Portrait of Concubine Yang
Crossing the Qinling Mountains from Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province to the ancient capital Chang'an, the Tangluo Ancient Road hides the mystery of Concubine Yang's life and death. The person who hanged to death in Maweipo was just a maid. In fact, Concubine Yang went to Japan to spend her old age. Why did she say this? Concubine Yang, the favorite concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was named Yang Yuhuan and was nicknamed Taizhen. She was naturally beautiful and had a gorgeous appearance. , known as one of the four beauties in ancient times. Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Regret" described her as "It's hard to give up her natural beauty. She once chose the emperor's side. Looking back, she smiled and was full of beauty, and the six palaces of pink and white have no color." Li Bai's "Qing Ping Tiao" said of her: "The clouds think of clothes and flowers think of spring breeze. Revlon on the threshold." Volume 3 of "Secrets of the Imperial Palace in Ancient and Modern Times" "Xuanzong said to the people in the harem, 'My acquisition of Concubine Yang is like acquiring the most precious treasure'". Concubine Yang was unusually favored by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. In the fifteenth year of Tianbao (756), Anlushan launched a rebellion, and Yang Yuhuan fled to Shu with him. When passing through Maweiyi, the army mutinied, forcing Xuanzong to kill Yang Guozhong and give Yang Guifei to commit suicide. Between loving the country and loving beauty, an emperor who ruled the Tang Empire for more than 40 years was ultimately unable to save the life of a beloved concubine. On June 14, Yang Yuhuan died in the rebellion in Maweiyi, and Xiangxiaoyu died. Du Fu's poem "Aijiangtou": "Where are the bright eyes and white teeth now? The blood-stained wandering souls can't return. The flowing swords in the east of the Qing Dynasty are deep, and there is no news of each other. Life is full of love and tears, how can the river flowers and river grass be the ultimate!"
Another historical version is that Yang Guifei was not dead at that time, but the eunuch Gao Lishi secretly replaced the palace maid. After Yang Guifei was transferred, she entered Hanzhong from the Tangluo Road, then followed the Han River waterway into the Yangtze River to Yangzhou, and finally crossed the ocean to Japan. This is the mystery of history. When the poet Bai Juyi was a captain in Zhou Zhi, he once investigated the death of Concubine Yang in detail and wrote the immortal love poem "Song of Everlasting Sorrow". The song describes "in the mud at the foot of Mawei slope, there is no place where the jade face died", which proves that Concubine Yang escaped along the Tangluo Road and traveled east to Japan to enjoy her old age. Modern scholar Mr. Yu Pingbo made a textual research on Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" and Chen Hong's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" in "Miscellaneous Works on Poetry, Ci and Music". He believes that the original meaning of Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" and Chen Hong's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" have other merits. If "Eternal Hate" is used as the title of the article, it is enough to write it to Mawei Station. Why should we assume later that Linqiong Taoist priest and Jade Concubine are too true? For this reason, Mr. Yu believes that Concubine Yang did not die in Mawei Station. . At that time, the Sixth Army mutinied, the imperial concubine was robbed, and Chai Dian was appointed to the throne. The poem clearly stated that "cannot be saved", so the death edict recorded in official history would never have existed at that time. Chen Hong's "Song of Everlasting Regret" said that "the messenger led him away", which means that he was led by the messenger to hide in a distant place. Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Regret" said that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty wanted to rebury Yang Guifei after returning to Luang. The result was that "the dirt was in the mud under Mawei slope, and the jade face could not be seen at the place where she died." Not even the bones could be found, which further confirmed that the imperial concubine did not die. Maweiyi. It is worth noting that when Chen Hong wrote "The Song of Everlasting Regret", he specifically pointed out for fear that future generations would not know it: "The ones known to the world are in "Xuanzong Benji"." And those "unheard of in the world" are recorded in "Xuanzong Benji" today. "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", which clearly implies that Concubine Yang is not dead.