Princess Chángpíng (traditional Chinese: 長平公主; simplified Chinese: 长平公主) (c. 1629–September 26, 1646), birth name Zhū Huīchuò (Chinese: 朱徽娖), was the second daughter of China's Chongzhen Emperor and the only one who survived to adulthood. Changping was the last princess of Ming Dynasty. Her father, Emperor Chongzhen, chose Zhou Xian to be her husband. But soon after the throne was taken in a rebellion, Chongzhen ordered his family to commit suicide. She resisted, resulting in the Emperor severing her left arm. In 1645, Changping asked the Shunzhi Emperor of Qing Dynasty for permission to be a nun. The emperor refused and married her with Zhou Xian. She died one year after the marriage.
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Popular culture
Changping has had a greater impact on folklore and popular culture than history, such stories revolving around the concept that she somehow survived her early death.
- Changping is the main character in story Princess Chang Ping (帝女花).
- Changping is a significant character in Jinyong's wuxia novels:
- A Jiu (阿九) in Sword Stained with Royal Blood (碧血劍)
- Jiunan (九難) in The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎記), shifu of A Ke and A Qi, and Wei Xiaobao.
Notable actresses who have played Changping
- Mi Xue (米雪) in 武俠帝女花 (1981)
- She Shiman (佘詩曼) in Sword Stained with Royal Blood(碧血劍) and Perish In the Name of Love(1999), known in Chinese as (帝女花 2003)
- Bak Sheut Sin (白雪仙) Princess Chang Ping (帝女花 stage version premiering in 1957)
- 梅雪詩
- 張敏
- 趙雅芝
- 李通明 in Sword Stained with Royal Blood (碧血劍 1976)
- 陳嘉儀 in The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎記 1984 Hong Kong)
- 李芷鱗 in The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎記 1984 Taiwan)
- 毛舜筠 in Sword Stained with Royal Blood(碧血劍 1985)
- 馬海倫 in Royal Tramp II (鹿鼎記之神龍教 1992)
- Lily Li (李麗麗) in The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎記 1998)
- 李菲 in Duke of Mount Deer 2000 (小寶與康熙)
- He Jiayi (何佳怡) in The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎記 2007)
- Sun Feifei (孙菲菲) in Sword Stained with Royal Blood (碧血劍 2007)
Further reading
- History of Ming, volume 121 (明史列傳第九)
References
External links
- (Chinese) 长平公主的一生
