Can anyone tell me about Wang Zhaojun’s life story?

Wang Zhaojun was selected into Yeting as a "good family son" during the Han Yuan Dynasty. At that time, Hu Hanxie came to the court, and Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty gave him five daughters. Wang Zhaojun had been in the palace for several years, but could not see the emperor. He was filled with sorrow and resentment, so he asked Ye Ting to order him to do it. Hu Hanxie was about to bid farewell to the assembly, and the emperor summoned five daughters to show him. Zhaojun "was handsome and well-decorated, and he was in the bright Han palace. He was wandering around in shadows and moving around. The emperor was shocked and wanted to keep him, but it was difficult to break his promise, so he broke up with the Xiongnu." ("Book of the Later Han" Volume 89 "Biography of the Southern Xiongnu" 》

Wang Zhaojun was born in Baoping Village, Zigui County, Nanjun (now Zhaojun Village, Xingshan County, Yichang, Hubei Province) in about 52 BC. Emperor Jing divided Zigui to the north in the third year of Yong'an (AD 260). It is Xingshan County, Xiangxi is the boundary of the town, and Wang Qiang of Han is a native of this town, so his father, Wang Rang, has a daughter in his old age. , extremely intelligent, good at playing the pipa, playing chess, calligraphy and painting, and was proficient in everything. "My eyebrows are unparalleled and can make flowers shy in the forest." Zhaojun's unique talent and appearance spread along the Xiangxi River throughout Nanjun and reached the capital. In 36 BC, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty announced that Wang Zhaojun was the first choice for Nanjun. Emperor Yuan ordered her to choose an auspicious day to go to Beijing. "My daughter is still young and cannot comply with the order," but she had no choice but to violate the order. In mid-spring of 36 BC, Wang Zhaojun bid farewell to his parents and fellow villagers, boarded an official ship carved with dragons and phoenixes, sailed along the Xiang River, entered the Yangtze River, crossed the Han River, and crossed the Qinling Mountains. It took three months and arrived in the capital Chang'an in the early summer of the same year, where he was named Yeting. It is said that after Wang Zhaojun entered the palace, she refused to bribe the painter Mao Yanshou because of her beauty, so Mao Yanshou put a mole on her portrait (there is no official history of this matter, but it is very likely that it was Apocryphal. There is a poem that goes, "It's strange to have a good painter when you come back. It has never happened before in your life. The artistic conception cannot be painted. It was in vain to kill Mao Yanshou." Wang Anshi's "Ming Fei Song") Zhaojun was demoted to the cold palace for three years and had no chance to meet.

In 33 BC, the leader of the northern Huns, Hu Hanxie Chanyu, took the initiative to come to the Han Dynasty, professed his vassalship to the Han Dynasty, and asked for a marriage, so as to make a lasting marriage. She stepped forward and responded generously to the imperial edict. When Hu Hanxie was about to leave the meeting, Emperor Yuan was shocked because he didn't know that there was such a beautiful person in the harem. Eight thousand horses, 16 thousand kilograms of catkins, gold, jade and other valuables were sent to Chang'an in person for more than ten miles. Wang Zhaojun, surrounded by a team of carriages and fine horses, shouldered the important task of marrying Han and Huns and left Chang'an and left Tongguan. , crossed the Yellow River, and crossed Yanmen, which lasted more than a year. In the early summer of the second year, they arrived in Mobei. They were grandly welcomed by the Xiongnu people and were named "Ning Hulan's family", which means that the Xiongnu had a Han woman named "阏". "" (the royal wife), peace was guaranteed.

After Zhaojun left the fortress, the Han and Hungarian tribes were united and harmonious, and the country and the people were peaceful. "The border city was closed, and the cattle and horses were wild. There were no barking dogs for three generations, and the Li Shu forgot to fight. "Serving", showing a prosperous and peaceful scene. In 31 BC, Huhanxie Chanyu died, leaving behind a son named Yitu Zhiyashi, who later became the king of Xiongnu Youri. At that time, Wang Zhaojun focused on the overall situation and endured It was a great grievance. In accordance with the Xiongnu custom of "after the death of the father, the wife takes the stepmother", she married Huhanxie's eldest son, Fuzhulei Shanyu Diaotao Mogao, and gave birth to two more daughters. The eldest daughter was named Xubu, the second one, and the second daughter was named Dengyu. Juci ("Juci" means princess). After Wang Zhaojun's death, he was buried grandly in the southern suburbs of today's Hohhot City. The tomb is close to Daqingshan and near the Yellow River; later generations called it "Green Tomb"; in the Jin Dynasty, in order to avoid the Jin Dynasty, Taizu Sima Zhao's taboo was changed to Mingjun, and she was known as "Mingfei" in history.

Wang Zhaojun’s historical achievements are not only that she took the initiative to go out to the fortress to make peace, but more importantly, after she left the fortress, she reconciled the Han Dynasty and the Huns. National unity among ethnic groups is in the interests of the Han and Xiongnu people. She, her children, grandchildren and in-laws made great contributions to the harmony, amity and unity between the Hu and Han peoples. Therefore, she has been praised by history.

The Yuan Dynasty poet Zhao Jie believed that Wang Zhaojun’s contribution was no less than that of the famous Han Dynasty general Huo Qubing. The story of Zhaojun has become an enduring story of national unity in the history of our country.