The problem of history is to constantly discover the true past, and to use materials to speak, so that how people can make it possible in reality becomes a question that can be discussed. History is extended. History is the inheritance, accumulation and expansion of culture, and the trajectory of human civilization. The following is an introduction to historical figures: Mrs. Qi, come and take a look.
Introduction to Mrs. Qi
Mrs. Qi, also known as Qi Ji, was the favorite concubine of Liu Bang, the founder of the Western Han Dynasty, and the biological mother of King Zhao Liu Ruyi.
There is no detailed record of Mrs. Qi's origin in historical records. It is only known that Mrs. Qi was a famous singer and dancer during the Qin and Chu periods. She was good at playing drums, harps, and construction. Liu Bang loved her very much after he got her. Mrs. Qi's son Liu Ruyi was also very fond of Liu Bang. Liu Bang felt that Liu Ruyi resembled him, while the prince Liu Ying was kind and weak, so he often wanted to depose Liu Ying and make Liu Ruyi the prince. In addition, Lu Pheasant grew old and faded, while Mrs. Qi was favored for her youth and beauty. Therefore, Lu Pheasant resented Mrs. Qi very much. Lu Pheasant's design preserved Liu Ying's position as prince, while Liu Bang passed away with infinite worries and regrets.
After Liu Bang's death, Lu Pheasant imprisoned all the concubines that Liu Bang favored during his lifetime. Madam Qi was imprisoned in Yongxiang. Lu Pheasant ordered her hair to be shaved and she was made to grind rice all day long. Her life was worse than die. It was not enough to torture Mrs. Qi like this, Lu Pheasant also planned to poison Liu Ruyi. Even though the kind-hearted Liu Ying wanted to protect her younger brother, Liu Ruyi was unable to escape Lu Pheasant's poisonous hand in the end. After Liu Ruyi's death, Mrs. Qi had her hands and feet chopped off by Lu Pheasant, her eyes were gouged out, she was burned deaf by fire, she was poisoned to make her mute, and she was placed in the toilet. She was tortured to death within a few days.
After Mrs. Qi was made into a human pig, Lu Pheasant also called Liu Ying to watch. Liu Ying was kind and generous by nature, but she was frightened by her mother's cruelty and couldn't recover from it. She drank to drown her sorrows all day long. At the age of twenty-three, He died young. Lu Pheasant's cruel behavior caused Mrs. Qi to die tragically, and even caused her son to die of depression.
The story of Mrs. Qi
Mrs. Qi was originally a woman from an ordinary family. She accidentally saved Liu Bang in danger. She met Liu Bang and lived hand in hand with him from then on. However, the young Mrs. Qi How could she know that the harem was as threatening as the battlefield, and there was such a vicious person as Queen Lu. In the end, she was brutally murdered and made into a "human pig". A quick death must be her relief.
Legend has it that Mrs. Qi and Liu Bang met when Liu Bang captured Xiang Yu's capital, but Xiang Yu counterattacked. Unfortunately, Liu Bang did not have enough troops, so Xiang Yu could only abandon the city and flee. Unfortunately, Xiang Yu led his troops to pursue him, so Liu Bang was only beaten. He was left alone. In order to escape, Liu Bang worked hard, and finally everyone was tired.
When Liu Bang was desperate, he found a family nearby with an old man and a woman working. This woman was Mrs. Qi, so Liu Bang transformed into Liu Bang's men and went in, hoping to get their help to temporarily hide from the pursuers. soldiers. So Mrs. Qi came up with a plan to hide Liu Bang under a dry well in her house, so that Liu Bang could escape the disaster.
So that night, Mrs. Qi's family entertained him with meals. When Liu Bang saw that Mrs. Qi was young and beautiful, he confessed his identity. He also proposed to the Qi family and promised that if he won the world, he would make Mrs. Qi a noble concubine. So Mrs. Qi got married to Liu Bang and went with him.
Liu Bang's love for Mrs. Qi made Empress Lu very jealous, so she always wanted to get rid of him. Mrs. Qi, who was simple by nature, also thought about letting her son protect her safety for the prince, so she He tried to persuade Liu Bang to establish a crown prince instead, but failed to get support from the ministers. After Liu Bang's death, both Mrs. Qi and her son were killed by Empress Lu, and Mrs. Qi was tortured so cruelly that she was called a "human pig".
How did Mrs. Qi die?
Mrs. Qi ended up becoming a "human pig" and died in pain. Without Liu Bang's protection, she could only be at the disposal of Empress Lu. She was an ordinary family. How can the young children of the emperor stand up to the ruthless Empress Lu who has been living in the harem for a long time. In addition, Mrs. Qi had always been favored and protected by Liu Bang during his lifetime, so Empress Lu could never hurt her in the slightest.
Mrs. Qi is particularly good at dancing. She can be said to be a dancer in the early Western Han Dynasty. Her marriage to Liu Bang was purely accidental. Her status is simple and she has no backing in the palace. Liu Bang is the only one she relies on. So after Liu Bang's death, Mrs. Qi was imprisoned in Yongxiang by Empress Lu (this is where criminal palace maids were imprisoned).
So here Queen Lu insulted and hurt her to her heart's content. Out of jealousy of her beauty, she ordered her face to be scratched with a sharp blade, making her unrecognizable. She shaved her hair and pulled it out, and also used He wears rags like a beggar and has his feet tied with chains to make him work. At this time, Mrs. Qi still hoped that her son would come to save her. She would not commit suicide no matter how painful it was, and Mrs. Qi, who was cowardly by nature, did not dare to commit suicide.
So the desperate Mrs. Qi began to pound rice while composing a song: "The son is the king, the mother is the prisoner, pounding the rice all day long, often with death. We are three thousand miles apart, who should tell you!" The song was melodious and the lyrics were sad, which made Empress Lu very angry. In addition, Liu Bang loved Mrs. Qi's talents when he was still alive, so Empress Lu killed Mrs. Qi's son and turned her into a "human pig" so that she could seduce her. All human capital is cut off.
So Mrs. Qi, who had no limbs, no eyes, could neither speak nor hear, was thrown into the toilet like this, squirming helplessly, and died within three days.
Mrs. Qi: Appreciation of the original text of Chung's Song
Introduction: "Mrs. Qi's Song" tells Mrs. Qi's miserable life, her thoughts about her son, and her angry voice. The artistic characteristics of "Mrs. Qi's Song" are recording, simplicity and touching. It is a touching work worth reading among Chinese poems.
Mrs. Qi: Chung Song
The son is the king (1), and the mother is a captive (2).
Chong (3) thin (4) dusk all day long, often with death.
We are three thousand miles apart (5), who should tell you (6).
Notes
(1) The son is the king: refers to Mrs. Qi’s son Liu Ruyi as the king of Zhao.
(2) Captive: slave. "Han Feizi·Five Beetles": Although the labor of the ministers and captives is not hard to do.
(3) Crumb: Pound things in a stone mortar or mortar to break them or remove their shells.
(4) Bo: Tong "force". "Pounding rice all day long" refers to pounding rice every day until dusk.
(5) Three Thousand Miles: This is a false reference. The feudal kingdom of King Zhao Liu Ruyi is located in Zhao, which is far away from the capital Chang'an.
(6) Ru: You.
Background:
The author, Mrs. Qi, was the beloved concubine of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and gave birth to Liu Ruyi, King of Zhao. Because she fought to make her son the prince, Mrs. Qi became Empress Lu's enemy. After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lu became the empress dowager. She imprisoned Mrs. Qi in Yongxiang and asked Mrs. Qi to pound rice all day without any contact with the outside world. "Mrs. Qi's Song" is the accompaniment song written and sung by Mrs. Qi when she was pounding rice.
According to the "Book of Han·Biography of Foreign Relatives", Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, often wanted to depose Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lu, because he thought he was weak, and made Liu Ruyi, the son of Madam Qi, the crown prince. . However, because Empress Lu was a resolute person and assisted the prince with Si Hao, she finally preserved the status of prince Liu Ying. After the death of Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Hui (Liu Ying) succeeded to the throne, and Empress Lu became the empress dowager. She was still worried about this matter, so she ordered Mrs. Qi to be locked up in Yongxiang and asked to wear shabby clothes. He grinds rice all day long to make a living. As a noble concubine, Mrs. Qi was naturally very sad that she had fallen into this situation, but to whom could she confide her resentment? No one cared about her, so she couldn't help but sing out her resentment in the form of a ballad.
Appreciation:
"Mrs. Qi's Song" belongs to Yuefu's "Miscellaneous Songs and Corvene Ci".
"The son is the king, and the mother is the prisoner." The two mediocre beginnings of "Mrs. Qi's Song" actually contain a thrilling overt and covert struggle between Empress Lu and Mrs. Qi. As Liu Bang's favorite concubine, Mrs. Qi also had a short-lived dignity and glory: after Liu Bang became the king of Hanzhong, she often served around her and was "loved and lucky". Her first wife, Empress Lu, became increasingly neglected and alienated because of this; her son, King Zhao Ruyi, had the "rogue" nature of his father, and was not as "kind and weak" as Empress Lu's son Liu Ying (later Emperor Hui). , was praised by Liu Bang as "like me", and almost replaced Liu Ying as the crown prince. Because of such a battle involving the throne, Empress Lu had long hated Mrs. Qi. As soon as Liu Bang died, Empress Lu immediately ordered that Madam Qi be imprisoned in "Yongxiang" (part palace), "Kunnigs (hair shaved off, and an iron ring around her neck), and ocher clothes (red-brown clothes worn by criminals)". She was punished by beating her with a pestle. Mrs. Qi was the concubine of Emperor Gao and the mother of King Zhao, but she became a prisoner of Empress Lu in the morning and evening, which reflects how dangerous the turmoil in the harem of the Han Dynasty was! The first two sentences of "Song of Mrs. Qi" are as follows: The sharp contrast between the status of Mrs. Qi's mother and her son sings out the resentment and injustice of this noble lady trapped in "Eternal Alley".
"Chongqing all day long, often accompanied by death" is the following sentence, further describing the painful situation of Mrs. Qi's endless chopping from morning to night. Of course Mrs. Qi understood that once Liu Bang died, Liu Ying would become emperor, and as the "Empress Dowager" Lu Pheasant would never let her go again. Imprisoned in "Yongxiang" and tortured as a punishment, it was just to humiliate her; after the humiliation, why not kill her? She is actually a death row prisoner who will be killed sooner or later! The phrase "always with death" is so sad and sad. Tao, the sighs of grief and indignation suddenly turned into cries of despair, which was unbearable to listen to.
As the saying goes: "When a bird is about to die, its song is also mournful." "Mrs. Qi's Song" is a song that Mrs. Qi blurted out when she was pounding pestles, using three or five characters. style of "slang songs". The lyrics are simple and clear as words, but they are sad, angry and heart-wrenching. What's so touching about it is that it comes from the true feelings in the heart of a woman who was helpless and suffered misfortune during the harem disputes. It unabashedly sings out the bitterness of her laboring with pestles and longing for her children. Misery, despair and resentment. Because it is the weak who suffer the disaster, it is the most able to win people's sympathy; because it is unpretentious, simple and affectionate, it is the most able to touch the readers' heartstrings.
"Song of Mrs. Qi" literally makes the sentences clear and easy to understand, but after reading it, it makes people feel very heavy. Mrs. Qi wept and complained in the poem, and the lines were full of misery and melancholy. She was deeply dissatisfied that her mother, as a vassal king, was working as a slave for others and was forced to pound rice from morning to night. This kind of life was like struggling on the edge of death, but no one could put herself in this position. He told his son who was thousands of miles away about this situation. How she wished someone could rescue her from this boundless sea of ??suffering! She was shouting and asking for help. This was the only way she could call for help.