Concubine Yang is one of the four beauties in China. When she was admiring flowers in the garden, as soon as her fingers touched the flowers, the flowers would shrink and even the leaves would bow their heads. Of course, this description is exaggerated, but there is no doubt that Concubine Yang is good-looking. I believe many people are very curious about Concubine Yang. For example, where is she from?
Actually, Concubine Yang's background is quite good. After all, she belongs to a wealthy family. Moreover, she is proficient in music, can also write poems and songs, and her dancing is also very moving! Concubine Yang's original name was Yang Yuhuan. Her father was Sihu of Shuzhou, and her grandfather Yang Wang was the Minister of Personnel in the Sui Dynasty. Yang Yuhuan was born in Sichuan. Her father died of illness when she was about 10 years old. After that, she left Chengdu, Sichuan and went to live with her uncle. Yang Yuhuan's uncle was named Yang Xuanxuan! Time flies to 735. When Princess Xianyi got married, she invited Yang Yuhuan and her uncle. After entering the palace, the princess's younger brother Li Hao met Yang Yuhuan and fell in love with her at first sight. The princess naturally knew what her brother meant, so she told their mother Concubine Wu Hui about it. After that, the emperor betrothed Yang Yuhuan to her. After marrying Li Mao, Yang Yuhuan became Princess Shou.
Concubine Wu Hui passed away in the second year of her marriage, and Tang Xuanzong was unhappy all day long. By chance, Tang Xuanzong saw Yang Yuhuan and was deeply fascinated by Yang Yuhuan. After that, Tang Xuanzong silently made up his mind to snatch his daughter-in-law away, but this kind of thing was not honorable after all, so he could only plan slowly and do it step by step. First of all, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty sent Concubine Yang Guifei to a Taoist temple to become a nun. In fact, this was just to deceive others! In order to make up for the longevity king Li Hao, in late July of the fourth year of Tianbao (745), under his initiative, the longevity king remarried a princess named Wei. After that, Tang Xuanzong took Yang Yuhuan back. In the palace, she was made a concubine. From then on, all other women in the harem became decorations, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty only favored Concubine Yang.
Tang Xuanzong liked music and dance, and Concubine Yang was also very proficient in these. Moreover, Concubine Yang was a well-behaved person who never asked about politics. The most important thing was that Concubine Yang was very charming. She fascinated Tang Xuanzong in a fog. It was precisely because Concubine Yang was deeply loved by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty that the entire Yang family gradually grew in power. Concubine Yang had a distant brother named Yang Guozhong. This man actually controlled the government and engaged in corruption and bribery with officials! An Lushan also attracted Yang Guozhong and launched a rebellion in the name of Qingjun. Later, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty took Concubine Yang to Shu. When passing through Shaanxi, the imperial army killed Yang Guozhong and asked Emperor Xuanzong to grant Concubine Yang her death. In order to protect himself, Emperor Xuanzong gave Concubine Yang Bai Ling. At this time, Concubine Yang was only 38 years old. After the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty also sent people to search for the body of Concubine Yang Guifei, but they could not find it!
Sichuan is the birthplace of Yang Guifei, but it is not necessarily her ancestral home. Concubine Yang has been living in Chang'an since her stay in Luoyang. In addition, there is actually another theory about Yang Guifei's life experience, saying that she is from Rongzhou, Guangxi. Xu Zizhen's "Stele of Concubine Yang in Puning County, Rongzhou" mentioned that Concubine Yang's nickname was Yuniang, who was from Rongzhou, and her biological father was Yang Wei. He also said that Concubine Yang was not a child of a wealthy family. When the imperial concubine was three years old, she was bought by the military governor Yang Kang because she was very beautiful, and she has been raised as an adopted daughter. After that, Concubine Yang studied and lived with her two brothers from the Yang family. Until one day, Yang Yan learned about the existence of Concubine Yang, and felt that this girl would be unusual when she grew up, so she snatched Concubine Yang away from Yang Kang. Then, Yang Yan took Concubine Yang to Chang'an. Not long after arriving in Chang'an, Concubine Yang became the princess. What happened next is as mentioned above.
Finally, anyone who knows a little about Concubine Yang must know that she likes to eat lychees, so people are even more convinced that Yang Yuhuan is from Rongzhou, Guangxi, but the credibility of this statement has yet to be considered! Although Yang Guifei's inscription also contains records about her life experience, the font of the inscription is very rough and does not seem to be written during the Tang Dynasty! There are many stories about Concubine Yang in history, but most of them are not enough to prove her life experience. Do you think Concubine Yang is from Shanxi or Sichuan?