Netizens have been talking about the love between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei. I don't want to dwell on specific details, but I just want to analyze the love between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei from a psychological point of view. I hope netizens will criticize and correct me.
According to historical records such as Old Tang Shu, New Tang Shu and Zi Tongzhi Jian, in the 22nd year of Kaiyuan, Li Mao and Yang Yuhuan fell in love at first sight. At the repeated request of Wu Huifei (Li Mao's mother), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty wrote a letter to make Yang Yuhuan a long-lived princess. After marriage, the two fell in love, which can be said to be a perfect match. This is a perfect game. Five years after the couple got married, Emperor Xuanzong met Yang Yuhuan and was fascinated by Yang Yuhuan's beauty. In order to get Yang Yuhuan, he thought of a clever way. He ordered Yang Yuhuan to become a monk by imperial edict, named him "Taizhen", moved out of Shouwangfu and lived in Taizhen Palace. Then, Li Mao, the longevity king, married Wei's daughter and made her a princess to appease the longevity king. Five years later, when Yang Yuhuan's precepts expired, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty wrote to Yang Yuhuan, demanding secularization and entering the palace, and was officially canonized as the imperial concubine. Li Mao, the birthday girl, just dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak. Li Shangyin once wrote a poem "Singing Yang Fei on Mount Li", in which he wrote: "The flying spring on Mount Li is warm and fragrant, and Gu Yulian's family in Kowloon, the Ming people are blessed with longevity, not from the golden jade, but from the longevity king." You can see the mood of defending Wang Li Mao at that time. Some people say that Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty never dared to make Yang Yuhuan the queen, and he was also worried that Li Mao, the birthday girl, would launch a coup. This is impossible, because Li Mao, the longevity king, is a loser himself. He doesn't have the courage.
Although "Old Tang Book" said: "It's so beautiful, good at singing and dancing, smooth in melody and brilliant, it moves like this every time I look forward to welcoming." The author still thinks that Tang Xuanzong's love for Yang Guifei at this time is not real love, but a possession of beauty. Because from the age analysis, Tang is over 50 years old, with good nutrition and maintenance, and the demand for sex is still strong. He wants to vent his lust when he sees beauty. Once you have it, once the novelty is over, you will be impressed by Shu and want to play with more beautiful women. Tang Xuanzong is a romantic childe, which shows how many women Tang slept with. In this way, I was not satisfied, so I specially set up a flower and bird messenger who was served by a eunuch. I went to the folk to collect young and beautiful women and sent them to the palace to sleep with him. Today I slept with this beautiful girl, and tomorrow I will have sex with another handsome maid-in-waiting. Slowly put Yang aside, I couldn't stand it, and I lost my temper with Tang. As an emperor who can get any woman he wants, how can he allow a woman to run wild in front of him! In a rage, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered Yang Guifei to be sent back to her family! Does Tang really love Yang Guifei? Obviously not. Writing here, the author reminds me of a widely circulated story: a man with a wife and a concubine is young and beautiful. The man goes to the concubine's room for the night every day and never goes to his wife's room. My wife couldn't stand loneliness, and she couldn't stand it, so she told the old lady next door about it. The old woman gave her wife an idea. Let the wife make up every day, put on new clothes, hide when she sees her husband, and lock the door every night, but her husband won't open it. After waiting for a year or so, your husband must take the initiative to find you. You can't ask my husband to stay in my room for the night after he comes to sleep for a few nights. This will ensure that your husband will not neglect you. In the current words, it is actually called love preservation. The wife did, and it really worked. This shows a truth: no matter how loving a couple is, there will be no long-term romantic passion. After a short period of separation, both sides will feel fresh and love will be stronger. Tang Xuanzong is no exception. He has been with Yang Guifei for a long time, and he feels stale. After being apart for a period of time, they will miss Yang Guifei again and want to drink tea instead of eating, but it is hard to say because of face. Gao Lishi deserves to be the confidant of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. He knows the mind of Tang Xuanzong best. He said to Emperor Tang Mingdi: The imperial concubine will suddenly go home, and the family will have no time to arrange it. Should she send all the furnishings and playthings in the Imperial Palace to Yang Gang's house (Yang Yuhuan has no parents, so she can only go back to her brother Yang Gang's house)? Gao Lishi's words are exactly what Tang Xuanzong wanted. Tang Xuanzong immediately agreed. According to History as a Mirror, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty sent someone to send more than 100 cars, and also gave half of Gao Lishi's royal beard to Yang Guifei. In the evening, Gao Lishi told me about Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Did you get the imperial concubine back? This time, I talked about the heart of Tang Xuanzong. According to the rules of the Tang dynasty, the palace gate should be closed at night, and the doors of all the squares should be closed, and no one is allowed to walk. Emperor Xuanzong personally instructed the imperial army to pick it up. The emperor sent someone to pick him up, which was tantamount to apologizing to Yang Guifei. According to "Biography of Yang Guifei in Old Tang Dynasty", after returning to the palace, Yang Guifei "knelt down to apologize" and took the initiative to apologize to Tang. Tang Xuanzong was even happier when he heard this. He quickly helped Yang Guifei and comforted her, and they made up. The next day, Yang Guifei's three sisters all came to the palace to congratulate. Tang Xuanzong immediately ordered that Yang Guifei's three sisters1100,000 be rewarded every year to buy powder! According to the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty, "it is impossible for the emperor to give gifts to the left and right". Tang Xuanzong also said that he would turn over a new leaf and stop flirting. "Zi Tong Zhi Jian" said: "The more fortunate you are, the less you can enter the harem." On the surface, it seems that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty can't live without Yang Guifei. In fact, this is just a trick of Yang Guifei, who temporarily tied Tang Xuanzong with love preservation method.
We can't assert that Tang Xuanzong's love for Yang Guifei is true love. We can only say that this is only a temporary convergence of Playboy by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Because both men and male animals have the urge to occupy many opposite sexes. We can see the lion king, tiger king, monkey king and so on in the animal world. Only the king can mate with the females in the group, and the males who are not kings can never be treated like this. Look at some so-called successful men who have the right and money now, and how many people keep mistresses and mistresses outside! Based on this, we can infer that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty would never accept Yang Guifei because of "the grace of three thousand", as Bai Juyi said in Song of Eternal Sorrow. Tang Xuanzong was sure to have intimate relations with other concubines, but the historian didn't record it in order to deceive Yang Guifei. You know, the Tang Dynasty is the official history. The reason why Emperor Taizong killed his younger brother and forced his father to step aside was because the scandal of the emperor could not be recorded.
Let's see if Yang Guifei really loves Tang Xuanzong. According to Zi Jian, "Yang Guifei replied". What I mean here is that Yang Guifei has an affair. According to the biography of Yang Taizhen, one day in February of the ninth year of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty saw Yang Guifei secretly blowing the purple Yu Di of Wang Ning, the eldest brother of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. The moral of female playing male flute is that the relationship between two people is unusual, that is, Yang Guifei and Wang Ning have an affair! In this regard, Zhang Hu's poem "Ninggelai" makes it very clear: "The fog in Miyagi is half open at sunrise, which is really unpredictable. Huang pointed to Xishu and did not believe that Ning Ge would return to Malaysia. " Some people have verified that this is not true, because when Tianbao was nine years old, Li Xian, the king of Ning, had been dead for ten years. But whether it is true or not, this kind of thing will not be groundless anyway. If Yang Guifei had devoted herself to Tang Xuanzong, this rumor would not have happened. There is also a saying that it is the fault of Yang Guifei's sister. Yang Guifei's three sisters are gorgeous and widowed at a young age. After Yang Guifei's favor, her three sisters often went out of the palace, and Tang Xuanzong was very kind to the three great uncles, and they were all named first ladies. The eldest brother is Mrs Han, the second is Mrs Guo, and the third is Mrs Qin. Among them, Mrs. Guo is the most beautiful and dissolute, and likes riding horses, showing a kind of handsomeness. Tang Xuanzong was a lecherous, and his eyes had long been attracted by Mrs. Guo. To this end, he also wrote a poem called "Gathering the Lingtai", which reads: "Madam Guo owes the Lord a favor and rides into the palace gate. But it's too tired to dye, and it's light to sweep Emei to the supreme. " Some people think this poem is not credible. The author still insists on the truth that there is no smoke without fire. Anyway, there is something wrong with Mrs. Guo, otherwise this kind of poem would not have appeared. Last time Yang Guifei went out of the palace, Tang Xuanzong couldn't eat or sleep. This time, when Yang Guifei left the palace, Tang Xuanzong just held his horses. On the one hand, Tang Xuanzong felt that Yang Guifei was stale and tired of playing. On the other hand, you can also smell Yang Guifei's affair. This time, Yang's family was very anxious, but it was not easy to come forward, so they had to ask the doctor too much to lobby. Moon Hee's words finally moved Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. He sent a eunuch to see Yang Guifei and sent her a half-beard. Yang Guifei thought that Tang Xuanzong would pick her up as soon as he got home. Unexpectedly, there was no movement for a long time, and she was scared to cry. When the eunuch came, she knew that the emperor missed her again, so Yang Guifei cut off a lock of hair and gave it to the eunuch, saying, "My concubine deserved to die, but fortunately your majesty didn't kill her. Today, you have to leave the imperial court forever. The treasures are all given by your majesty, which is not enough. Only the author's parents dare to recommend them sincerely. " Say goodbye to Tang Xuanzong. Why did Yang Guifei cry? Probably, she knew that she had done something doomed to failure. Why did Yang Guifei bid farewell to Tang Xuanzong's hairstyle? Probably, I feel that I have made a serious mistake and have no face to see Tang Xuanzong again, so I want to use a farewell hairstyle to arouse Tang Xuanzong's pity. As it happens, Emperor Taizong has not seen Yang Guifei for several days and wants to have another taste. He immediately sent Gao Lishi to pick up Yang Guifei. If the above two things are not enough to show that Yang Guifei doesn't really love Tang Xuanzong, let's take a look at the relationship between Yang Guifei and An Lushan. An Lushan is a sly man and good at handling affairs. He is only ten years older than Yang Guifei and much younger and stronger than Tang Xuanzong. No matter what the purpose of An Lushan is, he did call Yang Guifei's foster mother, but Yang Guifei just smiled after hearing this, apparently very willing to close the relationship with An Lushan. Tang Xuanzong didn't see the mystery and encouraged Yang Guifei to accept this "adopted son". From then on, Yang Guifei went out with An Lushan, and in the long run, she hooked up with traitors. According to the history books, Yang Guifei also held a "washing three" ceremony for her adopted son An Lushan. She had An Lushan put in a big bathtub like a baby and bathed him herself. There are books, and once An Lushan scratched Yang Guifei's chest. A man can scratch a woman's chest, who can say that he has nothing to do! This must be Yang Fei's suspicion that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was too old to satisfy his own desires, so he found a strong border town general, An Lushan, to entertain himself.
During the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty fled to Mayi Post, and the sergeant mutinied and killed Yang. Yang was furious and forced Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty to kill Yang Guifei. Tang Xuanzong finally fled to Shu for refuge, and the prince ascended the throne in Lingwu, honoring Tang Xuanzong as the emperor's father. In the second year of Zhide, Tang Suzong recovered Xijing. As the father of the emperor, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was also taken back to Chang 'an and placed in Nannei, with only Gao Lishi accompanying him. From a psychological point of view, if a person is surrounded by a group of flattering people every day and leads a carefree life, even if one or two people he likes leave, the pain is temporary and he does not feel particularly reluctant to leave. Once this person is lonely, especially in old age, he is very sad and will definitely think of many good days in the past. Therefore, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty will definitely remember Yang Guifei.
From the perspective of human marriage, this is also completely in line with the law of marriage development. The law of the development of human marriage is: group marriage (disorderly marriage)-alien marriage-pairing marriage-monogamy. According to the survey on the marital status of the Yi nationality by historians in 1960s, the general situation is as follows: 18-25 years old men and women keep sexual relations with more than 20 members of the opposite sex on average; Men and women aged 26-35 maintain sexual relations with 15 members of the opposite sex on average; Men and women aged 36-45 maintain sexual relations with 8 or 9 members of the opposite sex on average; Men and women aged 46-50 maintain sexual relations with 5 or 6 members of the opposite sex on average; 5 1-56 years old men and women keep heterosexual relationships with 2 or 3 people on average; People over the age of 57 basically have a fixed sexual relationship with the opposite sex. In other words, only when people are old can they form a true monogamy. Tang Xuanzong is no exception.
To sum up, before the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Tang Xuanzong's love for Yang Guifei was just doll-like love, not exclusive love. Yang Guifei's love for Tang Xuanzong is for the benefit of her family and to satisfy her vanity, not her exclusive love for Tang Xuanzong. After the Anshi Rebellion was settled, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was put into limbo as the emperor's father. When Gao Lishi and two old people were alone in the cold room and looked at each other alone, they really remembered and really loved Yang Guifei. Tang Xuanzong's yearning for Yang Guifei at this time is true love.