Mrs. Wu

Empress Wu lie

Empress Wu lie? Wu family was originally from Wu county (now Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province), and later moved to Qiantang county (now Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province). Wu Hui's daughter, Sun Jian's wife, sun CE and Sun Quan's biological mother were one of the main policy makers in the early period of Sun Quan's reign.

After Sun Quan claimed the title of emperor, he made lady Wu empress Wulie. In the annals of the Three Kingdoms, it is called Mrs. Wu.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Wu's father was named Wu Hui, whose name was Guangxiu. He was the commander of Fengche school in the Han Dynasty and the prefect of Danyang. Mrs. Wu and her younger brother Wu Jing lived in Qiantang County, Wujun county (now Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province). Later, Sun Jian heard that Wu Fu had both good looks and wanted to marry her. Mrs. Wu's relatives hate Sun Jian. They think Sun Jian is frivolous and cunning. They will refuse Sun Jian's request. Sun Jian feels very ashamed and sorry. Mrs. Wu knew that Sun Jian was not easy to get into trouble, so she said to her relatives, "why do you want to get into trouble in order to cherish my little girl? If he (referring to Sun Jian) doesn't treat me well, it's my destiny. " So Mrs. Wu married Sun Jian. He grew up in the fourth year of Xiping (175 A.D.); he gave birth to his second son, Sun Quan, in the fifth year of Guanghe (182 A.D.); he gave birth to his third son, Yi, in the seventh year of Guanghe or the first year of Zhongping (184 A.D.); he gave birth to his youngest son, sun Kuang (whose birth date is unknown) and a daughter.

Migration of auxiliary children

In the first year of Zhongping (184), Zhu Zhuozhao invited Sun Jian to serve as the assistant army commander. Sun Jian left his family in Shouchun County of Jiujiang county to fight with Zhu Zhuozhao. In 189, Emperor Hanling died. Sun Jian, then the prefect of Changsha County (now Changsha City, Hunan Province), responded to the attack on Dong Zhuo. Mrs. Wu and her family moved to Shu County, Lujiang County (now southwest of Lujiang County, Anhui Province). In 191, Sun Jian was killed by Huang Zu, Liu Biao's subordinate, for attacking Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Mrs. Wu raised the young orphans and taught them strictly. Soon Mrs. Wu's family moved to Jiangdu and was taken care of by Zhang. In 193, sun CE left Jiangdu to join Yuan Shu in Shouchun. At that time, Wu Jing was the prefect of Danyang county (Wanling County, now Xuancheng City, Anhui Province), but he stayed in qua county (now Danyang City, Jiangsu Province). So he sent LV fan and his family to qua. In the first year of Xingping (194), sun CE was ordered to attack Lujiang for Yuan Shu. Liu Yao was deeply afraid of being swallowed by Yuan Shu and sun CE, resulting in misunderstanding and suspicion. But Sun CE's family were all in the state, so Zhu Zhi went to qua to meet Mrs. Wu, Sun Quan and other younger brothers, and to serve and support them. Later, when sun CE conquered Jiangdong, Mrs. Wu moved from qu'a to Liyang county (now he County, Anhui Province) and to Fuling county (now Quanjiao County, Anhui Province) in Jiujiang. In 195 (the second year of Xingping), after sun CE defeated Liu Yao, he sent his subordinate Chen Bao to Fuling to meet Mrs. Wu and her younger brothers back to qua. Later, sun CE was stationed in Wu County, the central city of Jiangdong (now Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province), and Mrs. Wu returned to her hometown.

Famous rescuer

When sun CE pacified Wujun and Kuaiji, he killed the local heroes. At this time, Mrs. Wu was more sober, and used her special identity to persuade sun CE to save the lives of some celebrities. At that time, zouta, Qian Tong and Wang Sheng, the former governor of Hepu, gathered more than 10000 or thousands of people to lead the army to fight against sun CE. They were all defeated. Mrs. Wu said to sun CE, "Wang Sheng once went up to court with your father. Now all his sons and grandchildren have been killed, leaving him only an old man. What can I worry about?" So Wang Sheng was let go, and all other nationalities were killed. Wei Teng, the hero of sun CE, was blamed for violating sun CE's ideas. Sun CE even wanted to kill him. The literati were worried and frightened, but they couldn't find a way to save Wei Teng. When Mrs. Wu knew this, she leaned against a big well and said that sun Cegang had not conquered Jiangnan long time ago, but had not completely succeeded. She should treat the wise men with courtesy, forget their mistakes and employ them with their merits. She also said that Wei Teng Yugong was not wrong. If sun CE killed him, everyone would betray him in the future. Finally, she said that if sun CE didn't listen to her, she would commit suicide in the well first, So as not to see the end of the rebellion in the future. Sun CE was so surprised that he had to let Wei Teng go. There's a lot more like that.

Helping to govern the military

Later, when sun CE died and Sun Quan was in charge of business, he was still young. Worried about this, Mrs. Wu introduced Zhang Zhao and Dong Chong and asked if Jiangdong could be preserved to observe the attitude of the people. Dong Chong replied: "the terrain of the east of the Yangtze River is solid with mountains and rivers. In the past, the general who fought against the enemy was kind to the people. Now the general who fought against the enemy has inherited the basic business. The affairs of the big and small are presided over by Zhang Zhao, and we are the minions. Now it's time for the land and people to be harmonious. There's nothing to worry about." Everyone praised him. Therefore, Mrs. Wu took part in the decision-making of the Sun Wu regime and assisted in the management of military and state affairs, which was especially helpful. Because of the external difficulties, Mrs. Wu deeply worried and labored. She repeatedly expressed her gratitude to Zhang and Zhang Zhao and asked them to help. When there were secret proposals, important issues, the imperial court's above-mentioned documents, orders to the lower counties, and diplomacy with neighboring forces, it was actually Mrs. Wu who ordered Zhang and Zhang Zhao to take charge of the drafting.

After death

Mrs. Wu died in the seventh year of Jian'an (202) or the twelfth year of Jian'an (207). On his deathbed, he summoned Zhang Zhao and others and entrusted them with future affairs. After her death, Mrs. Wu and her husband Sun Jian were buried together. The tomb of the two people is located in the Qingmin area outside panmenwai, Suzhou, commonly known as "Sun Wang tomb". On the 13th of April in the 8th year of Huangwu (May 23, 229 AD), Sun Quan became emperor and established the state of Wu. Later, Sun Jian's "Tomb" was changed to "mausoleum" and named "Gaoling". His father Sun Jian was Emperor of Wulie, and his mother Mrs. Wu Tai was empress of Wulie.

Anecdotes and allusions

Dream of the sun and the moon

"Soushenji" compiled by Gan Bao in the Eastern Jin Dynasty records the legend of sun CE and Sun Quan when Mrs. Wu was pregnant: when Mrs. Wu was pregnant for the first time, she dreamt that the moon entered her stomach and gave birth to sun CE. When I was pregnant for the second time, I dreamed that the sun entered my stomach and gave birth to Sun Quan. She told her husband Sun Jian, who was very happy with her dream, and said, "the sun and the moon are the cream of yin and Yang. They are very expensive symbols. How can my children and grandchildren flourish?" Sun Jian

The battle of Yu Ji

According to the biography of Jiang Biao, sun CE arrested Yu Ji, a Taoist preacher and doctor, at the end of his reign in Jiangdong and Wujun, trying to kill him. Many people sympathize with Yu Ji. They asked the women to meet Mrs. Wu, sun CE's mother, and ask her to save Yu Ji. Mrs. Wu told sun ce that Yu Ji's treatment of the soldiers was also to help sun CE's army, and that he could not be killed. But Sun CE didn't listen and finally killed Yu Ji. The incident was later written into the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong and deified, which became one of the important causes of sun CE's death in the romance.

Appointment decision

According to Jiang Biao Zhuan, in the year of Mrs. Wu's death (the seventh year of Jian'an, 202 A.D.), Wei Risheng, Cao Cao's soldier who defeated Yuan Shao, wrote to Sun Quan, asking him to send his son to Xu county (now Xuchang City, Henan Province), the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, as a hostage. Sun Quan summoned the officials to discuss the countermeasures, but they were hesitant. Sun Quan didn't want to take his son hostage, so he and Zhou Yu met Mrs. Wu to make a decision. Zhou Yu insisted that hostages should not be taken, and stated his interests to Mrs. Tai and Sun Quan. Mrs. Wu also thought that Zhou Yu was right. Because Zhou Yu was the same year as her eldest son, Sun Quan treated Zhou Yu as his elder brother and finally decided not to send hostages.

Character evaluation

"Kuaiji Dian Lu": the wife is resourceful and resourceful, so are all kinds of people. "Tian Yuqing: at this stage when Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu jointly averted the crisis, Mrs. Wu, the imperial concubine, played an important role." when she was thinking about the military affairs, she first considered ensuring Jiangdong.

member of family

Kinship

Brother: Wu Jing, younger brother of Wu's wife, an important general in the early period of Sun Wu's forces. He was an official to Yangwu general and led Danyang Prefecture. His nephew Wu Fen, Wu Jingzi, was the governor of Wujun county and the new Marquis of tinghou. Wu Qi, Wu Jingzi, Xifeng new Marquis of Pavilion, transferred to Marquis of capital Pavilion. Wu An, his nephew and grandson, was the Marquis of Xinting. Wu Zuan, Wu Qizi, was the Marquis of the capital of Xifeng, and his wife was tengyin's daughter.

children

dispute

Commemoration of later generations

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