Hong Fu Nu

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Hong Fu Nü in the album Collected Treasures of Beauty ( Chinese   畫 麗珠 萃 秀 )

Hong Fu Nü (* before 618 ; † 640 ; Chinese  紅拂女  - "lady with the red sleeves", maiden name Zhang Chuchen , Chinese  張 出塵 , alternatively 張 初 塵 ) was a legendary Chinese folk heroine during the transition between the Sui dynasty and Tang Dynasty . Hong Fu Nü was first described in the biography of the Dragon-Bearded Man from the Tang Dynasty. She was a courtesan at the court of the Sui Dynasty Minister Yang Su and escaped with Li Jing , an ally and later general of the future Tang emperor Li Shimin . Hong Fu Nü is known together with Li Jing and the "dragon-bearded man" Qiu Ranke as the "Three Heroes of Wind and Dust" ( Chinese  風塵 三俠 ).

Legend

The parents of Hong Fu Nü, who was born under the name of Zhang Chuchen, came from southern China and moved north to Chang'an during the Unification Wars of the Sui Dynasty . Zhang was sold to Sui Minister Yang Su's court as a courtesan, where she specialized in singing and dancing. Since she often wore red, she was called "Hong Fu Nü", the "lady with the red sleeves". According to legend, she saw Li Jing when he came to Yang Su with a petition about the social injustice of the common people. Zhang fell in love with Li and ran away with him.

Hong Fu Nü and Li Jing initially allied themselves with Qiu Ranke to overthrow the Sui dynasty. They became the "Three Heroes of Wind and Dust". After meeting the future emperor Li Shimin, Qiu Ranke gave up his ambitions. Hong Fu Nu and Li Jing allied with Li Shimin and helped him and his father Li Yuan establish the Tang Dynasty. Qiu Ranke meanwhile built his own kingdom Fusu (also: Fuyu) in the southeast.

Hong Fu Nu and Li Jing lived together as a woman and man until she died in 640 of an illness. Li Jing, then 70 years old, survived nine years.

In popular culture

The story of Hong Fu Nu first appeared in the Tang Dynasty in the book Biography of the Dragon-Bearded Man . She is also mentioned in The Dream of the Red Chamber , where Lin Daiyu is compared to Hong Fu Nu.

  • Hong Fu Nü is one of the main characters in the 1966 novel Heroes of the Red Dust ( Chinese  風塵 三俠 ) by Gao Yang .
  • In 1998, the Chinese actress Angela Pan played Hong Fu Nü in the Chinese television series Qiu Ranke and Hong Fu Nü ( Chinese  虯髯客 與 紅拂女 ).
  • In 2006, Taiwanese actress Shu Qi played Hong Fu Nü in the television series Romance of the Red Dust ( Chinese  風塵 三俠 之 紅拂女 ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shanshan Du, Ya-chen Chen: Tang Dynasty's Legends and Chinese Cinematic Martial Arts Feminism . In: Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Societies. Beyond Han Patriarchy . Lexington Books, 2013, ISBN 978-0-7391-4582-1 , pp. 205 ff . ( books.google.de ).
  2. ↑ Gao Yang: 風塵 三俠 , Feng chen san xia . Huang guan chu ban she, Taipei 1966, OCLC 9880074 .
personal data
SURNAME Hong Fu Nu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 紅拂女 (Chinese); Zhang Chuchen (maiden name); 張 出塵 (birth name Chinese); 張 初 塵 (alternative maiden name, Chinese); Yang Su (alternative maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION legendary Chinese folk heroine
DATE OF BIRTH before 618
DATE OF DEATH 640