Since the first generation of Emperor Li Yuan in the Tang Dynasty, Taoism has been highly respected, especially during the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty. When emperor gaozu Li Yuan revolted, there was a Taoist prophecy circulating among the people: "Laozi is alive and Shili is king". As it happens, Lao Tzu is also surnamed Li. Naturally, this special connection made the emperor surnamed Li in the Tang Dynasty feel a special sense of closeness. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was influenced by his father Zong Rui since childhood, and Taoism was also deeply influenced by him. Xuanzong said to himself, "(I) am a young man, that is, Xuan Mo." After he ascended the throne, facing the expansion and expansion of Buddhist forces after Wu Zetian, he had more pragmatic political considerations besides his love for Taoism.
Zong Rui and Xuanzong's admiration for Taoism also had a great influence on their royal families, which was mainly reflected in the fact that his two half-sisters Princess Jin Xian and Princess Yu Zhen both became monks. Princess Jin Xian is about 23 years old and Princess Yu Zhen is about 20 years old. The two sisters proposed to their father Tang Ruizong to leave the palace and become a female Taoist priest. The main purpose is to cross over their mother, Dou Defai, who was killed by Wu Hou.
Princess Jin Xian of Huashan Fairy
Princess Jin Xian (689 ~ 732), a taboo woman, is Li Dan's daughter in Tang Ruizong, ranking ninth in the Book of the New Tang Dynasty. Her epitaph calls her the eighth sister of Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning, it was named Princess Jin Xian and Princess Xicheng. In 706 (the second year of Shenlong), 18-year-old princess became a female Taoist. Take Shi Chongxuan and Ye Fashan as teachers. Princess Jin Xian died in Kaiyuan Temple in Luoyang, and was buried in Qiaoling (now pucheng county, Shaanxi) in 736 (the 24th year of Kaiyuan). The epitaph of Princess Jin Xian was written by Princess Yu Zhen, who is the sister of Princess Jin Xian.
Kim plays the princess in the TV series The Secret History of Yang Guifei.
Regarding the life of Princess Jin Xian, according to "Shi Mingxu, the late Duke of Jin Xian in the Tang Dynasty", "(Princess Jin Xian) 18 years old entered the Tao and was taught at the age of 23." It is understood that Shenlong worked as a female Taoist priest in Tang Zhongzong for two years. Another "New Tang Book" records that "Princess Jin Xian first sealed the princess of Xicheng. Jingyun went to India first. In the first year of Taiji, Princess Yu Zhen and Princess Yu Zhen were both Taoist priests, building a view of the capital, and alchemist Shi Chong proclaimed himself as a teacher. " "On December 17th, the first year of Jing Yun, Zong Rui entered the Taoist temple as the eighth princess of Xicheng. On April 14th, the princess changed her name to Jin Xian, and the temple was named after Jin Xian. "The eighth female princess Xicheng, the ninth female princess chimelong, safe and innocent, in harmony with the Tao, was honored as the emperor queen. It was the first month of last year that the second princess entered the Taoist temple. " It is known that the time was two years in Jing Yun, and the princess was changed from the king of Xicheng County to the princess of Jin Xian. The daughter of a prince in the Tang Dynasty was a princess, and the princess was the title of the daughter of an ancient emperor. As far as princesses are concerned, they can be classified according to their generations. As early as the Han dynasty, they had already formed a fixed title for princesses with different identities, and they have been called by successive dynasties ever since. The foreign government system in the Tang dynasty also stipulated that "the imperial aunt is a big princess and a good product; Sisters are princess royal and daughters are princesses, all of which are regarded as one product. ". At the beginning of Xuanzong's accession to the throne, the princess was renamed princess royal. According to Jin Xian's epitaph of princess royal: "Fu Jiabao 1400 households". According to the relevant regulations of the Tang Dynasty, the princess enjoys the privilege of being a landowner and can enjoy the food city. Empresses, kings and princesses all have students. In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court mainly determined the title standard according to the blood relationship between the princess and the emperor and referring to certain generations. According to the old system in the early Tang Dynasty, there were 300 princesses, 300 princess royal princesses and 600 princesses. At the beginning of Xuanzong's accession to the throne, he re-determined the number of princesses: "If your sister is a princess, you will receive a thousand food stamps, and so will Zhongzong's daughter. ..... The imperial daughter gave five hundred concubines. " But there are some special circumstances. Princess Jin Xian, the younger sister of Xuanzong, was named "1,400 households", which shows the social status of Princess Jin Xian at that time.
Princess Yu Zhen, who makes friends with literati.
As a female Taoist, Princess Yu Zhen is more famous than her sister Princess Jin Xian. Princess Yu Zhen (? ~762), the tenth daughter of Zong Rui of Emperor Taizong, and the sister of Li Longji of Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of creation, mother Dou Shi was killed by her grandmother Wu Zetian, who was in charge of imperial power, and was raised by her aunt Princess Taiping since childhood. Influenced by my father and aunt's devotion to Taoism, cardamom became the crown of women, the owner of profit, the owner of Du Xuandong, and the staple food for rent in Chongchang County. After entering the Taoist temple, she traveled extensively to famous mountains around the world and made friends with people of insight. She is closely related not only to religious figures such as Sima and Yuan Danqiu, but also to civilian talents such as Wang Wei and Li Bai. She once strongly recommended Li Bai to regard Hanlin as a sacred diving grass. Li Bai once wrote "Poems Immortal in Earthquake" for Princess Yu Zhen:
Fairy Yu Zhen went to Taihua Peak. In the morning, the sky drums rang and Ssangyong took off.
If you don't stop generating electricity, there won't be a cloud. Into the junior room, the queen mother wants to see.
Li Bai despised the slanderers of powerful people and returned the gold to the mountain. The princess was unhappy and wrote angrily to the title of princess. Li Bai's pursuit of seclusion in Jingting Mountain after An Shi Rebellion. After Xiang's death, the soul was sent to the four mountains, and the people called his resting place Huanggu Grave for generations to sacrifice. Li Bai: "The birds are high, and the lonely clouds go to leisure alone." Meet each other tirelessly, only Jingting Mountain. "While praising Jingting Mountain, it contains deep nostalgia for Princess Zhen.
In the east of Huashan Yuquan Hospital, there is a fairy temple, which is the palace where Princess Jin Xian came to Huashan to practice. Jiuyukou Yansheng Temple, located about 3.5 kilometers west of Louguantai in zhouzhi county, Xi Province, was founded in the Tang Dynasty. It was once called Yuzhen Temple, Yuzhen Temple and Tiantai, where Princess Yuzhen practiced.