The Secret History of the Imperial Harem

Even if a woman in the feudal era stood at the top of the power pyramid, she was still a chess piece being planned. They were either for the glory of the family or for the emperor to weigh the means of controlling all forces. What was placed at the end was the unattainable love. The concubines in the book stepped into the palace with a sense of loneliness and full of sadness or pride, leaving a record of a startling glimpse in history. This is a historical record full of heroism and tragedy. After reading this book, we will have a deeper understanding of that feudal dynasty.

The concubines in the harem also have official positions and establishments. What the author reveals to us in this book is the intrigues and struggles of these "court officials" to survive. The part that interests me the most in the book is the record of Qin Shi Huang's Palace. As a blank part in the history books, whether the First Emperor was overwhelmed with three thousand beauties or busy refining elixirs, he did not care about it. The author lists many opinions and arguments here, pointing out the right and wrong, and it is up to the readers to judge for themselves.

The content is more believable and has solved a lot of doubts. It is better to be modern. Modern women are better off than before.

This is an unofficial history book, a hidden history intertwined with conspiracy, politics, and love. Ancient women could not help but fall into the magnetic field of conspiracy. Some people have distorted their souls, spending their whole life's youth and beauty in intrigues and conspiracies; some people have lost their way, because the love of an emperor is a weight that life cannot bear, and she is just a sad person for the ages. The peerless faces, the exquisite and wise hearts, the lingering love to death again and again, after all, are just the pale embellishments in a floating dream.

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The seventy-two concubines of the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard, a group of emperor's female queens, live for men and fight for survival. Underneath the gentle and jade-like face, there is a ruthless approach that is no less ruthless than that of a man. As the skirts fluttered, the grudges in the palace became more and more intense. For power, the battle in the harem is no less than a battlefield. The author of this book has compiled historical materials and selected hundreds of concubines in Chinese history to tell the story of how they entered the palace from ignorant girls to being forced to be involved in endless palace fights, showing the difficulty of women's survival and their wisdom.

I think of the concubines in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" who would do anything to win favor. However, I think these women are quite pitiful. They are locked up in the harem with no freedom and can only fight with each other. If I traveled back in time to ancient times, I would definitely not survive even one episode!

It's beautiful and makes people understand the love and pain of ancient women

The original name of Cao Zhi's "Luo Shen Fu" was "Gan Juan Fu". In ancient times, the word Juan was Tong Zhen. In history books, there is no love story between Cao Zhi and Cao Pi's wife Zhen, and "Gan Juan Fu" was not written for Mrs. Zhen. Lu Bi's "Anthology of the Three Kingdoms: Chen Si and Wang Zhi" has identified the false accusation.

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