Xiao Guanyin

Xiao Guanyin

Xiao Guanyin (from February 15, 1040 to December 23, 1075) was the first empress of yeluhongji, a Taoist priest of Liao Dynasty, and a poetess of Liao Dynasty. She is charming and charming, introverted and delicate. She is very talented. She often makes her own lyrics, proficient in poetry and melody, and good at talking. She played the lute well, which was called the first one at that time. There are also poems, which are praised as talented women by Liao daozong.

During the reign of emperor Chongxi, he was made a concubine by yeluhongkina, the king of yanzhao, and gave birth to yelujun, the crown prince. In December 1055 (the first year of Qingning), she was named Queen Yide. Because of his remonstrance to hunting Qiushan, he was alienated by the emperor and wrote ten poems in huixinyuan. In November 1075 (the first year of Dakang), Yelv Yixin, Prime Minister of Khitan, Zhang Xiaojie, Prime Minister of Han Dynasty, Gong maidservant Dan Deng, Jiaofang Zhu DINGHE and others entered the shixiangci of Liao daozong and falsely accused empress Xiao of having an affair with Zhao Zhiwei, the Lingguan. Xiao Guanyin was given death by daozong, and his body was sent back to the Xiao family. In June of 1101 (the first year of Qiantong), Emperor Tianzuo pursued his posthumous grandmother as empress Xuanyi and was buried in Qingling.

Overview photo source: inside Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, a portrait of a supporter, Xiao Guan (painted in 1056)

Life of the characters

birth

Xiao Hui, the father of Xiao Guanyin, is the younger brother of Xiao Fujin, the mother of Liao Xingzong. Mother jerushi dreamed that the moon fell into her arms, and the sun rose again, shining so brightly that she could not look up. When Xiao Hui knew this, she said, "this girl will be too expensive to die, and she will have a daughter in five days, which was taboo by the ancients. Her life has been decided. What can I do?" Since his childhood, Xiao Guanyin was able to recite poems and classics and history books. When he grew up, he was beautiful and ranked first among the Xiao family. Because he looked like Guanyin Bodhisattva, he got the small word "Guanyin".

Zhengwei Zhonggong

In the 22nd year of the reign of emperor Chongxi (1053), yeluhongji, a privy envoy of the north and South Council, was appointed king of Yanzhao. He is also the Grand Marshal of the army and horse in the world. He knows the secret affairs and prepares the government affairs. Because of her admiration for Xiao Guanyin, she was accepted as a concubine.

In the 24th year of Chongxi (the first year of Qingning), on the fourth day of August (August 28, 1055), yeluzongzhen, the emperor of Liaoxing, died and yeluhongji succeeded. On the fifth day of December (December 25, 1055), Xiao Guanyin was chosen as the queen. In August of the second year of Qingning, Yelv Hongji was hunting in Qiushan, and Xiao Guanyin accompanied him to fuhulin. Yelv Hongji ordered Xiao Guanyin to write a poem "Fu Hu Lin Ying Zhi". Daozong was very happy and called Xiao Guanyin a talented woman. On November 26 (January 4, 1057), Xiao Guanyin was honored as Queen Yide. On the seventh day of August in the third year of Qingning (September 8, 1057), Yelv Hongji dedicated his and Xiao Guanyin's poems to the Empress Dowager Xiao Tali with the collection of poems by the emperor and his ministers.

Qingning four years (1058), born Prince yelujun. The emperor's uncle, Yelv, congratulated the imperial concubine of the Yuan Dynasty. She was gorgeous and proud. Xiao Guanyin warned her, "for your wife, why do you have to do this?" Therefore, the concubine hated Xiao Guanyin and incited Yelv Chongyuan to revolt. Yelv Chongyuan's father and son conspired against him. On July 19, 1063 (August 15, 1063), the army set up, which led to the rebellion of the Yuan Dynasty. He soon failed. At that time, Yelv Yixin and others were promoted for their outstanding deeds, and soon lost their power to the government and the opposition. At that time, Xiao Guanyin was favored by the Taoist school and did not associate with Yelv Yixin, which made Yelv Yixin very depressed.

On the first day of the first month of the first year of emperor Xianyong (February 8, 1065), yelujunce, the king of Liang, became the crown prince. Yeluyixin began to plot against the Queen's family. In the last years of Xianyong, Xiao Guanyin wrote ten poems of huixinyuan to express his feelings of melancholy. In huixinyuan, Xiao Guanyin asked Zhao Weiyi, the court musician, to compose music and often summoned her. It was widely spread in the imperial palace that they were in agreement.

An unjust case of adultery

background

On June 26, the first year of Dakang (August 10, 1075), the crown prince began to take part in the political affairs of the imperial court. Yelv Yixin's plot for Empress Xiao and the prince is more and more intense. When he learns that she hates the empress, he colludes with her to murder Xiao Guanyin.

Dandeng's maid was originally the maid of Yelv Chongyuan's family. She can also play Zheng. Every time she competed with Zhao, she was not used. Xiao Guanyin summoned her to play the 28th tune of the 4th day. After the competition, she felt inferior. Shan Deng often complains to her sister Qingzi, who happens to be Yelv Yixin's mistress. Naturally, she soon comes to Yelv Yixin.

Yelv Hongji once called Dan Deng to play, and may also want to spoil her. Xiao Guanyin said, "she's a servant girl of a traitor. It's hard to guarantee that she won't take revenge for the Lord like yurang in the spring and Autumn period." so Yelv Hongji didn't get too close to her.

process

Yelv Yixin ordered people to write a vulgar and obscene Shixiang Ci, which was written by "telijian" (empress) of the Song Dynasty and asked the empress to "write a letter to the emperor". In this way, it can be called "two unique" of Ci and Shu. Xiao Guanyin didn't know what the plan was. After writing for him, he wrote his own seven character quatrain "nostalgia". The poem said: "only Zhao Jiazhuang is in the palace, but the rain and clouds are defeated and the king is mistaken. The only way to know is to see the flying swallow in Zhaoyang. " Yelv Yixin took advantage of the situation and ordered Dan Deng to accuse Zhao Weiyi of having an affair with the queen. Believing in slander, daozong attacked empress Xiao with "tieguduo" and almost died. Daozong also sent Zhang Xiaojie and Yelv Yixin to try the case. They tortured Xiao Guanyin. Yelv Yixin tortured Zhao Weiyi with nails and charcoal fire. He also arrested Gao Changming, an artist of the Jiaofang, and tortured him severely. Both of them were forced to do so.

According to Yelv Yixin's "the private actors and officials of the queen of Zou Yide", the process of Xiao Guanyin's affair with Zhao is described

On October 23, the first year of Dakang (December 3, 1075), according to the confession of Dan Deng, the maidservant of waizhibieyuan palace, and Zhu DINGHE, the Jiaofang, Zhao Weiyi, the Lingguan of our Fang, had a private relationship with Gao Changming, the Chengzhi (official name) of our Fang. Because he was good at playing the lute, he was summoned into our Fang. Relying on the empress's favor, he acted recklessly to offend the forbidden rites and planned to serve empress Yide, In September of the sixth year of Xianyong, when the empress came to Muye mountain, Zhao Yide summoned him to play zither. At that time, the empress would make ten pieces of "huixinyuan" by the emperor, and Zhao would be the only one to make the tune.

From morning to evening, the Queen looks under the curtain and plays with Zhao through the curtain. In the evening, he ordered to light the candle and Zhao to take off his official uniform and wear a green scarf, a gold forehead, a purple shirt with narrow sleeves and black boots. Wearing a purple and gold phoenix shirt, an apricot and gold skirt, a Baibao hairpin on her head and red phoenix boots on her feet, the queen ordered Zhao to put aside her inner tent and play the lute.

After that, they drank wine and played the piano for a while. Until the drum of the courtyard struck three times, they ordered the waiter to pay the bill. At that time, they were on duty alone. Instead of hearing the sound of playing the piano and drinking, they heard laughter. So Shan Deng secretly eavesdropped outside the account. Hear queen say: "can seal you to do Lang Jun". Zhao only said in a low voice: "although the slave is strong, he is only a small snake. Naturally, he can't defeat Khan's real dragon." The queen said, "although it's a little fierce snake, it's better than a real lazy dragon." After that, I only heard "I feel like a child crying in a dream".

With the fourth beat of the drum, the queen ordered Shan Deng to uncover the account and said, "Zhao Zhiyi is drunk and unconscious. Wake him up for me." Shan Deng called many times before he woke up, so he got up and left. The queen gave him a suitcase of gold and silk, and Zhao only went out to thank him. Later, although the queen called at any time, Zhao only did not dare to enter the account.

The empress missed him very much, so she gave her ten fragrant words to Zhao Yiyi.

Later Zhao only showed off "Shixiang Ci" in front of Zhu DINGHE. Zhu DINGHE won his ci. Later, he and Shan Deng were afraid to sit together and found Yelv Yixin, begging Yelv Yixin to play for him.

dispute

There have always been different opinions on this famous historical case. Some people think that it was the conspiracy of Yelv Yixin, and Xiao Guanyin was wronged. Others think that Xiao Guanyin really had an affair with Zhao Guanyin, but unfortunately he became the victim of political struggle.

At that time, although Khitan was already a Chinese nation, it was far less strict than the Central Plains Dynasty in terms of moral concepts, especially in terms of gender communication. It was unthinkable in the central plains that Xiao Guanyin openly called male actors to play the piano in his bedroom. Without too much moral restraint, it is not impossible for the disfavored queen to fall in love with the versatile Lingguan. However, even if this kind of thing happens, Xiao Guanyin will not lose his life according to the custom of Khitan. Wang Ding, a native of Zhuozhou, wrote the details of Xiao Guanyin's unjust case into the record of burning peppers, and included all the memorials and poems at that time. He tried his best to express his grievances for Xiao Guanyin. He believed that the reason for Xiao Guanyin's misfortune was "good music and good poetry". If she didn't write huixinyuan, there would be no shixiangci; if she was not good at writing, she would not write erotic poems by hand, and the coincidence of nostalgia is hard to explain.

Hang oneself to death

On the third day of November in the first year of Dakang (December 23, 1075), before the prison became a general, Xiao Weixin, the Deputy Secretary of the Privy Council, denounced Yelv Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie in order to save Xiao Guanyin's life: "if you are a minister, you should be a candlelight officer to clean up the wrongs and destroy this generation (Dan Deng), so as to repay the country and rectify the country. Why do you think you can get it? I think it's better to wait for him. " But in vain.

When Yelv Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie played together, Liao daozong also hesitated. Zhang Xiaojie wrote that in the poem of nostalgia, "only Zhao's makeup is in the palace" and "only a month to know" contains the word "Zhao's only one". So the emperor ordered empress Xiao to commit suicide. Xiao Guanyin, a son and four daughters, knelt down to beg for the death of his surrogate mother, which was refuted by Taoism. Before Xiao Guanyin committed suicide, he wanted to see daozong for the last time, but he was not allowed to,