In ancient times, there was a very cruel custom called martyrdom. The so-called martyrdom is to kill the living and bury them in the tomb of the dignitaries or emperors. Martyrdom is too cruel, so the ancients also criticized it. Killing the living to be buried is called martyrdom, and those who are chosen to be buried must be ten thousand unwilling. There is also a kind of funeral, that is, everyone yearns for it and tries every means to fight for it, which is the burial of the imperial tomb.
In ancient times, the emperor's tomb was called a mausoleum, an imperial mausoleum, covering an area of several thousand square kilometers. The emperor's children died, and they were generally buried with the emperor's mausoleum. When the emperor's heroes died, if they were given the treatment of burying the imperial tomb, it would be a beautiful thing for The Emperor to honor his ancestors and let future generations have honor. For example, most of Li Shimin's Twenty-Four Heroes of Ling Yan Pavilion were given the treatment of accompanying Zhaoling. Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Chi Jingde, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other heroes, some of them died before Li Shimin, and some died later than Li Shimin, but they were all buried in Li Shimin's Zhaoling Tomb.
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The emperor's three palaces and six courtyards, the harem of three thousand beautiful people, most of them can not enjoy the treatment of burial with the imperial tomb. The person who can accompany the burial of the imperial tomb must first be the empress or concubine. Secondly, while you are alive, you cannot make mistakes. Even so, it may not be able to enjoy the glory of the burial of the imperial tomb. Taking Li Shimin's Zhaoling tomb as an example, empress dowager was Li Shimin's wife, so she could accompany the burial of Zhaoling. Wei Guifei was the head of the concubines, so she could accompany Zhaoling. The Yue Princess Yan was able to accompany Zhaoling because she bore Li Shimin a son, Li Zhen the Prince of Yue.
All in all, being able to accompany the burial of the imperial tomb is the glory of ancient courtiers and concubines. In Li Shimin's later years, there was a Xu Cai who was quite favored. Xu Cairen was born in the Xu clan of the Great Wall of the Gaomen Ling clan, and his family has been an official for generations and is a standard scholar. Xu Cairen and Wucai people entered the palace for about the same time. When Wu Meiniang was depressed and did not make any progress for twelve years, Xu Cairen twice won the promotion title of Li Shimin and became Xu Chongrong. ChongRong is one of the nine concubines, Zheng Erpin. When Xu Hui was in the second pin, Wu Meiniang was still a five-pin talent. It can be seen how much Xu Hui is favored by Li Shimin.
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In Li Shimin's later years, Xu Hui played the role of Empress Eldest Sun in her early years. She accompanied Li Shimin and, like Empress Eldest Sun in her early years, advised Li Shimin. Xu Hui was the only concubine of Li Shimin to have a biography in the Book of the Old and New Tang Dynasties. Xu Hui was able to be passed down by the canonical history, not because of how beautiful she was, but because she had an age-old "Emperor Taizong's Strike of Military Service". This article has been highly praised by the history.
Twenty-three years after Zhenguan, Li Shimin died. At this time, Xu Hui was only 23 years old and 22 years old. Xu Hui missed her husband Li Shimin day and night after his death, and did not think about tea and dinner. Xu Hui mourned Li Shimin and made himself skinny. Xu Hui fell ill and refused to take medicine, and finally collapsed his body. According to the "Book of the Old and New Tang Dynasties", Xu Hui was bent on death, and before she died, she said: "When the emperor meets me thick, he must first sleep in the garden with a dog and horse, and Wu Zhiye." ”
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If a civil couple asks to be buried with their husband after death, that is not a big problem. The crux of the matter is that Li Shimin is not an ordinary person. Li Shimin was the emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, and there were more people who wanted to accompany the emperor to bury him. When Xu Hui was alive, she was only the second-to-last of the nine concubines, and in front of her were empresses, concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, zhaoyi, zhaorong, zhaoyuan, xiuyi, xiuyuan, and chongyi. These people all want to accompany Li Shimin's Zhaoling Tomb, and if they talk about seniority, how can they not take the turn of the little full Xu Hui to accompany the funeral.
The Xu Hui family also has a layer of kinship with Li Zhi. According to the Book of the Old and New Tang Dynasties, Xu Hui had a sister, Xu Shi, who served as a concubine in the harem of Emperor Gaozong of Tang. At that time, Wu Meiniang was working as a nun in the Ganye Temple, and Xu Jieyu was still quite appreciated by Emperor Gaozong of Tang. Xu Hui was bent on dying in order to accompany Li Shimin, and Tang Gaozong had a layer of kinship with Xu Hui. After Xu Hui's death, Emperor Gaozong of Tang agreed to her request to accompany her to the burial of Zhaoling.
Xu Hui stills, thanks to the original author
Xu Hui wants to accompany Zhaoling, and the identity of the full face is obviously not qualified. In ancient times, after the death of a high-ranking official, it was possible to posthumously hold an official position and improve his status. For example, the famous Cheng Yaojin was only a general of the Zhen army when he was alive, and after his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of Grand General of the Hussars. Another example is Li Shimin's mother, Dou Shi, who was only Lady Tang Guo when she was alive, and was posthumously honored as Empress Taimu Shunsheng after her death. In order to allow Xu Hui to accompany him to the burial of Zhaoling, Li Zhi posthumously honored Xu Hui as a concubine.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Concubine Xian was one of the four wives of the emperor, and it can be said that the name of The Zhaoling Tomb where Li Shimin was buried with the body of Concubine Xian. After Xu Hui was posthumously honored as a concubine, she still could not be buried in the Zhaoling Underground Palace. The reason is very simple, the only person who can sleep with Li Shimin in the underground palace is his wife, Empress Eldest Sun. Although Guifei, Shufei, Defei, and Xianfei were known as the fourth lady, in the final analysis, they were still Li Shimin's concubines. The fourth lady can only be buried in another tomb next to the Zhaoling tomb or buried in the stone chamber of the Zhaoling Tomb, and Xu Xianfei is buried in the Zhaoling Stone Chamber of Li Shimin. (This matter is exemplified in the New Book of Tang. The biography of Xu Xianfei said, "Yonghui died in the first year, twenty-fourth year, gave Concubine Xian, and buried in the stone chamber of Zhaoling." ”）
Li Zhi stills, thanks to the original author
Xu Hui died of martyrdom for Li Shimin at the age of 24 and 23. At the cost of her life, she earned herself a concubine's posthumous title. The title of this virtuous concubine is not an honor for the head of the brain, she can bring real benefits to the mother's family. In ancient times, the house of the concubine king was a plus option in his career. The Xu family had the blessing of Xu Xianfei's name and produced several high-ranking officials. Xu Xianfei's father, Xu Xiaode, became the Assassin of Guozhou. Xu Xianfei's younger brother Xu Qiyan (徐奇聃), the official worshiped The Ministry of Worship Shangshu. Xu Xianfei's nephew Xu Jianguan worshipped Prince Shaobao and was knighted as the Duke of Donghai County, which had the blessing of Xu Xianfei.
A woman like Xu Xianfei, although she has left a good reputation in the history of the canon, is very pitiful. When she was 22 years old, she met her husband Li Shimin who died. According to the etiquette system, concubines with children, after the death of the first emperor, went out of the palace to live with their children. Concubines without children could only go out of the palace to the Ganye Temple to accompany the Qinglan Ancient Buddha to the end of his life. If Xu Hui is not martyred, her life will be a nun for the rest of her life. Xu Hui chose to martyr Li Shimin, avoided the loneliness of being a nun for a lifetime, and also won the praise of zhengshi for herself, and also paved the way for the people of her mother's family. Whether Xu Hui's life is worth it or not is also a topic of opinion.
Bibliography: "New and Old Two Tang Dynasties", "Xu Xiaode Family Epitaph"
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