According to Records of Historical Records of Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu, the overlord, was defeated in the war to seize feudal rule with Emperor Gaozu, and he knew that the tide was over and had to bid farewell to Kyrgyzstan on the eve of the breakthrough.
The story of Farewell My Concubine: Chu and Han contended, and many governors rebelled against Chu and returned to Han. Hanwang listened to the counsel of Sean and others, and joined the governors to attack Chu. At that time, An Lushan, the king of Chu, serenaded and ran out of food, and was surrounded by the Hanwang army. Xiang Yu, the overlord, couldn't sleep at night, and suddenly he heard the bell under siege at the same time. It turned out that this was Sean's trick. Knowing that Xiang Yu was from Chu, he ordered the Han army to sing Chu songs to shake the morale of the Chu army.
Xiang Yu was shocked and sighed, "Did Hanwang get the land of Chu? Why are there so many Chu people in his army? " So I got up and drank in the tent. Overlord has a favorite concubine, Yu Ji, and a beautiful horse. He is a generous elegy. He sang: "When times are bad, Ya will not die, but what can you do?"
Yu Ji dances to this song. Overlord saw this situation, knowing that he was going to lose, and cried for several lines. Seeing that my farewell my concubine is crying, I dare not look up. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fought for the world. Xiang Yu's concubine's name is Yu Ji, which seems to be the last battle. Then Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, probably knew that he had lost, and everyone sang the song of Chu that night-besieged on all sides!
Xiang Yu drank and sang with Yu Ji himself, and then Yu Ji seemed to commit suicide as he said-there is only one song that I remember "Yu Ji Yu Ji Nai"! Finally, Xiang Yu committed suicide by throwing himself into the river! So there was Li Qingzhao's sentence "I miss Xiang Yu so far and refuse to cross Jiangdong"! Then people wrote Farewell My Concubine.
Historical allusions in Farewell My Concubine
If you have a beauty, you will always be lucky; Good horses are famous and often ride. Therefore, Wang Xiang is a sad and generous poet. He wrote a poem for himself, saying, "When you pull out the mountain, you will be angry with the world, and when it is unfavorable, you will not die." What can I do without dying? If you are worried, what can you do? "Song several rush, euphemistically called. Xiang Wang cried several times, but both sides cried, afraid to look up.
"There is beauty in danger", but the name of "concubine" has been passed down for generations in the future. The name "Yuji" didn't appear until the Tang Dynasty's Kuodizhi and other books. Of course, "Ji" is just a synonym, not the real name of Yu Ji. In the Five Dynasties, the name of the inscription was simply called "Yu Meiren".
Ban Gu said in The Biography of Sima Qian in Han Dynasty: "Sima Qian used Shi Ben and Warring States Policy according to Zuo Shi and Guoyu to record the Spring and Autumn Period of Chu and Han Dynasty, and then ended in Tian Han."
Among them, Chu Qiu was written by Lu Jia in the early Han Dynasty and died in the Southern Song Dynasty. When Sima Qian wrote Historical Records, he referred to the book Chu and Han Chunqiu. There is no doubt: "Gai Sima Qian wrote Historical Records according to Chu and Han Chunqiu, so his words about Qin and Han affairs were particularly detailed." However, Sima Qian, who pays attention to details and is curious, recorded the chorus of "Beauty and Peace" in Chu Qiu, but did not record it in Historical Records. Justice in Historical Records by Zhang Shoujie in the Tang Dynasty quoted the harmony song in the Spring and Autumn Annals of Chu and Han Dynasties: The song said: The Han soldiers have been slightly defeated, and the king is exhausted. How can they make a living?
For a long time, some people suspected that this harmony song was forged by later generations because there was no such mature five-character poem in Qin and Han Dynasties. But,
The elegy of Mrs. Qi recorded in The Biography of consorts in Han Dynasty is a fairly mature five-character poem: "The son is king, the mother is Lu, and the curtain is thin all day in spring, which is often associated with death! Who will sue that woman three thousand miles away? " Qin Shimin's ballad recorded in Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics and Rivers is also a quite mature five-character poem: "When a man is born, he should be careful not to lift it, while a woman should breast-feed. I can't see the Great Wall, the body is the pillar. " Therefore, the harmony song recorded in Chu Qiu is not a fake, so there should be no problem.
Chu, Autumn and Historical Records of Xiang Yu are the earliest documents to record the story of Farewell My Concubine, but neither of them involves the ending of Farewell My Concubine. In all fairness, Yu Ji could not have survived, otherwise there would not have been an affair between Yu Ji and Liu, and there would not have been a "beautiful tomb of Xiang Yu" in the Tang Dynasty. The next world war, surrounded by songs, drinking swords and Chu accounts, can only be the only ending for Kyrgyzstan.
Extended data:
Chu Qiu and Historical Records of Xiang Yu are the earliest works to record the story of Farewell My Concubine. Neither book deals with the ending of Yu Ji. In a natural way, concubine Yu could not survive, otherwise there would be no case of concubine Yu's suicide, and there would be no "beauty tomb of Xiang Yu" in the Tang Dynasty. The next world war, surrounded by songs, drinking swords and Chu accounts, can only be the only ending for Kyrgyzstan.
It is generally believed that the story of Farewell My Concubine reflects the earth-shattering love between Yu Ji and Xiang Yu. The hero of the overlord of Chu died and Yu Ji committed suicide. This sad moment was fixed between the lines of China literature and the stage of China opera, and became the most classic and exciting brilliant legend in China's classical love.
Tracing back to the source of historical events and uncovering the truth can only rely on the interpretation of the original text. After careful consideration of Yu Ji's chorus, I found the doubt of this love story.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Allusions Farewell My Concubine