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Chapter 63
The Unsolved Mystery of Concubine Yang Guifei's Life and Death
In 756 AD, the "Anshi Rebellion" broke out, and the rebel An Lushan invaded Chang'an. Tang Xuanzong Li Longji led his concubines and personal guards to flee overnight, and arrived at Maweipo in Shaanxi the next day. At this time, the accompanying soldiers Suddenly launched a rebellion, killed Yang Guozhong, the prime minister of the dynasty, and then pointed the finger at Tang Xuanzong's favorite Concubine Yang Gui.All the officers and soldiers were furious, and they must kill Concubine Yang to avoid future troubles. In desperation, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had no choice but to "order the powerful man to hang himself on the concubine".

Some people say that Yang Yuhuan may have died in a Buddhist hall. "Old Tang Book?"The Biography of Concubine Yang" records: After the general Chen Xuanli of the Imperial Army killed Yang Guozhong and his son, he believed that "the thief is still there" and asked to kill Concubine Yang again to avoid future troubles.Tang Xuanzong had no choice but to bid farewell to the imperial concubine, and "hanged to death in the Buddhist chamber". "Tang Kingdom History Supplement" records: Gao Lishi hanged Concubine Yang to death under the pear tree in the Buddhist hall.Chen Hong's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" records: Tang Xuanzong knew that Concubine Yang Guifei would inevitably die, but he couldn't bear to see her die, so he made people lead her away, "tossing and turning in a hurry, but died under the ruler group".

Yang Guifei may also have died in the chaos.This theory is mainly found in the descriptions in some Tang poems.In the second year of Zhide (757 A.D.) in Chang'an occupied by Anlu Mountain, Du Fu wrote a poem "Ai Jiangtou", in which there is a sentence "Where are the bright eyes and white teeth now, and the blood-stained wandering soul can't return", implying that Concubine Yang Gui is not He was hanged to death in Mawei post, because blood will not be seen when hanged.Others said she died by swallowing gold.In short, all kinds of statements are not the same.

A year later, Tang Xuanzong sent eunuchs to bury the noble concubine, but the people who went there only brought back the sachet that the noble concubine carried during her lifetime. From then on, it was spread among the people that the body of the noble concubine disappeared and the concubine might not be dead.Therefore, for more than 1000 years, people have speculated that Concubine Yang's suicide was replaced by her maid, but the concubine herself took the opportunity to disguise and abscond to other places and survived. Some people even said that Concubine Yang fled to Japan with the "envoy sent to Tang Dynasty".The tomb of a noble concubine rebuilt on Mawei Slope today is just a tomb of clothes. There is a thousand-year-old tomb in Hongmei Village at the foot of Tianguo Mountain in Sichuan. People in the village have passed down from generation to generation that this is a tomb of a noble concubine. After excavation, the facts are far from the legends of the villagers. Far away, what accident happened on Mawei slope more than 1000 years ago, the body of the imperial concubine disappeared, is the rumor that the imperial concubine may not be dead true?

Regarding the sachet in the tomb, people found two different records in the old and new Tang books when searching for historical materials.In the old Tang book, it is said: the skin is damaged, but the sachet is still there; but in the new Tang book, there is only: the sachet is still there.In other words, there is only the sachet, but the body of the imperial concubine is missing.

If the soldiers of the rebellion hadn't inspected Concubine Yang's body after her death, would it indicate that something unexpected happened on Mawei Slope more than 1000 years ago?The doubts generated by the mysterious tomb-digging incident have always troubled people. Why did the body of the imperial concubine disappear without a trace?If her skin was damaged, why didn't the eunuch who went there rebury her, but only brought back the sachet she wore when she was alive?

The rumors about Concubine Yang's eastward journey to Japan were also widely circulated: At that time, it was a maid who was hanged to death in Mawei post.Chen Xuanli, the general of the forbidden army, cherished the beauty of the noble concubine and couldn't bear to kill her, so he conspired with Gao Lishi to replace her with a maid.Concubine Yang Guifei was escorted by Chen Xuanli's cronies and fled south. She sailed to the sea near present-day Shanghai and floated to Kutsu, Kuya Town, Japan, where she spent her entire life.There are also various sayings in Japan.There is a saying that the deceased was a substitute maid. Chen Xuanli, the commander in chief of the army, conspired with Gao Lishi to replace her with a maid.Concubine Yang Guifei was escorted by Chen Xuanli's cronies and fled south. She sailed to the sea near today's Shanghai and arrived in Kutsu, Yabuya Town, Japan.

There is a tomb of Concubine Yang in the "Hometown of Concubine Yang" in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. In 1963, a Japanese girl showed her family tree to the TV audience, saying that she was a descendant of Concubine Yang. In 2002, the famous Japanese movie star Momoe Yamaguchi claimed that she was a descendant of Concubine Yang Guifei when interviewed by media reporters.People were extremely shocked by this explosive news. How could the descendants of Concubine Yang go to Japan?Did the imperial concubine really escape from the Tang Dynasty and go to Dongying?More people prefer to believe that this is just hype by Momoe Yamaguchi.

With the passage of time, the legend about Concubine Yang's death became more and more vivid.Nowadays, many scholars are trying to solve the mystery of Concubine Yang's death, and even spent a lot of time, money and energy, but it has been more than 1000 years, and Concubine Yang has long since disappeared into dust and is nowhere to be found." The history of Yun Xiang’s clothes, flowers and looks, and spring breeze blowing on the threshold of Revlon”, “Looking back and smiling, Bai Meisheng, Liugong Fendai colorless” are gone forever.

In fact, the reason why the rumors of Concubine Yang Guifei's life or death are at loggerheads is that on the one hand, the historical records are rough and unknown, and on the other hand, the romantic descriptions of many literati have brought infinite hopes and fantasies to the world.

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