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The peach blossoms in the garden are dazzling to the sun, and the beautiful women in the boudoir are filled with the enthusiasm of spring.
The blooming peach blossom seems to have stolen her rosy cheeks, and the willow branches under the eaves seem to have learned her lithe figure.
She lingered among the flowers, watching butterflies flying and listening to orioles singing in the branches.
Far away in the forest, you don't have to ask. It is famous for its fantastic romance.
It is this song "A Spring Tour" that gently and clearly sings the initial voice of women in the Tang Dynasty. As a seven-melody, it seems to have a sticky defect, but on the other hand, it can also be understood as formal freedom-the beat has not yet been finalized, and everything is so unrestrained and full of vitality when it sprouts. Peach cheeks, the waist of tender willows, rhythmic Chun Qing ... short lines of poetry are full of the infinite spring of an era-that is the charm of Yuefu, that is the folk interest that has not faded.
As far as I am concerned, spring travel constitutes a metaphor in a specific historical background. The beautiful and fresh image of peach blossoms in Shangyuan and the self-confidence of "outstanding romance is famous in the old days" all point to the ladies in the palace of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, who lit up the whole era with their own bright colors. Therefore, I chose the sound of nature under the peach blossom as the beginning of a narrative.
She is Shi.
The narration of concubines' biographies in the books of the two Tang Dynasties began with Empress Taimu, not the history of Empress Wende. However, the Doushi family died as early as the high-impedance Li Yuan was relegated. Strictly speaking, she does not belong to the dynasty started by her husband and children. Her connection with this dynasty is made up of ritual elements such as funeral and honorific title. Moreover, it is an endless memory as a husband and son. Shi is the first beauty in Tang Palace.
The eldest grandson belongs to the Tuoba family of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Because he is the head of the imperial clan and takes his eldest grandson as his surname, he is the real surname of Lu. Since the childhood of Prime Minister Gaozu and grandson of Feng Yi, their grandsons Yu, Sun Sheng and Sun Sheng have been officials for generations, but the overall fortune of the family has declined slightly. Shi's father was born, especially the general of Sui Dynasty. He split, alienated and rebelled against the Turks for a long time, and was the first person to ruin the hegemony of the Turks. But later generations remembered his heroic gesture of killing two birds with one stone in front of Shapiro Khan. The eldest grandson was persuaded by his brother, Sun Chi, a bachelor of Channel Museum, to give his daughter to Li Shimin. Because they saw wisdom and atmosphere from Dou's behavior of comforting Turkic women, I believe such women must have different sons-they are right.
Strictly speaking, this is just the statement in the book of the New Tang Dynasty, Biography of Empresses. Biographies of Gao Shilian in the Tang Dynasty attributed the promise of marrying to Gao Shilian. After life and death, Sun Chang and his brother Mowgli followed their mother to their uncle Gao Shilian because they were left out by their half-brothers. If the marriage with Li happened five years after the great cause, it was really mostly because of Gao Shilian's opinion. Maybe it's just an insignificant detail. In any case, I regard uncle Yongxing's family as my maiden, not a grandchild's family who can't give warmth to orphans and widows. Two books in the Tang Dynasty recorded such a thing, saying that a concubine of Gao Shilian saw a two-foot-high horse with a saddle and harness on it outside the house where she lived when she was waiting for her mother. Gao Shilian asked the soothsayer to deduce it, which is the divination of Tai in Kun. We can laugh at the supernatural phenomena recorded in history books. But what impressed us was what the fortune teller said to Shi:
Kun is thick and loaded, and his virtue is boundless.
I prefer to see this as a summary rather than a prediction. These eight words are not so much inferred as summed up from Shi's life. Because she is "filial and respectful"; When the wall of brothers gradually surfaced, they tried their best to bridge the widening cracks; It is also because she never interferes with the political situation at will, but she can exert a benign influence on politics in a measured way; It is also because she is very kind to everyone around her-those soldiers who are about to go to Xuanwu Gate with their husbands have received the warm comfort of stone; For various reasons, ministers and imperial secretaries who offended the emperor were sheltered by her; She regarded Princess Zhang Yu, who lost her mother shortly after her birth, as her own, and even forgave Sun Anye, her half-brother, who abused her ... The so-called paranormal is just an afterthought of Shi's life, and mystified it, or sanctified it-
The brilliant girl who sang freely in the peach blossom forest soon disappeared in the historical depths that covered the sun. What is more and more clear and bright is the maternal image of virtuous housekeeping, and it is a dignified smile that makes people sit in the spring breeze.
We have never despised a woman because she was born ugly, which only proves that we have a far uglier heart. But when Jia Nanfeng, the ugly queen of the Western Jin Dynasty, showed such an ugly expression on her face, we realized that it was inevitable bad luck to show her ferocious face. We have to experience the pain of ritual collapse and family destruction in bloodshed. What flashed in front of me was Yang's helplessness, Feng Miaolian's lewd expression and Pan Yunv, Feng Xiaolian and Zhang Lihua's so-called femme fatale ... Even Du Gugarro's jealous expression could not make a test summary for the turbulent times. When the eyes of history are no longer limited to a certain temporary event, but to be collected for hundreds of years or even longer, you may agree with me that the bits and pieces in the life of a housewife are more historic than Li Jing's brilliant exploits and outspoken criticism, and even more historic than her grand plan. It is the grandeur shown in trivial details and the calm after the storm-it marks the real end of more than 300 years of displacement. It begins with the ugliness of Jia Nanfeng and ends with the beauty of stone. Between two completely different female faces, this is the magnificent first great division era of China.
Now, the era of beauty and chastity is slowly beginning in the hands of a virtuous woman who does housework.
As summarized in China's History of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Cambridge, the concept of "Zhenguan Rule" has always been a powerful political symbol, not only in the late Tang Dynasty, but also in the whole history of China. It can even be used as a political model to inspire Kublai Khan in Mongolia, Qianlong in Qing Dynasty and Tokugawa Ieyasu in Japan. So what does the law of chastity symbolize? Symbolizes the monarch, the sage and the sage; Civil and military are considerable; It also implicitly symbolizes the maximum practice of political ideas believed by literati who manipulate historical discourse. One of the most important points is the emperor's restraint of personal desires, which means that life should be simple and politics should be teachable.
If we want to find a symbol for this symbolic era, I think it should be history.
Because in my impression, the rule of Zhenguan is simply a warm spring season after a long winter: Hu Feng Jie Yu, who swept across the Central Plains for hundreds of years, softened unconsciously, and even the 18-route smoke at the end of Sui Dynasty was settled; With sunny stadiums and relaxed policies, the integration of China people and foreigners is proceeding in a gentler way. All beings are so close to the legendary rural harmonious life. I don't deny that Jie Li Khan was captured by Tieshan in Zhenguan for four years, and the subsequent "Disappointed vassals of all factions, please Taizong as Tiankhan" are all great events that can boast for hundreds of generations and give us a topic to talk about. However, in recent hundreds of years, Jin Goma iron has been common, and even the supreme glory of Tiankhan is not enough to completely distinguish Zhenguan from the early stage of the great cause. I always feel that these are not the mainstream of chastity. Zhenguan is the fragrant grass after the wildfire, heated by the spring water after breaking the ice, and the infinite vitality of a growing dynasty-recuperation is its theme.
Recuperation originally requires the court to do relatively nothing, and the court is absolutely temperate. These two points are fully embodied in the body, not in the body.
Shi refused to be told about politics on the grounds that "this is a chicken killed in the morning, but this is home". Only when Tianzi's decision may bring more trouble will he properly express his views. For example, when he was ready to use his wife and brother Wuji to assist the court, he was firmly opposed by Shi. Because she thought it would repeat the mistakes of Lu and Huo in the Han Dynasty and involve the court and her family in the avoidable whirlpool. Shi doesn't want to do anything except what can avoid trouble. Even when her illness worsened, she was still unwilling to accept the advice of Prince Cheng Gan, forgive the prisoners and teach others to pray for herself, because she thought that "life and death are not added by people." If the cultivation of Fubao can be delayed, I will not be evil. If good deeds are ineffective, what happiness can there be? "This is really' inaction' until death do us part.
History books also praise simplicity. Not only is her own dress very simple, but she also makes the same request to the prince. When Mrs. Li Chenggan asked for more utensils in the East Palace, Shi bluntly said, "The prince has no virtue and no name. What do you want?" Rejected the request of the East Palace to increase the cost without leaving room. Until the end of his life, history still remembers that "life is worse than time, and death cannot be buried"-this is also a kind of death. The author thinks that controlled harem can effectively control material desires.
In contrast, although Li Shimin is the core figure of Zhenguan, he can't symbolize the soul of Zhenguan. He shines brilliantly in SHEN WOO. Such figures do not seem to be prepared for an era when everything is in ruins. Although such an era is full of energy because of Li Shimin, it has a different style from the rule of Wenjing, which takes recuperation as its national policy. The time really related to people's livelihood is actually only a few years, followed by "going to North Korea in the east, looking for Qiuci, Cuiwei and Yuhua in the west, and repairing one after another, playing quite luxuriously". Ma Zhou, Fang, Yu Shi, the advice of so many people, there is no way to stop all this. If this change needs a watershed, we might as well choose the decade of chastity-the time when Shi died.
Why did history become a symbol of the times, instead of more specifically affecting the emperors and princes of Zhenguan Dynasty? Maybe like Simon? As Bova thinks, the beauty, warmth and intimacy that men want to enjoy from women no longer have the nature of flesh … but become their souls. She is the soul of this family, as well as the whole family and this family. She is also the soul of larger groups, such as cities, countries and nations.
That kind of beauty, warmth and intimacy is the most typical when she protects Kevin·Z-
I went back to Li Shimin, back to the harem and said angrily, "I will have to kill this Tian She Weng."
Shi asked him who he was so angry about. The son of heaven said yes, because whenever Ting embarrassed him. Shi withdrew without saying a word and stood in front of the court in solemn royal clothes. Li Shimin was surprised to see his well-dressed wife. Shi explained: "I heard that the Lord is clear and the minister is straight; Today, due to your understanding, Wei dare not congratulate me! " So, Wei Zhi got careful care, and Emperor Taizong got a gentle reminder without hurting his dignity.
In addition to the significance of preaching, this story also properly shows the mother-in-law side and the wife side. Of course, it's far more than this story: when Shi's beloved Princess Changle got married, she hoped that her dowry would be twice that of her aunt Princess Yongjia. However, when Wei Zhi heard about it, he thought it was unreasonable for Princess Changle to be too considerate to Princess Yongjia. Emperor Taizong dismissed Wei Zhi's words and just casually told his wife. Shi appreciated the advice and sent messengers to 400 silks and 420 pieces of silver, and gently encouraged him. Even before turning a blind eye, Shi still thought of Fang, the sage who was demoted to the first place, and pleaded for him with his dying time-giving gentle strength to the male world. In the male-dominated world, "among all the roles assigned to women, this compassionate and gentle role is the most important ... the power of women to control men comes from her gentle reminding them to be moderately aware of their true status." History interprets other people's conclusions so perfectly.
When the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were naked with their backs and hips under the imperial scepter that rained down, and when the high officials of the Qing Dynasty were mournfully insulted by the eunuchs who were ordered to announce the decree, they would understand the demands behind the story more deeply. In our isomorphic society, the emperor is the father of the monarch, the civil servant is a courtier, and the relationship between the monarch and courtier is compared to father and son. This makes our political ethics have a sense of kinship intimacy and family warmth in theory, and relies on this innate intimacy and warmth to prove the legitimacy of the traditional political ethics transcendental. Unfortunately, many times, this is an incomplete isomorphism of home and country. Because of the lack of motherhood. In the past 300 years, there were only eight queens in the Tang Dynasty, next only to Su Zong was the empress of Zhao Zong. Needless to say, most of the only eight queens have no mind or ability to care for the courtiers and people in that motherly way. Later, with the abnormal strengthening of centralization, our sovereign authority appeared in a more violent face. Ministers lost their seats, lost the right to stand upright, and finally lost their only dignity under the scepter and petition. Ministers who lose self-esteem in turn interpret distorted political relations in extreme ways.
As far as I can remember, whether Pound in The Romance or Zuo and Feng Zicai in history, the feat of transporting coffins to war was aimed at the enemy. When Harry went to express his political views to Emperor Jiajing, he also prepared a coffin, suggesting that they had no hope for the tolerance and protection of their eldest grandson. Without hope, civil servants will face the emperor with a decisive attitude towards the enemy and prepare to defend the principles they believe in with their lives. In fact, this attitude implies a kind of meaning of "mourning for heaven, giving you death", which fundamentally denies the blood relationship between the monarch and the minister and tears off the veil of warmth.
We have never lacked direct ministers like Wei Zhi or direct ministers like Wei Zhi. From the Ming Dynasty ceremony to the decline of Lindong Party, it was even distributed in batches. However, we lack maternal care, which will touch many men's hearts in the next thousand years. When they came to the temple carrying coffins in cold weather to perform some common duties in nature, they recalled the stone, just like orphans recalled their mother who died young, constantly embellishing their memories.
The image of history is so spiritual and very typical.
Xiaorang told me that Xianbei people have the custom of "cutting stones to become buddhas, like me being emperor". Wu Zetian carved a giant Buddha of Lushena for herself in Yungang Grottoes. However, I think the deliberately carved Buddha is just like a queen. Look at the soft lips, the smile if there is nothing, and the pitiful eyes overlooking the whole life in the quietly drooping eyelids ... It is obviously the expression of Shi, revealing the tranquility that Wu Zetian can't have. I stopped for a long time in front of this gentle and dignified historical image and could not bear to leave, trying to find her defects through repeated pondering.
For the eldest grandson, there seems to be nothing to blame except getting rid of guilt. Even this only flaw has a reason to forgive. The eldest grandson Anye is a half-brother, and he has a reputation for drinking and making trouble. After his father died, he kicked his young siblings out of the house. But Shi good for evil is good for him. In the process of tracing a rebellion, it was found that Li Xiaochang, the king of Yi 'an, had brewed a rebellion against the Guards. Sun Anye, the prison director, also participated in this conspiracy. This is a heinous felony. However, Shi tearfully begged the son of heaven, and finally saved his eldest grandson Anye from the dead and exiled him to Wa State.
In this case, we have no intention to praise such a crooked law, although it contains the most difficult "forgiveness" advocated by Confucianism. Shi expressed her forgiveness for those who hurt her in an unusual way. But I am grateful that the history books record such a crooked law. It lets us know that history also has its own weaknesses: either it can't give up brotherhood; I still cherish my reputation too much, for fear that people will blame her revenge on her grandson Anye.
The existence of weakness and vivid stone make her no longer appear false because of excessive perfection, and the anger given to her is no longer the exquisite and incomparable cold stone statue standing on the baizhang cliff.
That kind of anger vanished in the ten years of Zhenguan. That summer, he died in the hall.
Sad Li Shimin built a high-rise landscape in the palace. In this way, he can climb very high and stare at Zhaoling, where he will eventually be buried. Now he is buried with the people he loves and his love. This relationship was not whispered in the longevity palace on the seventh day of the seventh month, nor was it written in thick ink on a golden note. It came hand in hand in the eventful years, and even died in the shadow of the sword.
The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty tells us that "Emperor Taizong was in Xuanwu Gate, so he led troops into the palace to give armour, and then he was comforted by his relatives, which was appreciated by all parties." This record may imply that Li Shimin took his wife with him during the Xuanwumen uprising. Because the number of military personnel in the East Palace and Qi Palace is far more than that in Qin Gong, and Tang Gaozu's support makes it easier for other troops in Beijing to stand on the side of the prince, Li Shimin tried to end his political struggle with his younger brother by surprise in the case of disparity in strength. In such a dangerous time, this weak woman will be taken by him. It seems that he is going to die with symbiosis. And when he was seriously ill, he waited for him with poison and determination.
Unfortunately, Wei Zhi can't understand such a feeling that is intertwined with the lives of two people. Li Shimin asked him to climb The Upper Terrace overlooking Zhaoling. Wei Zhi, who is familiar with it, said, "I am too weak to see it."
Li Shimin didn't understand his good looks, but also showed it to him personally. Wei Zhi said, "I think if your majesty is looking forward to the mausoleum, then I will go and see it."
I know I shouldn't be hostile to a fairly upright minister, but I'm tired of this defender of moral power, and I doubt his ability to understand the beautiful feelings in the world. I am a person who never ignores the importance of moral evaluation system when reading history, but I also insist that morality stripped of emotional foundation seems noble, but in fact it is despicable. The problem lies in ignoring feelings to talk about traditional morality with filial piety as the core, and artificially opposing his love for his teacher and his "filial piety" for his father, hoping to use the latter to belittle or even destroy the former.
I'm happy about it. This opposition happened after her long sleep, so that she did not become the protagonist of the tragedy because of this opposition, like many women imprisoned by ethics. But I feel bitter for it.
This can't be attributed to Wei Zhi's indissoluble amorous feelings, or even to principles. It is a deep-rooted ancient concept, which quietly affects thinking. In the Aegean Sea, a woman is a siren who lures sailors to hit the rocks and destroys them with beautiful songs, and a Circe who turns her lover into a beast. She is an elf who sucks fishermen into the bottom of the pool. In the Near East, women are offered to Satan; Here, she is the four words printed by Sister Xi, da ji and Cong Si: Beauty is disaster.
Seemingly powerful men always regard women as the potential enemies of the male-dominated world order, and dare not use lust to confront responsibilities, dare not use the present to confront the future, dare not be enslaved by desire and cut off contact with society, and finally become a body that passively swings between torture and pleasure. This is a deep fear of women in the subconscious.
Shi did it so perfectly. She met all the expectations of the male world for his other half, and established a nearly perfect harmony with them, completely dominated by men. But Wei Zhi still regards her and a relationship that belongs to her as a threat. In fact, with the death of Shi, love is incomplete because of the departure of the hero. There will be no real and beautiful body to seduce, and the spirit will be solidified at a point in time because of death, and part of it will be materialized into ten volumes of female rules. Time will abstract this relationship, so that it will finally complete the transformation from reality to abstraction. But this does not dispel Wei Zhi's doubts. They are afraid that Li Shimin will indulge in the memory of women. They are afraid that Li Shimin will set an example of attaching importance to women. They are worried ...
The View of Layers in the Wind reflects the weakness of men and the fragility of ideal state, so it was quickly dismantled-"Crying ruined the view."
But this gaze may never be taken back. Because it represents an almost perfect state. Therefore, it has become a realm destined to be dismantled and subverted. Li and Yuan Tiangang have seen the man who broke up and subverted quietly flashing in the starry sky above Zhaoling.