The real prototype of civet cats for princes.

"Civet cats for princes" is a folklore, and there is no such thing in history.

The civet cat for the prince originated from the Yuan drama "Chen Lin's dressing box in Jinshuiqiao", and was later written into the seventh novel "Sanglin Town" by An in Ming Dynasty and the novel "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses" by Qing Dynasty.

In the late Qing Dynasty, this story spread to Shanghai, a southern concession, and was adapted into Peking Opera, which caused a sensation in Shanghai after the performance. Later, it was adapted into various dramas, such as Pingju Opera, Henan Opera, Huangmei Opera, Shandong Opera, xiang opera Opera, Chaozhou Opera and so on, and was sung in competitions.

When talking about Song Zhenzong, Liu Fei and Guo Huai conspired to exchange skinned civet cats for babies born in Li Chenfei, and Li Chenfei was put in limbo. After the death of Zhenzong, Injong Zhao Zhen acceded to the throne, and Bao Zheng went to Chen Zhou to investigate the fraud case of Uncle Pang Yu's relief fund. On the way, Bao Zheng accepted Li Fei's unjust case, rehabilitated himself, and ushered in the story of Li Fei's return to Korea. Because the story is a household name, it is told by later generations.

Jinshuiqiao Chen Lin holds a cosmetic box.

Chen Lin's "The Makeup Box of Jinshui Bridge", referred to as the Makeup Box, was written by Anonymous. The script is applied to the story of Chen Lin and the maid-in-waiting Koucheng saving the prince. Li Wei gave birth to a prince, and Liu Houxin was jealous and secretly sent a maid-in-waiting Kou Chengyu to stab the prince to death.

Kou conspired with Chen to hide the prince in a cosmetic box and send him to the Eight Kings of Nanqing Palace for adoption. Ten years later, Empress Liu found that Chen and Kou were forced to express their true feelings and forced Kou to die. After the Crown Prince (that is, Song Renzong) ascended the throne, the case was liquidated.

In fact, Jin Wanji in the Ming Dynasty and the civet cats given to the prince in some modern plays are all based on this play. This drama "Taihe Yin Zhengpu" and Sun Jichang's "Three Taos" (Gong Zheng Zheng Zheng Hao) and "Collection of Zaju Famous Songs" are recorded. This version of Yuan Qu Xuan has been preserved. Now according to the "Yuan Qu Xuan" this arrangement.