How many wives does Zhao Shicheng have?

Zhao Shicheng has at least one wife, which means there are at least two!

Let me talk about Zhao Shicheng first. Although he is a descendant of the royal family, he is not outstanding in history, so the records that can be found are quite limited.

Let me talk about my personal understanding first.

According to historical records, Zhao Shicheng already had a wife before he met Tang Wan, and marrying Tang Wan was a continuation of his relationship, so he was not as dedicated as the legend said.

Zhao Shicheng was more than ten years older than Tang Wan. Tang Wan died at the age of 26, when he was already in his forties.

Zhao Shicheng is related to Lu You, so he has known Tang Wan for a long time. History records that Tang Wan was both talented and beautiful. However, Tang Wan was Lu You's wife at that time, so he had no chance.

Later, Lu You divorced his wife and Zhao Shicheng had a chance.

The ancients matured earlier. In my opinion, Zhao Shicheng was just an old pervert who fell in love with a beautiful little girl and took advantage of her when she was at her lowest. That's all.

As for some people saying that Zhao Shicheng did not marry again, I question this.

According to the county annals "Changle annals" (later renamed "Sanshan annals"), Zhao Shicheng was the propaganda envoy at that time, and his official position was fourth rank. This position was relatively leisurely, but he was a military attaché, so Zhao Shicheng finally Die in battle instead of dying in depression due to love.

There are very few records about Zhao Shicheng in history. He was not outstanding, he was just an ordinary member of hundreds of millions of creatures. If it were not for Tang Wan, he might not have left anything behind except his name.

Historical books only mention it casually. Zhao Shicheng accepted Tang Wan as his stepmother. It is such a short sentence. He did not even leave the surname of his previous wife. This shows how ordinary he is. Historians of all ages have I don't want to waste time on him.

As for whether Tang Wan remarried after his death, I think he did, but it was not recorded.

Even the exact time of his death is not recorded, so you can imagine how ordinary he was.

Do you care how many times an old man repairing bicycles on the roadside has been married?

So, it is normal that there is no record.

However, learning from the past, he once had a wife, and later married Logan. Why? Because Tang Wan is talented and beautiful, simply put, he is young and beautiful. I believe that the possibility of such a man remarrying is very high.

Finally, some people say that he did not take concubines during his lifetime and would not marry after his death. This is simply a joke. Everyone is dead, and only ghosts know whether he married or not.

Summary:

Just imagine, an old man falls in love with a young and beautiful girl and marries her when she is depressed. What is it but taking advantage of the situation? But this girl is both talented and beautiful. What is he if he isn't an old pervert? If it were put today, many people would probably despise it! But it is a pity that because of a drama novel, Zhao Shicheng, an unknown person, became known to the public and eventually became a love saint. What a joke!

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Historical basis:

As I said, Zhao Shicheng He is unremarkable, and his date of birth and death is unknown. Why do I conclude that he is more than ten years older than Tang Wan?

In fact, even Zhao Shicheng's father was mediocre, but his father Zhao Zhongshi was a prince after all, and there were a little more records.

According to the "History of the Song Dynasty", Zhao Zhongshi had twelve sons named Zhao Shicheng. Zhao Shicheng ranked seventh, and most of his birth dates are unknown. But there is a record of the eleventh son.

The eleventh son of Zhao Zhongshi was called Zhao Shixin, who was the eleventh brother of Zhao Shicheng. He was born in the eighth year of Zhenghe, which was 1118 AD.

Tang Wan was born in 1128, which means that Zhao Shicheng’s youngest brother is ten years older than Tang Wan.

I looked through the "History of the Song Dynasty" to find out the birth dates of the other ten people, but unfortunately, there is no record.

However, I was surprised to find such a sentence in the "Generation Table of the Royal Clan and Nobles of the Two Song Dynasties".

"Zhao Buhui, the second son of Zhao Shishi."

This is interesting, mainly because the name is very interesting.

Zhao Shishi is the ninth son of Zhao Zhongshi, who is also the ninth brother of Zhao Shicheng. This person is not famous. The entire history of the Song Dynasty has been ruined and there are not many clues, but his younger son Zhao Buhui is amazing. , mainly because the name is attractive.

Zhao Buqiao was born in the sixth year of Shaoxing, that is, 1136 AD, and was only 8 years younger than Tang Wan.

It should be noted here that you must not blindly search Baidu. Many of Baidu’s results are wrong.

Zhao Zhongshi, Baidu Encyclopedia shows that Zhao Zhongshi gave birth to eleven sons, which is actually wrong.

This is no wonder, after all, everyone can change the encyclopedia, it is too inaccurate.

I don’t know how many sons Zhao Zhongshi had, but there were twelve named ones.

My family has a complete set of "Twenty-Four Histories", and after looking through it all night, I finally found it. The twelfth son is called Zhao Shixian.

I found this sentence in "The Chronicles of Song Xiaozong Zhao He", "On the 21st of the first month of spring in the thirteenth year of Chunxi, Zhao Shixian, the military governor of Zhaoqing Army, was appointed as the third division of Kaifu Yitong. ."

The thirteenth year of Chunxi was 1186 AD. Yi Tong Sansi was a first-class civil servant. At this time, he was still very young.

And his eleventh brother Zhao Shixin is 68 years old, and Tang Wan would be 58 years old if he were still alive.

The fourth volume of biographies of "History of the Song Dynasty" contains this record: "Shi Xin was the eleventh son of Zhong Shi. He was granted the title by the Jiedu Envoy of the Baokang Army, and the three divisions of Kaifu Yi and Tong were added. He was promoted to third master. He passed away in the second year of Qingyuan. He was given the title of Taifu and was granted the title of King Shao." Then there was another sentence: "If you don't go to He, you will be the great-great-grandson of King An Yi." , Shi Xin died, and he was the senior, so he had to be granted the title. "

This Bu He Qu refers to Zhao Buhe, who is the junior of Zhao Shicheng.

The meaning of the above two sentences is that Zhao Shixin died in the second year of Qingyuan (1197 AD), and his nephew Zhao Buhe inherited the title. Zhao Buhe was 76 years old this year.

Looking back in time, Zhao Buhe was born in 1121, which was actually 7 years older than Tang Wan.

It can be seen that Brother Zhao Shicheng married 12 people, and the age gap is very large.

I said that Zhao Shicheng was more than ten years older than Tang Wan. It was just the most conservative estimate. He was probably 20 years older, or even 30 years older.