Did Concubine Yang really escape to Japan?

Concubine Yang's ability to escape to Japan is just wishful thinking among many fans of Concubine Yang.

During the Maweipo Incident, it was said that "the Sixth Army had no choice but to do nothing if it didn't send out an attack, and they died before they could even raise their eyebrows." In "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" by Bai Juyi, who was also a poet of the Tang Dynasty, it was clearly stated that Concubine Yang was ordered to die by Xuanzong. Since it was "euphemistically dead", where did he come from to travel east to Japan?

The reason why there is a saying that "Concubine Yang fled to Japan" is largely because she was confused by the plots of modern film and television dramas.

After Tang Xuanzong returned to Beijing from Sichuan, he became the Supreme Emperor. At this time, things really changed. Concubine Yang at that time was gone forever, and Sanlang Xuanzong, who ordered Concubine Yang to be killed, was no longer the emperor at this time. Under the huge status gap, Tang Xuanzong, who was full of depression, remembered the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty meeting Mrs. Li, and also recruited a "alchemist" to try to find his former lover through the art of communicating with gods.

As everyone knows, the reason why Tang Xuanzong never forgets Concubine Yang, we might as well think that it is because he misses his throne. Concubine Yang is in Japan, she is the emperor, how majestic is she? Although he still has the title of Supreme Emperor, the disparity in his situation really makes him heartbroken.

It is said that this alchemist also "went up to the poor blue and down to the yellow spring, and disappeared in both places." In our country's tradition, after death, a person either becomes an immortal or goes to hell, but Concubine Yang cannot be found in either place. This also hints at the "inaccuracy" that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty sentenced her to death in front of Mawei Slope.

Finally, I found Concubine Yang after "suddenly hearing that there was a fairy mountain on the sea". Perhaps, this is the origin of the rumor in later generations that Concubine Yang ran away to Japan.

After all, in ancient times, Japan was called Fuso, and later Japan. It is somewhat similar in orientation to the "Fairy Mountain on the Sea" in our myths and legends. So they made an excuse, saying that Concubine Yang did not hang herself to death, but was secretly rescued and drifted to Japan.

You must know that with the shipping technology of the Tang Dynasty, it was almost impossible for an individual to cross eastward to Japan. Only collective strength could achieve it. For example, the envoys dispatched by Japan to the Tang Dynasty and the international students who followed were not a matter of just one or two people.

From an artistic point of view, Concubine Yang did not die in Maweipo but went to Japan. It seemed that she left a trace of thoughts for Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and more opportunities for redemption. But start from the measurement of facts.

At that time, when the three armies were in mutiny, Concubine Yang was originally the scapegoat introduced by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty to quell public anger. How could she become a fish that slipped through the net?