In the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737), after the death of Wu Huifei, the favorite concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Xuanzong was unhappy all day.
In October of the 28th year of Kaiyuan, Xuanzong sent someone to take Yang Yuhuan to Lintong Hot Spring Palace. First of all, for the benefit of the harem, Yang Yuhuan was given the title of "too real". At that time, Tang Xuanzong was 56 years old and Yang Yuhuan was just 22 years old. It was five years later, in August of the fourth year of Tianbao (745), that Yang Taizhen was canonized as the imperial concubine.
From then on, Xuanzong left all the other concubines in the harem aside, looked at Yang Guifei every day, and was inseparable, taking her with him at the official banquet and at the court ceremony.
The Book of the New Tang Dynasty records that Yang Guifei is "good at singing and dancing, familiar with melody, wise and alert". (meaning: a good dancer, proficient in music, smart and wise) This is exactly what Xuanzong, who is quite accomplished in music, is looking for. It is said that Xuanzong liked Cai Yu very much, and the imperial concubine seemed to have a heart in it and played very well.
Whenever the imperial concubine danced "colorful feathers", Xuanzong played drums with great interest, and they cooperated very tacitly. The two also personally taught the disciples of Liyuan to play this song. It can be said that the red line of music firmly binds two people with the same interests and hobbies, and gives them a solid love foundation.
It is said that Yang Guifei was sent home twice by Tang Xuanzong's last wish, but she couldn't wait to get it back. And through these two things, the love between the two became stronger and the inseparable feelings between the two deepened.
Legend has it that one year in the Palace of Eternal Life in Huaqing Palace, on July 7th, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei avoided the crowd and looked up at the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Both of them bowed down and swore: "Life is hard in this world. May we grow old together and be husband and wife forever!"! After this life, there will be an afterlife! " .
In the 14th year of Tianbao (755), in November, An Lushan, our border city envoy, and Shi Siming, our general, led an army of 6.5438+0.5 million to attack Chang 'an in the name of attacking Yang, and the "Anshi Rebellion" finally broke out.
When the news came, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was frightened, so he and Yang, with their imperial concubine sisters and some princes, their attendants and ministers, quietly opened the door of Bei Gong and went west to Shu County (now Sichuan). When I went to the ant station west of Xingping, Shaanxi Province, the imperial guards who followed the guards suddenly mutinied. They killed Yang first, and then surrounded the post house where Tang Xuanzong lived, demanding that Tang Xuanzong hand over the imperial concubine.
At this time, Tang Xuanzong, who was in a trance, remembered his love with the imperial concubine for more than ten years and made a vow of eternal love, unwilling to hand over the imperial concubine!
After he and the imperial concubine wept bitterly, they gave her three feet of white silk and asked Gao Lishi to take her away and hang her on a pear tree in front of a Buddhist temple. The imperial concubine was only 38 years old at that time.
Since then, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty spent more than a year in Chengdu or on the way to escape, and was unhappy all day long, thinking of the imperial concubine Yang Yuhuan. After recovering Chang 'an, Xuanzong returned to Beijing. Everywhere he went, he was touched by the scene and still deeply missed the imperial concubine. He specially had a portrait of the imperial concubine painted and hung in the temple to watch it day and night.
I'm afraid this "till death do us part" love was completely buried in his political tragedy. At this time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was filled with remorse and finally died of depression on April 5, the first year of Baoying (762).
As the Song of Eternal Sorrow said, "The earth will last forever, and the sky will last forever; One day, both will end, and this endless sorrow will last forever. " (meaning: even if it lasts forever, there will always be an end, but this life and death feud will never end. )
Extended data:
Rain at Night in Tang and Autumn (rain for short) is a zaju created by Bai Pu, a writer in Yuan Dynasty.
The play tells the story that Tang and Yang Guifei fell in love and lived a life of drunkenness and disregard for state affairs. Begging for a smart oath in the hall of eternal life, and watching "Dress and Feather Dance" in Chenxiang Temple. Suddenly there was an Anshi Rebellion, and Huang Ming and Yang Fei escaped. At the Ant Station, the sergeant mutinied, forcing Ming Chengzu to hang Yang Fei.
After the chaos, Ming Chengzu abdicated as the emperor's father, crying and offering sacrifices to Yang Fei's portrait every day. One night, I dreamed of meeting Yang Fei again and was awakened by a rainy night. Rain hits the phoenix tree, adding to Ming Di's depression.
The drama is known as one of the four tragedies of Yuan Zaju, and its ingenious plot design makes the conflict of the drama ups and downs. Wonderful words also make it have strong lyricism and charm, and become the leader of historical dramas in Yuan Dynasty.
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