1. When the Western Han Dynasty reached the time when Emperor Xuan Di of Han was the emperor, the Han Dynasty was strong for another period. At that time, the Xiong Nu in the north was declining as a result of internal struggles, and finally split into five monarchs. One of them, named Hohanxie, had always been on good terms with the Han Dynasty, and once brought his troops to meet Emperor Xuan of Han. After the death of Emperor Xuan, Emperor Yuan came to the throne. In 33 BC, Hohanxie came to Chang'an again in person and asked for peace with the Han Dynasty. Emperor Yuan agreed and decided to choose a courtesan as a princess to marry Hohanxie.

2. There were many courtesans in the harem who were chosen from the people and were locked up in the palace all day long and wanted to get out of the palace very much, but they were not willing to be married off to the Xiongnu. The minister in charge was very anxious. At this time, there was a court lady who resolutely expressed her willingness to go to Xiong Nu to make peace. Her name was Wang Qiang (qiáng), also known as Zhaojun (昭君), and she was very beautiful and insightful. When the minister in charge of the court heard that Wang Zhaojun was willing to go, he hurriedly reported it to Emperor Yuan. Emperor Yuan commanded his minister to choose an auspicious date for the marriage of Hohanxie and Zhaojun in Chang'an. Shan Yu was happy and excited to have such a young and beautiful wife. Before returning to Xiongnu, when Wang Zhaojun said goodbye to Emperor Yuan of Han, Emperor Yuan of Han saw that she was beautiful, dignified and lovely, and wanted to keep her, but it was already too late.

3. It is said that after Emperor Yuan returned to his palace, the more he thought about it, the more he was chagrined, how could he have failed to realize that he had such a beautiful woman in his harem? He asked someone to take out Zhaojun's portrait again from the palace maid's portrait to look at, only to realize that the Zhaojun on the portrait was far less lovely than in person. Why was she painted like this? It turns out that when the courtesans entered the palace, they were usually not directly selected by the emperor, but were drawn by painters and sent to the emperor to decide whether they would be selected or not. At that time, the painter painted portraits of palace maidens, and the maidens had to give him gifts so that he would paint people beautifully. Wang Zhaojun was not satisfied with this kind of corruption and extortion and did not want to give gifts, so the painter did not paint Wang Zhaojun's beauty as it was. For this reason, Emperor Yuan was extremely annoyed and punished the painter. Wang Zhaojun rode away from Chang'an, escorted by Han and Xiong Nu officials. She braved the biting cold winds outside the Seychelles and traveled a long way to the Xiongnu territory to become the wife of Hu Hanxie Shan Yu.

4. Zhaojun slowly got used to the life of the Xiongnu and got along well with them. She advised Shan Yu not to go to war on the one hand, and passed on the culture of China to the Xiongnu on the other, so that the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty lived in harmony for 60 years. After her death, Zhaojun was buried in Daqing Mountain, which was under the control of the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu people repaired her tomb and worshipped her as a goddess.