The story of Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao
In the third year of Jian'an (198 AD), when Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce to attack Wancheng (now Meicheng Town, Qianshan County, Anhui Province), he used the conqueror's Zhi Zhi got two beautiful "trophies", one named Da Qiao and the other Xiao Qiao. What makes the identities of the two sisters clear is that their father's surname was Qiao, who was respectfully called Qiao Gong at the time, and he was a local squire with some status and status.
Later, Sun Ce married Da Qiao unceremoniously, and generously promised Xiao Qiao to Zhou Yu, and joked to him: "Although Mr. Qiao's two daughters are homeless, they have my two sons-in-law." "It's enough to be happy." He was overflowing with pride, and he was somewhat disrespectful to his father-in-law. Come to think of it, even if Er Qiao is very pampered, his family status will never be that high.
For Zhou Yu, whether Xiao Qiao was his wife or concubine was not explained in the history books. And we don’t know whether she and Zhou Yu were loving and happy during their 12 years of married life. Another point is that we still don’t know whether Zhou Yu also received other beauties as spoils when he followed the Sun brothers to fight. According to the prevailing times and secular habits, this possibility still exists. In that era, women were just accessories to men. It was already a great thing to leave a surname, a place of origin, and an affiliation in the history books.
In terms of emotions, the harsh historian did not leave much historical data for Zhou Yu, but he left huge room for imagination for future generations. Later generations stubbornly and kindly believed that Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao were a perfect match for "heroes and beauties, a match made in heaven". In real history, it doesn't matter whether Zhou Yu had another woman. Later generations are only willing to selectively retain the memories of Zhou Lang and Xiao Qiao.
As a result, in the poems of later generations, there are more reasonable explanations for Zhou Lang's romance and passion because of a beautiful and vague figure like Xiao Qiao, and the image of Zhou Lang is also more A bit of warm human touch. But only a small sentiment like playing the piano cannot satisfy future generations' legendary imagination of heroes and beauties. They are more willing to smear a little trace of rouge on Zhou Yu's unparalleled fame, and at the same time add some "anger to beauty" to the hero. Courage and legend.
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Zhou Yu (175-210), courtesy name Gongjin, was a native of Shu County, Lujiang (now Shu County, Hefei City, Anhui Province) [1]. A famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he was the son of Zhou Yi, the commander of Luoyang, his grandfather Zhou Jing and his uncle Zhou Zhong, both of whom rose to the rank of Taiwei. The body is strong, the appearance is good, and the music is fine. There is a saying in Jiangdong that "if the music is wrong, Zhou Lang will take care of it".
Zhou Yu had a good relationship with Sun Ce. At the age of 21, he followed Sun Ce to the battlefield to pacify Jiangdong. Sun Ce was assassinated and Sun Quan succeeded him. Zhou Yu sent his troops to the funeral, leaving the Central Guard and Chief Shi Zhang Zhao in charge of everything. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 years), Zhou Yu led his army to join forces with Liu Bei and defeated Cao's army in the Battle of Chibi, thus laying the foundation for the "three-part world". In the 14th year of Jian'an (209), he became a partial general and became the prefect of Nanjun. He died of illness in Baqiu in the 15th year of Jian'an (210 years) at the age of 36.
Official history records that Zhou Yu had "magnificent character" and "a real genius". Sun Quan praised Zhou Yu for having "the qualifications of a king", and Fan Cheng praised him as "a heroic man in the world, a romantic and beautiful husband on the left of the Yangtze River". During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, he was honored as Pinglubo and ranked among the sixty-four generals of the Tang Wumiao Temple and the seventy-two generals of the Song Wumiao Temple.
Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia - Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao
In the fourth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Ce received three thousand soldiers and horses from Yuan Shu and returned to Jiangdong to restore his ancestral business. With the support, Wancheng was conquered in one fell swoop. In the eastern suburbs of Wancheng, surrounded by streams and surrounded by pines and bamboos, there is a village - Qiao Apartment, later known as Qiao Gong's former residence. Duke Qiao has two daughters who are both beautiful and intelligent, and are famous far and wide. Because of the invitation, I was able to invite Duke Qiao to give me a pair of sisters' flowers. Thus, there was the story of Sun Ce marrying Da Qiao and Zhou Yu marrying Xiao Qiao. There is an ancient well in the backyard of Qiao Gong's former residence, with clear and deep water. It is said that the Erqiao sisters often dress up here. They can be said to "shape their eyebrows and carefully describe the spring mountains, and wear pines, bamboos, flutes and rings." Every time they put on their makeup, they would throw away the remaining makeup and powder into the well. Over the years, the well water became rouge-colored and the water smelled like rouge. As a result, this well became known as Rouge Well. There is a poem that says: "The two daughters of Mr. Qiao are beautiful, and the autumn water blooms with hibiscus." From the perspective of Er Qiao, a pair of sisters are married to two heroes in the world at the same time. One is the grandson who is outstanding and powerful in Jiangdong. Lang, the other is Zhou Lang, who is suave and good at both civil and military affairs. It can be called a happy marriage. The talented man and the beautiful woman are a harmonious couple. Of course, they are in love with each other and are in love. However, is Er Qiao really happy? In fact, Da Qiao's life is very difficult. Sun Ce was twenty-four years old when he married Da Qiao. Unfortunately, God was jealous of the good match. Two years later, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were fighting in Guandu, Sun Ce was preparing to attack Xuchang secretly to welcome Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. "When he was in power, Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gong's family guest. He was only twenty-six years old when he died. Da Qiao and Sun Ce only lived as a couple for two years. At that time, Da Qiao was in his early twenties at best. He was a young widow with only his infant son Sun Shao by his side. How miserable he was! From then on, she could only cry every morning, stay alone in a quilt every night, and endure all kinds of hardships to raise the orphans. As time goes by, beauty fades away, and a generation of beauties never know when they will wither! Xiao Qiao's situation is better than that of her sister. She and Zhou Yu are in harmony and have been in love for twelve years.
Zhou Yu has a handsome appearance and is good at music. There is still a folk saying that "if the music is wrong, Zhou Lang will take care of it". Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu were deeply in love and lived together. They fought with the army in the east and west, and participated in the famous Battle of Chibi in history. Two years after the war, "Yu returned to Jiangling to prepare his luggage, and then traveled to Baqiu, where he died of illness at the age of thirty-six." During these twelve years, Zhou Yu served as the general in command of Soochow. He defeated Huang Zu in Jiangxia and defeated Cao Cao in Chibi. Only thirty-six years old. At this time, Xiao Qiao was only about thirty years old. He suddenly lost his wife, and his sorrow can be imagined. The beauty is short-lived, and Er Qiao lives a lonely life in the picturesque Jiangnan. Xiao Qiao died of illness in the second year of Wu Huangwu's reign at the age of forty-seven (the age is disputed, and one theory is that he guarded Zhou Yu's tomb for fourteen years). Ming Dynasty people once wrote a poem: "There are two miserable tombs near the city outline, one is Zhou Lang and Xiao Qiao." Xiao Qiao's tomb has a seal but no exterior. It was raised on the ground and built with Han bricks. By 1914, there was still a tomb on Xiaoqiao's tomb in Yueyang. There is still a stone tablet inscribed with the official script "Xiao Qiao's Tomb". The spread of the story of Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao is not only due to their own factors, but also related to the careful arrangement and rendering of the two of them around the Tongquetai story in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty. Chapter 34 of "The Romance" narrates that after Cao Cao pacified Liaodong, he was in a good mood and wanted to build a Bronze Bird Tower to entertain him in his later years. The youngest son Cao Zhi said: "If you build a platform, you must build three." The middle one is named Bronze Bird, with a jade dragon on the left and a golden phoenix on the right. "It is even more spectacular to build two flying bridges and fly across the sky." Cao Cao was delighted and left Cao Zhi and Cao Pi to build a platform in Ye County. This is the origin of the construction of the platform and has nothing to do with Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao. Chapter 42: After Cao Cao captured Jingzhou, he wanted to lead a million troops southward and asked Sun Quan to "capture" Liu Bei. For a time, Sun Wu advocated war and peace, and there was an uproar and it was difficult to advocate. Chapter 43: After Lu Su conspired with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, Kong Ming was willing to go with Lu Su to Chaisang (his old city is 20 miles southwest of Jiujiang County, Jiangxi Province) to meet Sun Quan in person, explain his interests, and strengthen Sun Quan's alliance against Cao Cao. . Do Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao have children?
He has children, *** two sons and one daughter, the details are as follows:
1. Zhou Xun: Zhou Yu’s eldest son, an official to the Cavalry Commander, married the princess Sun Luban (Sun Quan (with Mrs. Bu's daughter)
2. Zhou Yin: Zhou Yu's second son, married a daughter of the Sun clan, was appointed as the captain of Xingye, was granted the title of Marquis of the capital, and was exempted from crime
3. Zhou Concubine: Zhou Yu's daughter, one said to be named Zhou Che, married to the prince Sun Deng (the eldest son of Sun Quan)
Zhou Yu (175-210), named Gongjin, was born in Shu County, Lujiang (now Hefei City, Anhui Province) Shu County) people. A famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he was the son of Zhou Yi, the commander of Luoyang, his grandfather Zhou Jing and his uncle Zhou Zhong, both of whom rose to the rank of Taiwei.
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Zhou Yu’s family and family relationships:
According to "The Biography of Zhou Yu", Zhou Yu also has at least one older brother. "Brother Yu, Zi Jun, also made Yu Yuangong a partial general, leading thousands of officials and soldiers. Jun's soldiers were guarded by Quan Cong, Jun Zihu, as a general."
But this brother has no record of being an official. It seems that he did not live with Zhou Yu's family, or even though he lived together, he had a lower status and had no say. Therefore, he and Zhou Yu were probably not born from the same mother.
As for Zhou Yu’s marriage status, today we only know that Zhou Yu once married Xiao Qiao. For example, "The Biography of Zhou Yu" says: This year is the third year of Jian'an. Ce personally welcomed Yu and gave him the title of General Jianwei Zhonglang, with two thousand soldiers and fifty horses.
When Yu was twenty-four years old, everyone in Wuzhong called him Zhou Lang. Yi Yuenxin stayed in Lujiang River, went out to prepare for Niuzhu, and later led the spring valley leader. In a short while, the plan was to capture Jingzhou. With Yu as the central guard, he led the Jiangxia prefect to attack Anhui and capture it. At that time, I got Mr. Qiao's two daughters, both of whom were of national beauty. Ce Zi Na big bridge, Yu Na small bridge.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia: Zhou Yu What is the relationship between Cao Cao, Zhou Yu, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao in ancient times? Please be more detailed.
Cao Cao has no actual relationship with Er Qiao. Zhou Yu is Xiao Qiao’s husband and Da Qiao’s sister-in-law. Da Qiao's husband is Sun Ce, and Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao are sisters.
Cao Cao and Er Qiao:
It is said that Cao Cao is eyeing Jiangnan, but it is actually Er Qiao. Cao Cao swore: "Firstly, I wish to conquer the world and become an emperor; secondly, I wish to win two buildings in the east of the Yangtze River and build the Bronze Bird Tower to enjoy myself in my old age. Even if I die, I will have no regrets!"
Cao Cao built the Bronze Bird Tower. Cao Zhi's "Ode to the Tongque Terrace" contains the sentence "Take two Qiao to the southeast and enjoy them day and night", which refers to the two bridges next to the Tongque Terrace.
Cao Cao likes Er Qiao because the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in order to vilify Cao Cao and show his lust, extended the phrase "taking the second bridge to the southeast" in Cao Zhi's "Tongque Terrace Ode" to Er Qiao. It expresses Cao Cao's purpose of vilifying Cao Cao for the sake of beauty. Extended information
Er Qiao’s experience:
Sun Ce was a well-known “Tiger General” at that time and was named Marquis of Wu. Zhou Yu was also a hero of the time, with handsome appearance and proficiency in music. There is still a folk proverb that goes "if the song is wrong, Zhou Lang will take care of it". "Three Kingdoms" records that Sun Ce is "beautiful" and Zhou Yu is "beautiful", which shows that they are both perfect and handsome men. With Er Qiao, they can be considered harmonious.
In the fourth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Ce received three thousand soldiers and horses from Yuan Shu and returned to Jiangdong to restore his ancestral business. With the assistance of Zhou Yu, he conquered Wancheng in one fell swoop. At that time, Duke Qiao and his two beautiful daughters were living in the eastern suburbs of Wancheng. Sun Ce came to ask for his hand in marriage, and Zhou Yu came with him.
After Da Qiao married Sun Ce, Sun Ce was busy setting up a business and conquering the country. He had no time to warm the table, and the couple rarely got together. Only a year later, Sun Ce was seriously injured by a family guest of Xu Gong, the former governor of Wu County.
Sun Ce was dying, so he returned to Wu and asked Hua Tuo for treatment. Unexpectedly, Hua Tuo had gone to the Central Plains, and only his apprentice was in Wu. The apprentice said: "The arrowhead is filled with medicine, and the poison has penetrated into the bones, and the sores are difficult to cure." Poor Sun Ce did not die in the fierce battlefield, but died in the hands of a desperate man at the age of 26.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Er Qiao Why did Xiao Qiao marry Zhou Yu?
Xiao Qiao married Zhou Yu because Sun Ce planned to marry Da Qiao. In order to maintain the relationship with his subordinate Zhou Yu, Sun Ce married Xiao Qiao to Zhou Yu.
During the Soochow period, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were not only the relationship between the master and his subordinates, but also good friends. The two discovered the beautiful sisters Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao at Qiao's house, and they were very excited. Although, as a monarch, Sun Ce can definitely bring Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao into the harem, such a selfish approach is likely to affect the relationship between Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. Taking this into consideration, Sun Ce decided to marry Da Qiao and married his sister Xiao Qiao to Zhou Yu.
The era that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu lived in was a tense period of war and a time of employment. Even if Sun Ce loved beauties, he had to take the overall situation into consideration and make concessions. Zhou Yu's courage and strategy are quite rare, and he was a relatively famous general at the time. If Sun Ce wants to achieve great things, he must not miss Zhou Yu. When it came to marrying Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, the advisers around Sun Ce reminded Sun Ce to have a good relationship with Zhou Yu, so Sun Ce only accepted Da Qiao.
To take a step back, even if there is no relationship between monarch and minister, Zhou Yu has followed Sun Ce for many years, helping Sun Ce conquer the country and make achievements, and he can be said to be dedicated to Sun Ce. Zhou Yu had no credit but hard work for Sun Ce.
If Sun Ce brings both Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao into the harem, it is very likely that Zhou Yu’s heart will be broken. Sun Ce saw this, so he came up with the phrase “I remember when Gong Jin got married for the first time.” One scene. From Sun Ce's point of view, it is still a very cost-effective way to exchange a beautiful woman for the loyalty of a minister who is both civil and military.
Sun Ce died the second year after Da Qiao married Sun Ce. Compared with Da Qiao's tragic experience, Xiao Qiao was much happier. After Xiao Qiao married Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu doted on Xiao Qiao very much and cherished their children, which attracted the envy of many literati in later generations. The love between Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu is also a good story. After Zhou Yu and Sun Ce died, who did Xiao Qiao follow?
In fact, Da Qiao’s life is very difficult. Sun Ce was twenty years old when he married Da Qiao, and Da Qiao was eighteen years old. Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gong's family guest, and he was only twenty-six years old when he died. Da Qiao and Sun Ce only lived as a couple for six years. At that time, Da Qiao was in his early twenties at best. He was a young widow with only his infant son Sun Shao by his side. How miserable he was! From then on, she could only cry every morning, stay alone in a quilt every night, and endure all kinds of hardships to raise the orphans. As time goes by, beauty fades away, and a generation of beauties never know when they will wither! Xiao Qiao's situation is better than that of her sister. She and Zhou Yu are in harmony and have been in love for twelve years. Zhou Yu has a handsome appearance and is good at music. There is still a popular saying that "if the music is wrong, Zhou Lang will take care of it". Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu were deeply in love and lived together. They fought with the army in the east and west, and participated in the famous Battle of Chibi in history. Two years after the war, "Yu returned to Jiangling to prepare his luggage, and then traveled to Baqiu, where he died of illness at the age of thirty-six." During these twelve years, Zhou Yu served as the general in command of Soochow. He defeated Huang Zu in Jiangxia and defeated Cao Cao in Chibi. Only thirty-six years old. At this time, Xiao Qiao was only about thirty years old. He suddenly lost his wife, and his sorrow can be imagined. The beauty is short-lived, and Er Qiao lives a lonely life in the picturesque Jiangnan. In the second year of Wu Huangwu's reign, Xiao Qiao died of illness at the age of forty-seven. What is the love story between Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu in "Glory of the King"?
Zhou Yu, a famous general of Soochow in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Born in the fourth year of Xiping in the Han Dynasty (AD 175).
Zhou Yu was beautiful in appearance, good in music, resourceful in making decisions, and good at military strategy. He had a broad sense of humanity and a high sense of elegance.
Xiao Qiao was a woman from the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in China. She was from Wan County, Lujiang (now Qianshan, Anhui). She was the second daughter of Duke Qiao and the wife of Zhou Yu, the general of Soochow.
Xiao Qiao belonged to the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. His country was beautiful and beautiful, but his talents were outstanding.
True love comes first, you are the only one for me. Regarding Zhou Lang's romance and passion, because of the beautiful and vague figure of Xiao Qiao, there are more reasonable explanations, and Zhou Lang's image also has a little more warmth and human touch.