuangyin?

Zhou Ehuang is the eldest daughter of Stuart Zhou Zong in Southern Tang Dynasty. Later, she became a princess and was favored by Li Yu. Later, Li Yu succeeded to the throne and turned E Huang into a country. They live a happy life. However, it is said that before Zhou Ehuang married Li Yu, he fell in love with Zhao Kuangyin, who lived outside and was not famous.

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They fell in love at first sight and forged a deep love from then on. When they met, until Zhao Kuangyin became famous, Kuang Yin came back and married E Huang. They are full of beautiful fantasies about the future. However, before Zhao Kuangyin became famous, E Huang was forced to marry the royal family of Nantang by her family. Zhou Ehuang is a woman who is proficient in music and dance. After she became a Southern Tang Dynasty, she collected and drafted long-lost colorful feathers. Not only that, she also wrote many unique songs, which brought far-reaching influence to later generations.

At first, E Huang didn't really love Li Yu, but no woman can refuse the long-term care and love of a man who really loves herself. In the end, they fell in love for a long time, and established a profound friendship, even exceeding the original promise with Zhao Kuangyin! Later, Song Taizu established the Great Song Dynasty, probably because E Huang was a country after the Southern Tang Dynasty and had always tolerated the Southern Tang Dynasty. It was not until E Huang's death that he led an army to attack Nantang.

Of course, all the above are recorded by unofficial history. According to the true historical records, Zhou Ehuang is a country in the Southern Tang Dynasty, which is a subsidiary of the Great Song Dynasty. Li Yu should pay tribute to the Song Dynasty. Zhou Ehuang and Zhao Kuangyin have never met, and they have nothing to do with each other. The feelings between two people are true or false, which really makes people think. But in any case, Zhou Ehuang and Zhao Kuangyin's contribution to the history of China is affirmative!