Does Butterfly Lovers really exist in history?

There is indeed such a person.

In the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a young man named Liang Shanbo in Liangzhuang, 30 kilometers south of Runan County. He went to Hongluoshan Academy to study at the order of his parents. He passed by a place called Caoqiao and rested in a roadside pavilion. .

There is a Zhuzhuang eighteen miles east of Liangzhuang. Member Zhu’s family has a daughter named Zhu Yingtai. She is very smart and devotes herself to studying. She persuaded her parents to disguise herself as a man and go to Hongluoshan Academy under the pseudonym Zhu Jiudi. Study. The two met at Caoqiao Pavilion, asked each other about their hometowns and years, became sworn brothers, and went to Hongluoshan Academy to study together.

Hongluoshan School is surrounded by water and has a pleasant scenery. Once, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai were playing with their classmates and smashed the mandarin ducks playing in the water with stones. When Zhu Yingtai was throwing stones, his waist flashed, and his classmates shouted: "Zhu Jiudi looks like a woman." Zhu Yingtai suddenly blushed.

The mistress was careful and discovered Yingtai's daughter, so she put a boundary sign between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai's bed. Liang Shanbo was a simple and honest man and did not know what he meant. His classmate Zhu Jiudi had not thought that Zhu Jiudi was a woman for three years.

Yingtai went home to see her mother, and Shan Bo sent her eighteen miles away. Along the way, Yingtai made many metaphors, but Liang Shanbo still couldn't understand their meaning. Finally, Zhu Yingtai said that her ninth sister was not yet married and wanted to marry Shan Bo, but Shan Bo agreed. When they arrived at Zhu's house, Yingtai asked Shan Bo to wait in the living room and asked Jiu Mei to come out and offer tea.

Yingtai put on her daughter's clothes and walked out with tea. Liang Shanbo said in surprise: "Aren't you Zhu Jiudi?" Yingtai said: "The ninth brother is the ninth sister, and the ninth sister is the ninth brother." The two made a private agreement for life.

There was a talented scholar Ma Wencai in Beimazhuang. His grandmother’s family was from Zhuzhuang. Zhu Yuanwai wanted to find a well-matched family for his daughter to get married, so he asked Ma Wencai’s grandmother to be a matchmaker. Xu Yingtai came to Ma’s family. Reluctantly, I agreed against my will.

Shanbo came to discuss the marriage as promised, but it was too late for Yingtai to cry. Shan Bo was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and died of illness after returning home. The family obeyed their instructions and buried him on the west edge of Guan Road in Masxiang. The names of Liang and Zhu were engraved on the tablet in black and red.

Ma Wencai married Zhu Yingtai. After the sedan chair arrived at Macun Village, a cyclone blocked the road. Zhu Yingtai got out of the sedan chair and cried to offer sacrifices to Shan Bo. The tomb suddenly opened. Yingtai threw himself into the tomb, and the tomb was closed immediately. Two golden and snow-white butterflies flew from the tomb and danced in the sky.

Another version

The story of Butterfly Lovers begins with King Kang’s escape.

In the last years of Qinzong of the Song Dynasty, Jin Wushu led his troops southward, burning, killing, looting, and plundering along the way. He crossed the Yellow River and captured the two emperors of Qin and Hui; he crossed the Yangtze River and wanted to annex the Song Dynasty.

Kang Wang Zhaogou fled to Yin County. The Jin soldiers chased him, and he hurriedly hid in Qingdao Mountain in the west of the city. The Jin soldiers surrounded and searched. King Kang was so frightened that his heart beat loudly and he collapsed beside the ancient tomb.

At this moment, the fine weather suddenly turned into darkness, the wind was howling, and the sand was rolling. A team broke out halfway, holding the banner with the word "Liang". The leader was a gentle young man, The soldiers all have green faces, fangs, red eyes, green hair, and beards of seven or eight feet. Liang Jun and Jin Bing fought together. Jin Bing was so frightened that his hair stood on end. He was beaten to a bloody mess and was completely defeated.

From then on, Jin Bing was afraid and had to negotiate peace. King Kang established the Southern Song Dynasty in Hangzhou, sat in the Longting, and became emperor.

When King Kang became emperor, he did not forget Liang Jun who saved his life. He called a painter to draw a portrait of the commander of Liang Jun and ordered to inquire around. I sent people to search and search for seventy-seven forty-nine days; I searched and searched for eighty-eight sixty-four prefectures and counties, but there was no news at all.

One day, the messenger found Yinxian County. Just as he climbed Qingdao Mountain, he saw a gentle scholar in front of him. He said, "Don't look for me. I am the county magistrate of Yincheng eight hundred years ago." , his name is Liang Shanbo." After saying that, he disappeared in a flash. The messengers immediately recognized that this man was exactly the same as the portrait. He was the commander-in-chief of Liang Jun they were looking for.

He sent someone to retaliate against King Kang. King Kang felt strange and ordered to check the previous magistrates of Hecheng. The result of the investigation was: Liang Shanbo, a native of Kuaiji in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, served as the county magistrate of Hecheng. He was an honest official and had outstanding performance. He died of illness at the age of eighteen and was buried in Qingdao Mountain in the west of the city. He had no wife or children.

King Kang knew that Liang Shanbo was a loyal and righteous man, and had served him well, so he decreed that he be the loyal and righteous king, and issued an edict to allocate one hundred acres of land and allocate one thousand taels of gold to rebuild Shanbo's tomb.

The tomb was expanded, soil was dug to lay the foundation, and an ancient tombstone was unearthed, which read: "The foundation of the Yingtai of the Imperial Martyrdom". Zhu Yingtai was born in Zhujiazhuang, Shangyu a hundred years ago. She was smart and talented since she was a child. The young master of the Ma family fell in love with her and used his power to force her into marriage. However, Yingtai refused and committed suicide at the age of eighteen.

At that time, a smart citizen joked: "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai are a talented man and a beautiful woman, both of the same age, but they have never married. If the emperor acts as a matchmaker, he will marry Zhu Yingtai." "Tai married Liang Shanbo, they are truly a match made in heaven."

The common people chatted and laughed, saying something to each other. This word reached the ears of the local magistrate. The magistrate thought it made sense, so he wrote a long memorial and went to Beijing to submit it to the Long Live Lord. King Kang read the memorial and was filled with joy. Immediately, an imperial edict was issued: Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtaiyin were given the title of husband and wife, and they were buried together on an auspicious day.

This matter soon spread to a large academy in Hangzhou city, which had 360 disciples. The teacher came up with a topic called "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" and asked the disciples to write an essay. The disciples were like the eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing his magical powers. Each of them wrote an article, totaling 360 articles. These 360 ??articles are different from each other, and later spread to various places, which are now the various Butterfly Lovers stories.