Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow seems to explain everything, but Bai Juyi is only a poor poet in the Tang Dynasty. Both Yang Guifei and Yang Guifei are taken from some second-hand materials, and they only show Yang's beauty and arrogance, but they don't show the artistic conception of love like "the love of a gentleman" in the Book of Songs, which makes people have to suspect that Bai Juyi regards himself as.

Is there love between them? I think it should be analyzed from the following aspects.

First, the absurd background absurd things.

This happened in the families of emperors and nobles, that is to say, it didn't happen in the families of ordinary people. The so-called satiety and lust, which are expensive for the royal family, should be higher than satiety. When Li Longji married Yang Yuhuan, he was already in his fifties. That's not the prime of life, because Li Longji is old, so 18-year-old Yang Yuhuan can arouse Li Longji's youth, but it's only a flash in the pan and can't last long. In the Tang Dynasty, when women were open to the outside world, things between men and women were not reserved. Like the ruling and opposition parties, there is a short story that can be explained: It is said that a couple were farming in the countryside, and the woman met a man she liked on the road, so she had a good chat with him, but her husband didn't agree. He didn't say anything, but he plowed the land alone, as if he didn't know. This is still the case among the people, not to mention the royal family.

This matter is very complicated. Yang Yuhuan was originally the wife of Li Mao, the son of Li Longji, and they loved each other very much. Li Longji has a very favorite concubine, Li Mao's mother Wu Huifei. It is said that Wu Huifei was deeply loved by Xuanzong, and he was a man who could have a heart-to-heart conversation. After Wu Huifei died, Li Longji was very depressed and moped all day. At that time, some people said what Yang Yuhuan was like. Li Longji summoned his daughter-in-law Yang Yuhuan, but when he saw this scene, Li Longji looked at each other. Please note that it was Li Longji who fell in love with his daughter-in-law, not his daughter-in-law who fell in love with his father-in-law. Yang Yuhuan is very similar to Wu Huifei in appearance and figure. The difference is that after several summonses, Li Longji found that this daughter-in-law was not only beautiful, good at singing and dancing, but also considerate, which relieved Li Longji's worries. Thus, a wife-snatching war began. As the emperor of Li Longji, he ordered Yang Yuhuan to become a monk and then married her. The war between father and son and wife was completely won, because Li Longji was the emperor and his son Li Mao died in grief. The so-called virtue of men and women, the virtue of father and son, became worthless in the Tang royal family, or in the homes of emperors of past dynasties. Although, this seems to have nothing to do with love. But what about the love between Li Mao and Yang Yuhuan? Isn't it love?

What happened next seemed even more ridiculous, all because of An Lushan's intervention. An Lushan was a big horse in history, but he was by no means an ugly man. He danced graceful Hu Xuan dance and played the fool fully distracted, which was very popular in Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan. Yang once regarded An Lushan as his adopted son, and Ann was twenty years older than Yang. Actually, there is a stalk here. An Lushan regards Yang Yuhuan as a godmother. Its essence is to please Li Longji. In order to gain more power and wealth, it is impossible to prove whether Yang Yuhuan and An Lushan really have an affair. However, an ancient drama "Drunkenness of the Imperial concubine" shows at least one thing, that is, the loneliness and impatience of Yang Guifei's deep palace, and only eunuch Gao Lishi is around, which can't decompose the sufferings of a woman in her twenties. Excuse me, where did Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, go for countless drunken nights? It is hard to say whether the Anshi Rebellion had an affair with Yang.

Judging from the above analysis, Li Longji married his son's wife, which actually showed the authority and orders of the emperor. Although there are reasons for opening the Tang door, it is sealed up after all. Yang, a daughter-in-law, has a deep affection for Li Mao, but she can't resist the emperor's orders, so she often gets drunk late at night. The so-called love, is it a rebellion with An Shi?

Second, those things about men and women.

Li Longji is an emperor, but he is also a man. What a man in his fifties needs more at this time is a spiritual partner, who can help him resolve his melancholy and troubles and be interesting rather than lonely. Yang Yuhuan was born in a son-of-a-bitch family, and his education since childhood is estimated to be three obedience and four virtues, so it is natural for him to wait on Li Longji. Great changes have taken place in Yang Yuhuan, from the wife of the prince to the wife of the emperor. As an enlightened person in the Yang family, she must also have a sense of family honor. As a woman, she has become an immortal. What else can she ask for?

Therefore, Li Longji's love for Yang Yuhuan is almost limited to the extent that he has a companion when he is old, and he is a companion who understands men. And his company is not only his own glory, but also the glory of the Yang family. The so-called love is just a kind of companionship related to politics.

Third, life and death can be learned.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Yang Yuhuan became the biggest recluse. When Chen forced the execution of Yang Guifei, where did the majesty and power of the emperor go? Although he loved in his later years, it was not Yang's fault after all. If Yang Guifei is sentenced to death, the practical problems can be solved. Why did he wait until the An Shi Rebellion happened? Is the behavior of Chen and others only because of the existence of?

In the final analysis, death is for you, because Yang didn't die. What he lost was not just a woman, but the whole country. Between woman and country, he chose country. It is not that women in feudal society are like clothes, but how much of this love is true and sincere?

After all, Yang Yuhuan is just a beloved princess. She is neither a lonely queen nor a grandson queen. Her existence is the same as that of Zhao Hede in Zhao Yanfei. Isn't there a saying called "ring fat and swallow thin"? Not just face value. When the Tang Dynasty was reopened, there was no room for women to fight for life and death before the emperor. Unless you are Wu Zetian, you have to die if you want to. In this case, then love is just a humble struggle. What is great love?

In a word, the so-called love between Yang Yuhuan and Li Longji is just a story written by a poet who moved to another place. This is the so-called poet's humble yearning for the emperor's longing for life, and also his pity for the heroine Yang Yuhuan.

There is no love between them.