More than 4000 years ago, Yao saw that Shun had both ability and political integrity, integrity, fairness and hard work, and won the hearts of the people, so he abdicated to Shun and married his two daughters and. Later, Shun Di traveled to the south, and E Huang and Nv Ying traced it to Dongting Lake. When they heard that Shun Di died in the wild of Cangwu and two women died in Junshan, the bamboo in Junshan was covered with blood and tears. The Chu people mourned it, changed Dongting Mountain to Junshan Mountain, and built a tomb and temple for it on the mountain. In fact, the tomb is also simple. There is a tombstone in front of the tomb of the great book "Yu Di Fei Er". There are stone steps in front of the tomb and tunnels paved with granite under them. On both sides of the stone tablet, there are portraits of two concubines and masterpieces of poets of past dynasties: in the north, there are poems by Mrs. Zhong Xiang in Qu Yuan's Lisao, and in the south, there are poems of mourning in the Tang and Song Dynasties, Li Bai, Chang Jian and Liu Yuxi in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Zhao Wei in the Qing Dynasty and Lu Xun recently. On a pair of nearly 3-meter-high sentry boxes in front of the tomb, a couplet inscribed by Shu Shaoliang is engraved: "Your princess is immortal; Mangosteen tears one person. " There are many bamboos around ChristianRandPhillips's tomb, and there are spots on them, like tears, which are said to be the tears shed by the second princess Shun Di before she threw herself into the water. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a poem "The Jade Emperor didn't return from his southern tour, and the second concubine had a cloud of bitterness." . How much blood and tears did you know? Until now, bamboo still has spots. "
Zhuzi princess
In the historical legend of China, there are only two women who have turned bamboo. They are Yao Diyi Fang Xun's daughter: E Huang Yi Nv Ying. They have a husband, Shun Di Yao Zhonghua.
Of course, when they lived more than 2200 BC, there was no such thing as a princess.
However, in any case, Sister E Huang Nv Ying, in the true sense of their identity, is a real princess.
However, why do two noble princesses marry the same man at the same time?
That's because it was still a clan society. There was a custom of getting married at that time. A married man has a choice. With the consent of his parents-in-law, he can decide whether to marry his wife's widowed sisters or unmarried sisters together.
This system, in the Zhou Dynasty, officially became a unique ritual system of the nobility and was written into the ritual law, which was called "ritual system". It is clearly written in "Etiquette Wedding": "If you marry a girl, you must follow her nephew. This is called love". Women who act as "wives" are basically sisters or cousins of men's formal wives. "Ai" is much higher than a concubine, but also lower than her husband's wife, and is subordinate to her wife.
According to this, later generations speculated that this system was used by Emperor Yao when he married his daughter. It is generally believed that elder sister E Huang and younger sister Nv Ying should get married formally.
Wife or quit, in short, E Huang, Nvying and I have a husband, Yao Zhonghua is in Shun Di.
Shun Di Yao Zhonghua should have fallen in love with the sisters, because Shun's father didn't agree to marry an Iraqi tribe. In this case, Shun adopted the way of "cheating on marriage", which should be a manifestation of his love.
When the wedding day arrived, Shun married two sisters by the Gui River with people and gifts.
Shun's tribe is the descendant of the ninth Yellow Emperor. At that time, his sphere of influence and the sphere of influence of Yao Emperor Yi Fangxun were in today's Shaanxi.
According to legend, Shun Di was "with thick eyebrows and big eyes (two black eyes in each eye socket), long face, big mouth and black face, and was six feet and one inch long". He is a stout, weird-looking black man. Although he is not handsome, he is in good health. He can grow crops, fish and hunt, make pottery and have an elegant hobby. He can play the piano (her husband plays the piano, her wife sings and dances, and her feelings are growing day by day). In that era of poor material conditions, Shun was a super good man, what's more, he was the future leader of the tribe. So the married life of the three people is still very happy.
However, Shun's private marriage, Yi's sister failed the test when he reached his father Gu Sou. Legend has it that Yao Xiang, the son of Gu Sou's wife, is determined to eradicate this rebellious eldest son. -The key reason may be that there is enmity with the daughter-in-law's tribe. The eldest son's family is hard-working and rich, and there are countless cattle and sheep, and there are countless grains of pottery. The old son has long been jealous. Yao Xiang is drooling over two beautiful sisters-in-law with extraordinary status.
So Gu Sou and Yao Xiang hurt Yao Zhonghua many times, but he escaped. It is said that Shun received a lot of help when his father and son separated. It can be seen that the husband and wife work together to advance and retreat.
About the life experience of Queen E, there is a legend that E Huang's biological mother died young and Nv Ying was the stepmother's child. In fact, it was patriarchal clan system at that time, and there were naturally a large group of women in Fang Xun. Their status depends entirely on Yi's love. E Huang Nv Ying's sister's mother is not favored, so strictly speaking, they are all concubines.
Sima Qian, the Taishi Duke, said in The Complete Book of the Five Emperors: When Emperor Yao heard of Shun's fame, he married his daughter. After several years' investigation, he felt that Shun really deserved to be entrusted with an important task, so he also awarded the throne to this son-in-law to "give up". This eternal moral policy made Tai Shigong very emotional and made many comments, lamenting how beautiful the ancient world was.
What is the truth?
The chronicle of bamboo books tells a different story.
Emperor Yao's favorite is that Xun's wife named Empress gave birth to her son Dan Zhu. Because of Yao's preference, he ranked first among ten sons and became Yao's default heir.
When Yao felt old and weak, he really passed on the throne.
The concubines' brothers and sisters, watching their mother being left out by their father since childhood, were indignant. What's more, Dani has always been a pet. He doesn't care about brotherhood, and his nature is fierce and stubborn. So no one wants Dani to be emperor.
So the coup took place inevitably. The husband and wife and the illegitimate child won the victory and locked Yao He up-Yao should have nothing to complain about. At the beginning, he also used the same method to win the position of leader from Big Brother Zhi.
Next, a life-and-death battle was launched between the nine brothers-in-law and Yao Zhonghua, who would eventually succeed to the throne.
Three years later, Yao Zhonghua finally won. In this whole process, E Huang Nv Ying always stood firmly by her husband's side. How outgoing a girl is! )
Yao Zhonghua became "Shun Di".
But more people are willing to regard Yao as their brother and Shun as their husband as a system of abdication.
Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, both Emperor Yao and Shun Di were wise rulers in the ancient history of China and were regarded as models by later generations.
Because of the fame of her father and husband, E Huang Nv Ying became the earliest example of ancient women in China. If the chronicle of bamboo slips is true, this example is very problematic: didn't the guardian clearly teach women not to perform their daughter's duties, but to be kind to their husbands?
After decades of caring for each other and educating children, E Huang Nv Ying followed her husband on the road of "Southern Tour".
(Another legend of "abdication system" said that Shun Chuan was in danger, and then he avoided the southern tour. In fact, according to the chronicle of bamboo slips, it was Emperor Yu who rebelled, seized the throne and exiled him and his wife. -This should be more reliable than "abdication": Shun killed Yu's father, how could he choose Yu as his heir? It should be that Yu fought against Shun's tribe in order to avenge his father, and finally took revenge and seized power. )
Three years later, Shun died in Cangwu and was buried in Jiuyi Mountain, Hunan Province.
In the face of the rushing Xiangjiang River, E Huang Nv Ying, who lost her husband, cried bitterly.
Running water is gone, just like their husbands are gone and can't be resurrected. Artemisia argyi is vast, the river is foggy, and the breeze hangs on it, adding to the sadness.
Unable to return to the north, the pain is hard to stop. After crying, E Huang Nv Ying jumped into the Xiangjiang River.
People who sympathize with the two sisters have since regarded them as daffodils, specializing in the flower gods of wax moon.
They also said that their tears dripped on the bamboo beside the Xiangjiang River, and the tears did not fade and became spots.
Legend has it that the Emperor of Heaven pities his sisters because of their infatuation. According to the different status before his death, he was named "Xiang Jun" and later "Mrs. Xiang". The spot bamboo stained with the tears of Jenny and sisters on Xiangjiang River is called "Xiangfei Bamboo".