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Chapter 16 Concubine Files 6
The emperor's concubine does not have 3000 people

In Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Regret", it is written that "there are 3000 beauties in the harem, and they are loved by three thousand people." Modern songs also say that "the beauty is crowned with six palaces, and the body is loved by three thousand people." Many people think that the three palaces and six courtyards in the harem must be There are thousands of beauties.But in fact, the number of beauties in the harem is far from 3000, and there are not even 72 concubines in the so-called "Sangong Six Courtyards".Genghis Khan, who has the most concubines, actually has only 44 beauties, and many emperors are monogamous.

西汉高祖刘邦，总共有5位妻子：高皇后吕雉、戚夫人、赵夫人、管夫人、孝文太后薄氏。汉文帝刘恒只有3位妻子：孝文皇后窦氏、慎夫人、尹妃；汉景帝刘启只有3位妻子：孝景皇后薄氏、孝景皇后王娡、栗姬；汉武帝刘彻只有6位妻子：孝武皇后陈娇、思皇后卫子夫、尹婕妤、李夫人、王夫人、钩弋夫人赵氏；汉宣帝刘询只有3位妻子：恭哀皇后许平君、孝宣皇后霍成君、王婕妤；汉元帝刘奭只有3位妻子：孝元皇后王政君、孝元皇后傅氏、中山太后冯媛；汉成帝刘骜只有4位妻子：孝成皇后许氏、孝成皇后赵飞燕、昭仪赵合德、班婕妤。

In addition, according to official history records, Han Hui Emperor Liu Ying, Han Zhao Emperor Liu Fuling, Han Ai Emperor Liu Xin, and Han Ping Emperor Liu Jin were all monogamous.

Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, had only 2 wives, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty Liu Zhuang had only 2 wives, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty Liu Da had only 3 wives, Emperor He of the Han Dynasty Liu Zhao had only 2 wives, Emperor An of the Han Dynasty Liu Hu had only 2 wives, and Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty had only 2 wives. Liu Bao had only 4 wives, Han Heng Emperor Liu Zhi had only 3 wives, Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong had 5 wives, and Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie had only [-] wives.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Wu Liu Yu of the Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties had 3 wives, Emperor Wen Liu Yilong had 4 wives, Emperor Xiaowu Liu Jun had 2 wives, and Emperor Ming Liu Yu had 3 wives.The rest are monogamous.

Except for the sixth emperor Xiao Baojuan who had two wives in Southern Qi, the others were monogamous.

Except for Emperor Wu Xiao Yan who had 3 wives and Emperor Yuan Xiao Yi who had 2 wives, the rest of Xiao Liang were monogamous.

Except for the first emperor Chen Baxian who had 2 wives, and the fifth emperor Chen Shubao who had 3 wives, the rest were monogamous.

Tuoba Gui, Emperor Daowu of the Northern Dynasties and Northern Wei Dynasty, had 3 wives, Emperor Tuoba Si of Emperor Ming Yuan had 2 wives, Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao had 3 wives, Emperor Wencheng Tuoba Jun had 2 wives, Emperor Xiaowen Yuan Hong had 4 wives , Emperor Xuanwu Yuanke had three wives, Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty Yuan Baoju had two wives, and the rest of the emperors were monogamous.

Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty Gao Yang had 3 wives, Emperor Wucheng Gao Zhan had 2 wives, and Emperor Gao Wei had 4 wives. The rest of the emperors were all monogamous.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, except for Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong who had 2 wives and Emperor Xuan Yu Wenyun who had 5 wives, the rest were monogamous.

There were 5 emperors in the Sui Dynasty. Except Wendi Yang Jian had 3 wives and Yangdi Yang Guang had 2 wives, the remaining 3 were monogamous.

唐代，太宗李世民有妻2人、高宗李治有妻3人、中宗李显有妻3人、睿宗李旦有妻2人、玄宗李隆基有妻5人、肃宗李享有妻2人、代宗李豫有妻2人、德宗李适有妻2人、宪宗李纯有妻2人、穆宗李恒有妻3人、懿宗李漼有妻3人、昭宗李晔有妻3人，其余皇帝均是一夫一妻。

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Zhu Wen, the Taizu of the Later Liang Dynasty, had three wives, the last emperor Zhu Zhen had two wives, and the second emperor Zhu Yougui was monogamous.

Later Tang Zhuangzong Li Cunxu had 4 wives, Mingzong Li Quan had 4 wives, Min Emperor Li Conghou and Last Emperor Li Congke were both monogamous.

Later Jin Emperor Gaozu Shi Jingtang was monogamous, and Emperor Shi Chonggui had two wives.

Later Han Gaozu Liu Zhiyuan was monogamous, and Emperor Yin Liu Chengyou had two wives.

Later Zhou Taizu Guo Wei had 4 wives, Sejong Chai Rong had 3 wives, and Emperor Gong Chai Zongxun was monogamous.

The former Shu Gaozu Wang Jian had 4 wives, and the later master Wang Yan had 3 wives.

Yang Xingmi, Taizu of the Southern Wu Dynasty, had two wives, and Emperor Yang Pu was monogamous.

Liu Youguang, the first emperor of Jieyan, had two wives.

Except for the fourth emperor Liu Ji who had two wives in the Southern Han Dynasty, the rest were monogamous.

Huizong Wang Yanjun, Kangzong Wang Jipeng, and Jingzong Wang Yanxi of Fujian all had two wives, and the four emperors Yanzheng were monogamous.

Meng Zhixiang, the great ancestor of Hou Shu, had two wives, and the second emperor Meng Renzan was monogamous.

Li Sheng, the ancestor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Li Yu, the queen master, both had two wives, and Li Jing, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, was monogamous.

北宋太祖赵匡胤有妻3人、太宗赵光义有妻4人、真宗赵恒有妻6人、仁宗赵祯有妻8人、神宗赵顼有妻5人、哲宗赵煦有妻2人、徽宗赵佶有妻8人，而英宗赵曙、钦宗赵桓均为一夫一妻。

南宋高宗赵构有妻7人、孝宗赵昚有妻5人、光宗赵惇有妻2人、宁宗赵扩有妻3人、理宗赵昀有妻3人、度宗赵禥有妻4人，其余均为一夫一妻。

辽世宗耶律阮有妻2人、圣宗耶律隆绪有妻2人、道宗耶律洪基有妻3人、兴宗耶律宗真有妻2人、天祚帝耶律延禧有妻4人，其余诸帝均为一夫一妻。

金太祖完颜旻有妻5人、熙宗完颜亶有妻2人、四任帝完颜亮有妻20人、世宗完颜雍有妻3人、章宗完颜璟有妻4人、宣宗完颜珣有妻3人，其余诸帝均为一夫一妻。

元太祖铁木真有妻44人、太宗窝阔台有妻6人、宪宗蒙哥有妻5人、世祖忽必烈有妻8人、成宗铁穆耳有妻3人、武宗海山有妻6人、仁宗爱育黎拔力八达有妻2人、英宗硕德八剌有妻3人、泰定帝也孙铁木儿有妻11人、明宗和世王束有妻6人、顺帝妥懽帖睦尔有妻3人，其余诸帝均为一夫一妻。

明太祖朱元璋有妻4位、成祖朱棣有妻3人、仁宗朱高炽有妻3人、宣宗朱瞻基有妻15人、英宗朱祁镇有妻2人、景宗朱祁钰有妻2人、宪宗朱见深有妻6人、世宗有妻6人、穆宗朱载厚有妻3人、神宗朱翊钧有妻5人、光宗朱常洛有妻6人、熹宗朱由校有妻4人、思宗朱由检有妻3人，其余诸帝均为一夫一妻。

清太祖努尔哈赤有妻12人、太宗皇太极有妻14人、世祖福临有妻18人、圣祖玄烨有妻32人、世宗胤禛有妻7人、高宗弘历有妻19人、仁宗颙琰有妻11人、宣宗旻宁有妻16人、文宗奕有妻9人、穆宗载淳有妻5人、德宗载湉有妻3人、宣统溥仪有妻5人。

From this set of statistical data, we can see that the emperor's wives are actually not as many as imagined, and no matter how many calculations are made, it is impossible to reach 3000 beauties in the harem.

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