Information on all princesses of the Tang Dynasty

In the Han Dynasty, the emperor's daughter was called princess, the emperor's sister was called eldest princess, and the emperor's aunt was called eldest princess.

A total of 13 princesses of the Han Dynasty married the Huns. Here are three of the more famous ones.

Princess Wusun:

In 108 BC (the third year of Yuanfeng), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took Xijun, the daughter of Liu Jian, the king of Jiangdu, as his princess, and married Wusun King Liejiaomi. As the right wife, the Huns also married King Wusun as the left wife. Wusun's two marriages showed that they were no longer one-sided. The Xiongnu's marrying a girl showed that they were unable to attack Wusun. The marriage between Wusun and the Han Dynasty made the Xiongnu dare not act rashly. "Book of the Han Dynasty: Biography of the Western Regions" records that when Princess Xijun got married, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "gave her a chariot, a uniform, and royal objects, and prepared hundreds of officials and servants for her, and presented them as gifts." After Princess Xijun arrived in Wusun, she was accompanied by craftsmen who built a palace for her. The Han Dynasty also sent envoys with curtains and brocade to visit every other year. About a year later, Wusun King Liejiaomi wanted Princess Xijun to marry his grandson Cen Zuo (Jun Xumi) because of his old age. Princess Xijun was unwilling and wrote to the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked her to obey Wusun's customs and habits in order to unite Wusun troops to attack the Xiongnu. After Liejiaomi died, Junxumi succeeded him as King Wusun. Princess Xijun married Jun Xuwei and gave birth to a daughter named Shaofu. She didn't understand the language. He was not used to life and missed his hometown. He was in a melancholy mood. He died after living in Wusun for only three years. He left a song "Sorrowful Song" to express this emotion: My family married me and I am far away in the sky, but I am entrusted to a foreign country far away. King Wusun. The dome-shaped hut has felt as its walls as its rooms, and meat as its food and cheese as its pulp. Living in this land, I miss you and my heart is hurt. I wish you could return to your hometown as a yellow swan.

Princess Jieyou:

Princess Wusun died of melancholy, and Wusun King Cen Zuo proposed to the Han court again. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty selected the daughter of King Liu Wu of Chu to relieve his worries, and she still married Cen Zou as a princess. Princess Jieyou is plump and fit, with a cheerful nature and a heroic appearance, as if she were going to the battlefield. Participating in major military affairs can be regarded as a strategist, and it has a profound impact on the politics of Wusun Kingdom.

In the early years of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the girl with long hair now had yellow hair. Feeling sad about the passing of time, desolate and boundless, missing my relatives and my hometown. He then wrote a letter requesting to return to China: "I am old and want to have my bones returned to the Han Dynasty and buried in the Han Dynasty." The words were so sad that Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was moved by it and sent someone to welcome him back. Princess Jieyou returned to Chang'an in the 51st year of Emperor Xuan's Ganlu of Han Dynasty. At this time, the princess was seventy years old.