Yang Yuhuan was born in Yongle, Zhou Pu (now Yongji, Shaanxi) in the Tang Dynasty. Familiar with melody, good at singing and dancing. Originally, she was the princess of Shouwang, the 18th son of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. After seeing Yang Yuhuan's beauty, Xuanzong wanted to bring it into the palace, calling herself a female Taoist priest. The name was too real. In the fourth year of Tianbao (745), he entered the palace and was favored by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, becoming a imperial concubine.
After the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty fled Chang 'an and came to Maweipo. The Sixth Army refused to advance, saying that Yang (the cousin of the imperial concubine) had contact with the conference semifinals, which led to the rebellion in An Lushan. Xuanzong killed Yang to boost morale. The Sixth Army refused to go any further, saying that Yang was your concubine's cousin, and her cousin was guilty, and so was her cousin. The imperial concubine was also hanged in the temple.
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Name source:
Yang Yuhuan's name is not recorded in Old Tang Book and New Tang Book, nor is it clearly recorded in Zi Tong Zhi Jian. The legend of Song of Eternal Sorrow only says that she is "Yang Xuanyan's daughter". In the ninth year of the Tang Dynasty (855), that is, about 100 years after the death of Yang Guifei, Zheng Chuhui's Miscellanies of Ming Taizu first mentioned: "Yang Guifei's small character Yuhuan". Later generations still use it today. Yang Guifei's three names "Yunu", "Yu Niang" and "Yuhuan" are all true, and the expressions of slave, mother and ring all set off Yang Guifei's names in different periods. Yunu was her childhood nickname; Yu Niang was her honorific title before her canonization; Yuhuan is her nickname after she was made a noble princess and gained weight. Yang Guifei's real name is Yu Yang.
Died in Maweipo
During the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty fled to Mayi Post, and the sergeant mutinied and killed Yang. Yang was furious and forced Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty to kill Yang Guifei. Xuanzong was helpless and ordered Gao Lishi to commit suicide for her. Finally, he was strangled under the pear tree in front of the Buddhist temple in the posthouse at the age of 38. This is the allusion in Bai Juyi's "Song of Eternal Sorrow": "A soldier in the army will be embarrassed if he doesn't move."
After the Anshi Rebellion was put down, Xuanzong returned to the palace and sent someone to look for Yang Guifei's body, but he didn't find it. The records in the Book of the New Tang Dynasty are roughly the same as those in the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty, so it can be seen that Yang Guifei really died in Maweipo. Legend has it that the imperial concubine is not dead, which may be just a good wish.
Anecdotal allusions:
The princess smiled.
Yang Guifei, the favorite concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, has the beauty of the whole country, is born with beauty, is proficient in temperament, can sing and dance, and is good at playing pipa. So Tang Xuanzong loved her very much.
In order to please Yang Guifei, every litchi season, the emperor always assigned someone to transport fresh litchi with dew from Sichuan (some people say Guangdong and Fujian) through Wuli or Shili post stations. The enjoyment in the palace is extremely luxurious. The more exotic food and treasures, the more tribute is needed. In addition to litchi, another kind of fine wine was made by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty as royal wine. The water used for brewing is the morning dew on the mountain. This wine has the unique geographical advantage of developing agriculture in Sichuan, and the brewed wine is mellow, clear but not light, strong but not bright.
"When riding a princess in the world of mortals and laughing, no one knows that it is litchi." At that time, when Yang Guifei tasted litchi in Huaqing Palace, it was a touching scene. Tang Xuanzong often drank this kind of wine. In Tang Xuanzong's mind, of course, Yang Guifei was "as long as she turned to smile, there would be a hundred spells, and the powder and paint in the sixth palace would go up in smoke". Since then, there has been this famous smile in this history. "China sings and is drunk, and the imperial concubine laughs at the wine." The wine that entered the court as a tribute was also named: dew smile.
Drunken beauty
She claimed that "as long as she turned to smile, there would be a hundred spells, and the powder and paint in the sixth house would disappear without a trace" and "but his love for 3,000 people was concentrated in one body", but she once fell out of favor and drowned her sorrows with wine. After being drunk, she got carried away and became bohemian.
The day before, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty made an appointment with Yang Guifei and ordered him to hold a banquet in Baihua Pavilion to enjoy flowers and drink together. The next day, Yang Guifei first went to Baihua Pavilion and prepared a royal banquet for the coachman. It was getting late at that time, and Tang Xuanzong did not arrive. It's too late, too late. However, suddenly someone reported that the emperor had been lucky in Jiang Fei Palace, and Yang Guifei was bored to death when she heard the news. Yang Guifei is naturally narrow-minded, jealous and particularly flattering, and women are most likely to react when they are angry. Therefore, 10,000 kinds of feelings are hard to get rid of for a while, and they get drunk after three glasses of wine. Chun Qing was so excited that he couldn't help laughing. So he got carried away, became bohemian, got drunk frequently with eunuchs Gao Lishi and Peilishi, and made lewd courtship, which was the beginning of his return to the palace.