In the battle of Ohi, Xiang Yu was defeated and returned to the camp, the Han army besieged several times, and at night, the Han army's camps were heard to have the sound of the Chu song, Xiang Yu was shocked: "Could it be that the Han army has already occupied the Chu land? Why are there so many Chu people?" Under the full of sorrow, he got up and drank wine in the tent.
Xiang Yu has a very favored concubine, called Yu Ji, who often follows him; there is a steed, named Wu Zhui, which is often ridden. After three rounds of wine, Xiang Yu had a lot of feelings.
He sang: "The power to pull mountains and the gas to cover the world, the time is not favorable, and the piebald [zhuī] does not pass away. Zhui does not pass away, but what can be done about it, and what can be done about it!" (My strength can pull up great mountains, my temperament can overwhelm the world, but the times are not favorable, and my piebald is no longer flying, my piebald is no longer flying! What shall I do with it? Yu Ji, Yu Ji, what shall I do with you?) The song was sung several times.
Yu Ji sings, "The Han soldiers have already gained control of the land, and the song of Chu is being sung on all sides. （
Yu Ji said, "The Han soldiers have gained the land of Chu, and there are songs of Chu on all sides, and the king's will has been exhausted, so how can I live in the world? After the song, Yu Ji cut her own throat and Xiang Yu shed hot tears. Xiang Yu also shed tears. All the people around him did not dare to look up at him, and this is the historical "Farewell My Concubine" (the stratagem of "Chu Song" successfully disturbed Xiang Yu's heart, and made him make a decision to break out of the siege).
In December of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty (202 BC), Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, who was already very passive in the situation, gave up his army and fled to Gaixia (present-day Lingbi, Anhui Province), where the Han army quickly followed and surrounded the 100,000-strong Chu army. At this time, the Han army had won successive battles and their morale was high, so they wanted to destroy the Chu army and pacify the world.
On the other hand, the Chu army, with fewer soldiers and less food, was unable to win the battles, and the result of victory or defeat seemed to be easy to predict. One night, Xiang Yu stayed in his tent and suddenly heard the Chu songs around him.
So, Xiang Yu said the famous words in history: "Han has got Chu? Why are there so many Chu people?" ("The Records of the Grand Historian - Xiang Yu's Chronicle") After the sadness, the once mighty, invincible generation of military gods could only helplessly sing: "Powerful mountains and gas cover the world, time is not favorable, and piebald does not pass away. Zhui does not pass away, but what can be done about it, what can be done about it? Xiang Yu sang like this several times, and Yu Ji, the beauty who has been accompanying him, also sang a sad song in harmony.
Listening to the desolate song of the perfect man, Xiang Yu cried bitterly, so he turned on his horse, led the strong men under his command of more than 800 people to kill out of the siege, ran south, and killed himself on the bank of the Wujiang River soon after. And that beauty, Yu Ji, has never been heard of again, disappearing into the river of history.
The above story was first published in the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Chu and Han Dynasties and in the Records of the Grand Historian (史记-项羽本纪). Let's not talk too much about the "Records of the Grand Historian", while the "Spring and Autumn Annals of the Chu and Han Dynasties" may be unfamiliar to you.
In fact, this book is a famous scholar of the early Han Dynasty, one of the important strategists of the Liu Bang Group, Lu Jia, to the Southern Song Dynasty when the anonymous. Although it has not been handed down, but historians have evaluated it, that "it is particularly detailed in the words of the Qin and Han things."
Records of the Qin and Han dynasties are very detailed, so Sima Qian in the writing of the Records of the Grand Historian, also cited a large number of "Chu Han Spring and Autumn Annals" in the information. However, in the Spring and Autumn Annals of Chu and Han, there is a song of "beauty and harmony".
Attention to detail and curiosity of Sima Qian did not record in the Records of the Grand Historian. Moreover, neither book mentions the end of Yu Ji.
As a matter of common sense, it is unlikely that Yu Ji would have survived, or else there would not have been the popular rumor that she killed herself. In the battle of Gaixia, in the midst of all the Chu songs, drinking from the Chu tent can only be the only ending for Yu Ji.
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After the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu led his army into Guanzhong, where he was able to destroy the tyrannical Qin Dynasty with his five vassals, which shook the world. After the death of Qin, the world was divided into eighteen feudal lords.
Xiang Yu not only has outstanding bravery and courage, but also left the ancient masterpiece "Gaixia Song". Sima Qian commented: "All the major government is made by Yu, and he is called the king of Western Chu, with the same power as the emperor.
Although the position is not final, there has not been one since ancient times." His appearance, for the history of China set off a shocking storm clouds, wrote a period of immortal myth.
Xiang Yu was defeated by the allied forces of Liu Bang and various vassals at Gaixia in 202 BC and killed himself by the Wu River at the age of 31. Yu Ji (虞姬), one of the most famous female figures of the late Qin Dynasty, was known as "Beauty of Yu" (虞美人).
In Shuyang County (Shuyang, under Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, named after the sun of the Shu River), she was a native of Yanji Township, and was said to be a native of Tashi Village, Lizhu Town, Shaoxing County. According to "Jiangxi Ji'an Luling Xiang genealogy" records: after Yu was born when five phoenixes in the house, the fragrance smelled in the court, born in Dingchou (224 BC) died in Heihai (202 BC).
Buried in Pengcheng. Yu Ji was the favorite concubine of Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, who was rumored to have a beautiful face, talent and beautiful dance.
In the plight of the four Chu songs have been accompanied by Xiang Yu, although the history books did not introduce the end of Yu Ji. However, according to Xiang Yu's "Gaixia Song", it was inferred that she killed herself in the Chu camp.
The beautiful myth of "Farewell My Concubine" was thus staged. Her story has left an indelible mark on the long river of history and has touched generations of people.
Yu Ji, this beautiful name, will be immortalized in our minds. Story: During the Chu-Han conflict, Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, fought with Liu Bang for more than ten years for the throne.
Finally, Xiang Yu was defeated in Wujiang River, knowing that the situation was over, and on the eve of the breakout, he had to say goodbye to Yu Ji, and finally killed himself. Xiang Yu looked back to the past, there is a beautiful Yu Ji accompanied by his own side: there is a horse Zhui, often riding on the crotch.
Now ...... so Xiang Yu on the generous song of sadness, his own poetry: "force can pull mountains ah heroism overwhelmed the world, the timing is not favorable ah Zhui horse does not gallop. What should I do if my piebald horse doesn't run fast? How should I place you, Yu Ji?" I've sung it over and over again, and Yu Ji also sang it with him.
Xiang Yu shed several lines of tears, and the people around him cried, and no one could lift their heads to look at him. Baidu Encyclopedia - Farewell My Concubine.
2. How many historical periods appeared in the movie Farewell My ConcubineEight historical periods appeared.
The late Qing Dynasty period: Little Douzi was spoiled by a eunuch when she was learning theater. During the Republican period: Cheng Dieyi befriends Mr. Yuan Shih-ching, who like Mr. Cheng Dieyi is a man of love and dedication to Peking Opera, and develops a sympathetic compassion for each other.
During the war: Duan Xiaolou was captured by the Japanese. Cheng Dieyi goes to sing for the Japanese in order to save Duan Xiaolou who is in the hands of the Japanese.
Victory in the war of resistance: Cheng Dieyi was accused of treason for having sung for the Japanese. Liberation period: after the liberation, Duan Xiaolou and Cheng Dieyi's mastery of the art is not valued, mistakenly tasted opium Cheng Dieyi's voice is poor, in a performance of the voice breaks, determined to get clean, after the torture of drug addiction in the Duan Xiaolou husband and wife of the *** with the help of the finally regained vigor, the new China was founded: the Peking Opera reforms.
During the Cultural Revolution: Duan Xiaolou was framed by Xiaosi, and forced him to frame Dieyi, Duan Xiaolou refused to be dragged to the street, Dieyi suddenly appeared at this time, dressed in a Yu Ji, willing to be humiliated with Duan Xiaolou, Duan Xiaolou to see Dieyi has already thrown himself into the trap, hoping to protect the juxian and in the helplessness of the false accusations of Dieyi, and even said that he is a traitor. After the Cultural Revolution: After the downfall of the Gang of Four, the two brothers performed Farewell My Concubine for the last time on the stage after 22 years of separation, Yu Ji sang the last line and cut her own throat with the sword he gave to the king that was full of his feelings and fantasies, and Dieyi ended her career in the arms of Xiaolou, her brother, as well as this splendid tragedy! The story of Dieyi's life is a story of the end of a brilliant tragedy.
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The transformation of the times and the twists and turns of the characters' destinies are closely intertwined, the social and the national are closely intertwined, and the faith and the reality are closely intertwined. Chen Kaige said he wanted to make a story about "obsession and betrayal", so he made such a story of "real Yu Ji, fake king", the dislocation of human nature and the catastrophe struck for the movie has resulted in a multi-faceted and rich dramaturgy.
Together with Zhang Guorong's near-perfect interpretation of Cheng Dieyi, it can be said that both from the film and the performance, Farewell My Concubine is a peak in China's century-long movie history. Baidu Encyclopedia - Farewell My Concubine.
3. The historical background of "Farewell My Concubine"Yu Ji Xiang Yu's favorite concubine, Yu. When Xiang Yu was trapped in Gaixia, he once wrote a poem saying: "Yu Ruoxi Yu Ruoxi Nai Ruoxi". Xiang Yu's favorite concubine, Yu Ji (虞姬), is known as Xiang Yu, and is also known as Yu Ji ( 虞姬). She was a native of Yudi (Wu County, Jiangsu Province) at the end of the Qin Dynasty. She had a beautiful face and was good at sword dancing. In 209 B.C., Xiang Yu helped Xiang Liang to kill the governor of Huiji and revolted in Wuzhong. Yu Ji adored Xiang Yu's bravery and married him as a concubine, often accompanying him on his campaigns. After Xiang Liang's death, Xiang Yu became the second general and Shi was promoted to general, Yu Ji was inseparable from Xiang Yu. During the Battle of Chu and Han, Xiang Yu was trapped in Gaixia (Ling County, Anhui Province), his soldiers were alone and out of food, and he heard Chu's songs at night, thinking that he had lost all of Chu's land, so he sang the mournful "Song of Gaixia" to Yu Ji in the middle of drinking wine, and Yu Ji danced for the King of Chu, and sang with tears in her eyes, "The Han soldiers have already conquered the land, and Chu's songs are being sung in all four directions. The king's righteousness is over, and my concubine has no chance to live." After the song, she drew her sword and killed herself. After her death, she was buried in Gaixia, and there is Yu Ji's grave in the southeast of Ling County, Anhui Province. Song lyrics: "Yu Beauty" is said to be named after Yu Ji. He Pu, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, wrote in "The Beauty of Yu": "The hatred of Jiangdong has not yet disappeared, and the soul of Yu Ji has been scattered and drifted by the wind. The poet He Pu of the Qing Dynasty wrote in "The Beauty of Yu": "The hatred of Jiangdong has not yet disappeared, and the soul is in a state of flux. 8,000 sons and daughters returned to the Han Dynasty, but none of them were as steadfast as Yu Ji, who was forced to surrender to the Liu Bang. The Peking Opera has "Farewell My Concubine" which is the narrative of this story.
Liu Bang reneged on his promise (bastard), the Han army surrounded the Chu army, and then used psychological tactics, put a bunch of Chu army ambush captive to the Chu army's camp singing Chu songs, the king of the item is very surprised to say: Is it possible that the Han army has already got the state of Chu? How so many Chu people, and then he began to think about it, while drinking and singing: force pulling mountains and gas cover the world, the time is not favorable Xiezhui does not pass, Zhui does not pass, Zhui may not be able to help, Yu Xie Yu Xie is difficult to if so, which means that (the following this break for my personal notes for the class, I do not know if there is no writing error), I am so so courageous, but it is the time is unfavorable to me my BMW Zhui will not run, Zhui does not run, but also will be given to other people to ride the A, the. I'm so brave. Yu Ji A Yu Ji... What should you do, and then sing a few times, the beauty of the Yu Ji also followed the song after the suicide, and then the king of Chu on the ruthless kill out of the encirclement, Xiang Yu was chased to the riverside defeat Yu Ji committed suicide in the Yellow Springs on the road to wait for Xiang Yu
Xiang Yu army wall Gaixia, the soldiers are fewer than the food is exhausted, the Han army and vassals of soldiers surrounded by a number of heavy. When he heard that the Han army was singing Chu songs on all sides, the king of Xiang Yu was shocked and said: "Han is trying to get Chu? Why are there so many Chu people?" King Xiang then got up at night and drank in his tent. There was a beauty named Yu, who was always honored to be with him, and a steed named Zhui, who was always ridden by him. King Xiang then sang a sad and generous song. He wrote a poem for himself, saying: "The force is strong, the time is unfavorable, and the piebald will not pass away! Zhui does not pass away, but what can be done about it! What can be done about it?" The beauty sang a few lines, and the beauty sang along. The king of Xiang wept several times, and all the people around him sobbed, unable to look up.
Appreciation:
This text is Sima Qian Xiang Yu was surrounded by Gaixia section of the text, its ancient sad song so that countless writers, heroes and heroes are not sighing and sighing to the sky!
The curtain has just opened, the night sky came from the sound of Chu song in all directions, such as the voice of the sobbing, in such a background music, under the background, our end of the hero performed a scene Farewell My Concubine's history of the living drama. Its bleak sighs, its sad song of generosity, how can the reader not be moved by it?" The words "Powerful and powerful" are a great way of saying that one's own achievements are great." Time is unfavorable and piebald horse can't run any more". The word "piebald" has a double meaning: the horse can't break out of the encirclement, which of course indicates the danger of the situation, but why is it not a nostalgic remembrance of his own riding on a piebald horse? Think of the hero, kill Song Yi, sinking the ferry, holding three days of food, the sound of the distance from the deer; broken Hangu, the destruction of the strong Qin, the self-appointment of the Western Chu, divided into vassals, who competes with! That is really suave and elegant, spreading out the whole world, and its king's majestic posture, the world rarely match ah! But what about today? Because of the Qin before and after the pit surrendered pawns, kill ZiYing, looting treasure, burn the palace, engage in a series of feudal and other policy on the perverse, a big loss of people's hearts; because of the Hongmen Banquet, do not listen to the loyal advice, indecisiveness, the great women's benevolence, do not hit the dog, resulting in the PeiGong can rise again, causing a big mistake; because of their own chest without great ambition, the monkey and the crown, not to make what the "return of the clothes to the country" trick! "The trick ......, finally landed a enemy surrounded by thousands of heavy, Chu Ge on all sides, the loss of the homeland, the situation of widows and how can not a thousand intestines and knots, sobbing number of lines down it?
The singing of "Yu Ruoxi Yu Ruoxi" sad song, just for the confidant red face - cry? No! That is for the hero himself and cry, for the hegemony is gone, the scenery is not crying ah! Imagine when this is the end of the bleak, even if you have the courage to carry the tripod, what else can be done? So I had to sob a few lines, a cup of sad tears ah! Men don't shed tears, let alone a hero who has already tasted victory and come to the peak of the hegemony. Here we seem to see the big picture of the long and sad history: the hero stood upright, sobbing and singing sadly, his left and right, his beauty are all for the shortness of the hero and shed tears of sympathy, inside and outside the tent a whimpering ah! Is this just Xiang Yu crying and his subordinates crying? No, this is Sima Qian in the performance of his life skills, in the hands of the pen and ink, for the shock of the world weeping God's end of the hero to pay tribute to the weeping ah! Is in for their own even though the chest millions of hills and valleys, finally can not be when the road weight, the ability can not show and a sprinkle of touching the sadness of ah! As Wu Xianqi said: "A cavity of resentment and anger, ten thousand kinds of low wandering, the earth is thick and the sky is high, the body has nothing to write about the sadness of the hero's loss of the road, to this extreme!
The above is part of the original material and part of the analysis.
Yu Ji's song, which has been praised as the "crystallization of chaste love" and the earliest five-character poem in China (Wang Yinglin's The Chronicle of a Struggling School in the Southern Song Dynasty), just reeks of suspicion. I even suspect that she was a beautiful spy sent by Liu Bang to Xiang Yu, following the example of Xi Shi. With Liu Bang's intellect and style of behavior, Xiang Yu's "woman's heart" and headstrong character of not listening to advice, this is entirely possible. But the history is indecipherable, not only Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, Yu Ji's place of origin can not be found between the slightest trace, even Yu Ji's earliest time to follow Xiang Yu is also unavailable, can only be used as a pile of jokes.
4. The historical background of Farewell My ConcubineFarewell My Concubine
The story of Farewell My Concubine is that there is a beauty named Yu, who is often honored to ride; and a steed named Zhui, who is often ridden.
The king of Xiang then sang a generous song of sadness, and wrote a poem for himself, saying: "The power of the mountains is strong, the time is unfavorable, and the piebald doesn't pass away. Zhui does not pass away, but can not help, Yu Ruoxi Yu Ruoxi Nai Ruoho!" The song was sung in several sections, and the beauty of the song was the same as the song.
Lord Xiang wept a few lines down, and the left and right all wept, and could not look up.
Of course, "Ji" is just a pronoun, not Yu Ji's real name. Yu Ji's people have surnames without names, the name has long been indecipherable in the black hole of the historical rupture, the Five Dynasties period of the name of the word is simply to "Yu Beauty" call.
Ban Gu in the "Han Shu - Sima Qian biography", said: "Sima Qian according to the" Zuo "," the "National Language", "Shiben", "Strategy of the Warring States", the "Chu Han Spring and Autumn Annals", and its aftermath, the end of the day in the Han." One of the "Chu Han Spring and Autumn Annals" book is the beginning of the Han Dynasty by Lu Jia, to the Southern Song Dynasty when the anonymous.
Undoubtedly, Sima Qian wrote the "Historical Records" with reference to the "Chu-Han Spring and Autumn Annals" book: "Gai Sima Qian wrote the "Historical Records" according to the "Chu-Han Spring and Autumn Annals", and so it says that the Qin and Han things are especially detailed." (Wang Liqi) However, the "Spring and Autumn of Chu and Han" recorded in the "beauty and the" song, focusing on the details and curious Sima Qian did not record in the "Historical Records".
Tang Zhang Shoujie's Justice of the Historical Records quoted this song from the Spring and Autumn Annals of Chu and Han: The song says: "The Han soldiers have already conquered the land, and the Chu song is sung in the four directions; the king's intention is exhausted, and the concubine does not want to live. There has been a suspicion that this song is a later forgery, on the grounds that the Qin and Han dynasties did not have such a mature pentameter.
However, Mrs. Qi's dirge, recorded in the Book of the Han Dynasty, is a mature poem in five lines: "The son is a king, the mother is a captive, and she spends all her time pounding the thin curtains, and is always with the dead! When we are three thousand miles away from each other, who is going to tell the lady?" The Qin folk ballad recorded in Li Daoyuan's "Shui Jing Zhu - River Water" was also a mature poem in five lines: "Don't lift up a boy when he is born, and feed a girl when she is born. I don't see the corpses under the Great Wall supporting each other."
Therefore, the song recorded in the Spring and Autumn Annals of Chu and Han is not a forgery, and there should be no problem.
The two books did not involve the end of Yu Ji. To the degree of common sense, Yu Ji is unlikely to survive, otherwise there will be no folk oral tradition of Yu Ji cut her own throat, will not be until the Tang Dynasty fashion "Xiang Yu Beauty Grave" of the location of the prestige bearings.
The battle of Gaixia, the sound of Chu song on all sides, drinking sword Chu tent can only be the only end of Yu Ji. It is said that the story of "Farewell My Concubine" reflects the touching love between Yu Ji and Xiang Yu; the king of Chu is at the end of his heroism, and Yu Ji kills herself to be martyred.
This sad moment, has been fixed in the Chinese literature between the lines, fixed in the Chinese opera stage, become the most classic Chinese classical love, the most stirring brilliant legend. Tracing the roots of historical events and uncovering the truth can only rely on the reading of the original text.
Playing carefully with Yu Ji's song of harmony, I found a doubtful point in this love story. "The Han soldiers have already stolen the land, and the Chu songs are sung in all directions."
The first two lines are an objective chronicle, but they are also a layout of the situation in which Yu Ji is about to express her feelings. Yu Ji's judgment of the situation and Xiang Yu's doubts are the same - Xiang Yu was alarmed and said: "Han have got Chu? Why are there so many Chu people!" "If the king's spirit is exhausted, how can my concubine live?"
However, it is incredible that Yu Ji's judgment of the situation actually led directly to the negation of Xiang Yu's mental state until his future fate! Your will to continue fighting has come to an end, and I don't want to live any longer. On what basis did Yu Ji judge that "Your Majesty's spirit is over"? Just because Xiang Yu heard the song of Chu and "got up at night and drank in his tent"? If this is a motivational message to inspire Xiang Yu to continue fighting, then Xiang Yu and his generals should not have reacted by "sobbing several times" and "weeping on the left and the right", but should have been furious and determined to fight to the death.
Here we can see the power and contagiousness of the words, the wonderful effect of Yu Ji's well-designed arrangement of the situation "The Han army has already broken through, and the Chu songs are sung in all directions" - it really makes Xiang Yu and the generals lose the courage to fight! Yu Ji's attitude is very strange. As Xiang Yu's favorite woman, she should have stepped forward to inspire Xiang Yu when he was at the end of his rope but not yet completely defeated, instead of echoing Xiang Yu's excuse of "bad times" and tempting him to bow down in front of the bad situation.
After all, Xiang Yu is only 30 years old. She knows that Xiang Yu has fought many battles in his life, and has also had the classic example of "leading troops across the river, sinking boats, breaking kettles, burning huts, and holding food for three days to show that the soldiers will die, and none of them will return to their hearts", thus defeating the Qin army and bringing the dead back to life, and has also had the classic example of "killing more than 100,000 Han soldiers with 30,000 men, and forcing Liu Bang to flee on dozens of horseback"; however, at this time, Yu Ji did not use the same excuse as Xiang Yu to tempt him to bow down in front of the bad situation. At this time, Yu Ji did not encourage Xiang Yu with the similar situation in the past, but on the contrary, she lamented that "Your Majesty's spirit is over"! At this moment, Xiang Yu still has more than 800 riders by his side, all of them are good soldiers, all of them are able to fight one by one, even if they can't beat Liu Bang, at least they can protect Xiang Yu to get back to the next level.
The development of the matter also verified this point. Xiang Yu broke out of the siege and arrived at the Wujiang River, so Xiang Yu wanted to cross the Wujiang River to the east.
The chief of the Wujiang river pavilion was waiting for the boat, and said: "Although Jiangdong is small, it is a place of thousands of miles, with hundreds of thousands of people, which is also enough for the king. I hope that the king will hurry to cross the river.
Now only the minister has a boat, the Han army to, no to cross." It can be seen that Xiang Yu does not have the opportunity to cross the river, but Xiang Yu stubbornly believe that "the death of the sky", not willing to cross the river, "is to cut his own throat and die".
Why didn't Yu Ji wait for all the chances to be exhausted, and then die when there was no way to survive, and so hastily sentenced Xiang Yu to death? Yu Ji's song, which has been praised as the "crystallization of chaste love" and the earliest five-character poem in China (Wang Yinglin's "The Chronicle of a Difficult School" in the Southern Song Dynasty), just exudes an air of suspicion. I even suspect that she was a beautiful spy sent by Liu Bang to Xiang Yu's side, following the example of Xi Shi.
With Liu Bang's intellect and style of behavior, and Xiang Yu's "woman's heart" and headstrong personality that does not listen to advice, this is entirely possible. However, the history is indecipherable, not only between Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, Yu Ji's place of origin can not find the slightest trace, even Yu Ji's earliest time to follow Xiang Yu is also unavailable.
5. The historical background of Farewell My ConcubineThe battle of Ohio, Xiang Yu was defeated and returned to the camp, the Han army besieged a number of heavy, to the night, heard the Han army on all sides of the camp have Chu song, Xiang Yu was shocked: "Is it that the Han army has occupied the Chu land? Why are there so many Chu people?" Under the full of sorrow, he got up and drank wine in the tent.
Xiang Yu has a very favored concubine, called Yu Ji, who often follows him; there is a steed, named Wu Zhui, which is often ridden. After three rounds of wine, Xiang Yu had a lot of feelings.
He sang: "The power to pull mountains and the gas to cover the world, the time is not favorable, and the piebald [zhuī] does not pass away. Zhui does not pass away, but what can be done about it, and what can be done about it!" (My strength can pull up great mountains, my temperament can overwhelm the world, but the times are not favorable, and my piebald is no longer flying, my piebald is no longer flying! What shall I do with it? Yu Ji, Yu Ji, what shall I do with you?) The song was sung several times.
Yu Ji sings, "The Han soldiers have already gained control of the land, and the song of Chu is being sung on all sides. （
Yu Ji said, "The Han soldiers have gained the land of Chu, and there are songs of Chu on all sides, and the king's will has been exhausted, so how can I live in the world? After the song, Yu Ji cut her own throat and Xiang Yu shed hot tears. Xiang Yu also shed tears. All the people around him did not dare to look up at him, this is the historical "Farewell My Concubine" (the stratagem of "Chu Song" successfully disturbed Xiang Yu's heart and made him make a decision to break out of the siege).
In December of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty (202 BC), Xiang Yu, the king of the Western Chu Dynasty, who was already very passive, gave up his army and fled to Gaixia (present-day Lingbi, Anhui Province), where the Han army quickly followed and surrounded the 100,000-strong Chu army. At this time, the Han army had won successive battles and was in high morale, so they wanted to destroy the Chu army and pacify the world.
On the other hand, the Chu army, with fewer soldiers and less food, was not able to win many battles, so it seems to be easy to predict the result. One night, Xiang Yu stayed in his tent, and suddenly heard the Chu songs around him.
So, Xiang Yu said the famous words in history: "Han has got Chu? Why are there so many Chu people?" ("The Records of the Grand Historian - Xiang Yu's Chronicle") After the sadness, the once mighty, invincible generation of military gods could only helplessly sing: "Powerful mountains, gas cover the world, when unfavorable, piebald doesn't pass away. Zhui does not pass away, but what can be done about it, what can be done about it? Xiang Yu sang like this for several times, and Yu Ji, the beauty who has been accompanying him, also sang a sad song in harmony.
Listening to the desolate song of the perfect man, Xiang Yu cried bitterly, so he turned on his horse, led the strong men under his command of more than 800 people to kill out of the siege, ran south, and killed himself on the bank of the Wujiang River soon after. And that beauty, Yu Ji, has never been heard of again, disappearing into the river of history.
The above story was first published in the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Chu and Han Dynasties and in the Records of the Grand Historian (史记-项羽本纪). Let's not talk too much about the "Records of the Grand Historian", while the "Spring and Autumn Annals of the Chu and Han Dynasties" may be unfamiliar to you.
In fact, this book is a famous scholar of the early Han Dynasty, one of the important strategists of the Liu Bang Group, Lu Jia, to the Southern Song Dynasty when the anonymous. Although it has not been handed down, but historians have evaluated it, that "it is particularly detailed in the words of the Qin and Han."
Records of the Qin and Han dynasties are very detailed, so Sima Qian in the writing of the Records of the Grand Historian, also cited a large number of "Chu Han Spring and Autumn Annals" in the information. However, in the Spring and Autumn Annals of Chu and Han, there is a song of "beauty and harmony".
Attention to detail and curiosity of Sima Qian did not record in the Records of the Grand Historian. Moreover, neither book mentions the end of Yu Ji.
As a matter of common sense, it is unlikely that Yu Ji would have survived, or else there would not have been the popular rumor that she killed herself. In the battle of Gaixia, in the midst of all the Chu songs, drinking from the Chu tent can only be the only ending for Yu Ji.
Expanded:
After the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu led his army into Guanzhong, where he was able to destroy the tyrannical Qin Dynasty with his five vassals, which shook the world. After the death of Qin, the world was divided into eighteen feudal lords.
Xiang Yu not only has outstanding bravery and courage, but also left the ancient masterpiece "Gaixia Song". Sima Qian commented, "All the major government is made by Yu, and he is called the king of Western Chu, with the same power as the emperor.
Although the position is not final, there has not been one since ancient times." His appearance, for the history of China set off a shocking storm clouds, wrote a period of immortal myth.
Xiang Yu was defeated by the allied forces of Liu Bang and various vassals at Gaixia in 202 BC and killed himself by the Wu River at the age of 31. Yu Ji (虞姬), one of the most famous female figures of the late Qin Dynasty, was known as "Beauty of Yu" (虞美人).
In Shuyang County (Shuyang, under Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, named after the sun of the Shu River), she was a native of Yanji Township, and was said to be a native of Tashi Village, Lizhu Town, Shaoxing County. According to "Jiangxi Ji'an Luling Xiang genealogy" records: after Yu was born when five phoenixes in the house, the fragrance smelled in the court, born in Dingchou (224 BC) died in Heihai (202 BC).
Buried in Pengcheng. Yu Ji was the favorite concubine of Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, who was rumored to have a beautiful face, talent and beautiful dance.
In the plight of the four Chu songs have been accompanied by Xiang Yu, although the history books did not introduce the end of Yu Ji. However, according to Xiang Yu's "Gaixia Song", it was inferred that she killed herself in the Chu camp.
The beautiful myth of "Farewell My Concubine" was thus staged. Her story has left an indelible mark on the long river of history and touched generations.
Yu Ji, this beautiful name, will be immortalized in our minds. Story: During the Chu-Han conflict, Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, fought with Liu Bang for more than ten years for the throne.
Finally, Xiang Yu was defeated in Wujiang River, knowing that the situation was over, and on the eve of the breakout, he had to say goodbye to Yu Ji, and finally killed himself. Xiang Yu looked back to the past, there is a beautiful Yu Ji accompanied by his own side: there is a horse Zhui, often riding on the crotch.
Now ...... so Xiang Yu on the generous song of sadness, his own poetry: "force can pull mountains ah heroism overwhelmed the world, the timing is not favorable ah Zhui horse does not gallop. What should I do if my piebald horse doesn't run fast? How should I place you, Yu Ji?" I've sung this song over and over again, and Yu Ji sang it with him.