Jinguyuan

Jin'gu Villa (Traditional Chinese: 金谷園; pinyin: Jīngǔ Yuán; also translated as Golden Valley Villa) was a famous private garden-estate in ancient Luoyang during the Western Jin dynasty.

It was owned by the brutal aristocrat Shi Chong (石崇) . Lüzhu was his singing girl, renowned for her beauty and flute-playing. Shi Chong's rival, Sun Xiu, coveted her and tried to obtain her from Shi Chong, but Shi Chong would not give her up. In the end, Sun Xiu's faction seized Shi Chong and resolved to put him to death. Lü Zhu chose to end her own life, following him into death as an act of devoted fidelity.

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Because of this story of beauty perished and splendor turned to emptiness, many poets have written about it, including Zhang Ji (張繼), Du Mu (杜牧), Li Xianyong (李咸用), Su Zheng (蘇拯), Cao Song (曹松), and Xu Teng (徐熥) etc..

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