Specific explanation:
The Book of Old Tang Dynasty (May 1st) tells about the Anshi Rebellion. Xuanzong fled Chang 'an and passed Maweipo, so Yang Guifei died and was buried here. After Xuanzong returned to Kyoto from Shu, he remembered his old love and secretly ordered a reburial. When excavating the old tomb, I found that "the first boil was wrapped in a purple mattress, the skin was rotten, and the sachet was still there ..."
Because of Yang's wrong decision, the Tongguan natural barrier, which should be impregnable, was quickly broken by the rebels. Chang 'an was in danger, and Xuanzong panicked. He fled to Sichuan overnight with Yang Guifei, the palace guards and some civil and military ministers, and it was noon on the third day when he ran to Mayi. All the soldiers were hungry and filled with resentment. They happened to see Yang with the Tubo people, so they shouted, "Yang colluded with the Hu people."
At night, a large number of soldiers surrounded the post where Xuanzong and the imperial concubine were located. Chen, the general of Longwu, came to see Xuanzong and said to him, "The soldiers were emotional when they killed Prime Minister Yang, and now they are worried and afraid that you will settle accounts after the autumn, so they want you to kill the imperial concubine." Xuanzong replied, "It's all my fault, not the imperial concubine." The soldiers refused to accept it, and insisted on putting Yang Guifei to death, otherwise they would no longer follow Xuanzong into Sichuan. Seeing that a larger mutiny was about to appear, Xuanzong had no choice but to compromise with the soldiers and killed Yang Guifei with tears.
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.
Extended data:
Other statements about Yang Guifei's death:
1, died in a Buddhist temple
Some people say that Yang Yuhuan may have died in a Buddhist temple. The Biography of Yang Guifei in Old Tang Dynasty records that after the imperial generals Chen and others killed Yang and his son, they thought that "the thief was still there" and demanded that Yang Guifei be killed again to avoid future troubles. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had no choice but to bid farewell to the imperial concubine and "hang the Buddhist temple".
"Zi Tongzhi Jijiantang" records that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered eunuch Gao Lishi to take Yang Guifei to the Buddhist temple and hang her. Tang Shi Bu records that Gao Lishi hanged Yang Guifei under the pear tree in the Buddhist temple. Chen Hong's Song of Eternal Sorrow records that Emperor Xuanzong knew that Yang Guifei was bound to die, but he couldn't bear to see her die, so he led the people away, "turned around hastily and died under the ruler group". The Biography of Yue Shi Yang Taizhen records that when Tang Xuanzong bid farewell to Yang Guifei, he "prayed for Buddha's respect". Gao Lishi hanged the imperial concubine under the pear tree in front of the Buddhist temple.
Mr. Chen Yinque pointed out in the Manuscript of Bai Yuan's Poems: "It can be noted that Yue Shi said that the princess was hanged under a pear tree, probably influenced by the phrase" Spring rain is like a pear blossom "in Xiangshan (Bai Juyi). It's ridiculous to go. " The interpretation of Le Shi comes from the supplement of Tang Shi, while Li Zhao's interpretation is likely to be influenced by Song of Eternal Sorrow.
Yang Guifei hanged herself in the Buddhist temple. Chen and the guards' general officers watched the process and confirmed that Yang Guifei had died before coming out to explain to the guards. It took a long time for the assembled soldiers to disperse and return to the ranks.
2. Died in the army.
Yang Guifei may also die in the army. This theory is mainly found in the descriptions in some Tang poems.
Du Fu wrote a poem "Ai Jiang Tou" in Chang 'an, which was occupied by An Lushan in the second year of Zhide (AD 757). In the poem, "Where are you white-eyed today? A bloody soul has no return, no return" implies that Yang Guifei was not hanged in Mayigang, because hanging will not cause bloodshed.
Poems such as "I ask you not to wash lotus blood again" and "I have too much blood and my horseshoe is exhausted" in Li Yi's seven sentences "Crossing the Horse Nest" and "Two Poems Crossing the Horse Nest" also reflect the scene that Yang Guifei was killed by the rebels and died by the sword.
Du Mu's Thirty Rhymes of Huaqing Palace is full of blood and scattered feathers. Zhang has "Huaqing Palace and Sheren" and "Blood Buried Concubine"; Poems such as "Ma Yi Tie" say that "there is no evidence that the soul disappears, and the grass is sad when the blood is buried", and it is also believed that Yang Guifei's blood spilled on Ma Yi Tie, and she was not killed by shackles.
3. Swallow gold and die
There are other possibilities for Yang Guifei's death. For example, some people say that she died of swallowing gold.
This statement is only found in Liu Yuxi's poem Ma Wei Xing. Liu's poem once wrote: "The green field helps the wind, Huang Chen rides on a horse, and the roadside boy is noble." The tomb is three or four feet high. But I asked Li's middle-aged children, and they all said that they were lucky in Shu, lucky in the military, and the son of heaven gave up the demon Ji. The princes crouched on the door screen, and the nobles held the emperor's clothes, with low eyes and beautiful weather. When you drink gold crumbs, you will feel happy and eat apricot pills for life. The color is really the same. " Judging from this poem, Yang Guifei died of swallowing gold.
Mr. Chen Yinque was curious about this statement and made textual research in Bai Yuan's poems and notes. Chen suspects that Liu Shi's theory that "the nobles drink gold scraps" comes from the mouth of "Li", so it is different from other people's statements. But Chen Ye did not rule out the possibility that Yang Guifei swallowed gold before being hanged, so the word "Li" came from this.
The emperor returned from Shu, made a visit, and was buried again. Li Yi, assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "The officers and men of Longwu killed the loyalty of the country to make it dangerous." I'm going to rebury my late princess, for fear that the soldiers will be afraid, and the funeral is not feasible. "Stop here. In the imperial edict, the envoy was reburied in another place. When the first boil was wrapped in a purple mattress, the skin was rotten, but the sachet was still there. The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs offered sacrifices, and the emperor looked very sad, making it look like a different temple, watching it day and night. (Old Tang Book, Volume 51, Biography of Yang Guifei)
4. Escape to Japan
There is also a saying that Yang Guifei finally fled to Japan.
In the fifth issue of Cultural Translation Series published by 1984, Zhang Lian translated a story from China from Japan, saying that Ma was a waiting woman at that time. General Chen was attracted by the beauty of the imperial concubine and couldn't bear to kill her, so he conspired with Gao Lishi to die. Under the escort of Chen's cronies, Yang Guifei fled to the south, set sail near Shanghai today, drifted at sea, went to Kuruyamachi, Japan for a long time, and finally spent her old age in Japan.
5. A person who has been degraded to a low position
There is also a saying that Yang Guifei did not die in Mayi, but was demoted to a lowly person and sent down to the people.
In On Poetry, Mr. Yu Pingbo made textual research on Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow and Chen Hong's Biography of Song of Eternal Sorrow. He thinks that the original intention of Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow and Chen Hong's Biography of Song of Eternal Sorrow contains another meaning. Assuming "Long Hate" is the title of the article, I won't write about Ma Wei. Why bother to assume that the Taoist priest and the Jade Princess in Lin Qiong are too real? Therefore, Mr. Yu believes that Yang Guifei did not die in Mayi.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Yang Yuhuan
Light. Com: Grape, Flower, Bird and Silver Sachet-Siluxiang