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Is it true that civet cats become princes?
The exchange of civet cats for princes is not a real historical event.

The drama of "civet cats for princes" does not exist in history, but is an artistic creation of later generations. Artistic creation and literary works are precious wealth in people's spiritual world, but we cannot underestimate the important role of imagination. The story of Civet Cat for Prince, from its derivation, development to formation, and the details of the story in the middle, is vividly described, completely relying on the imagination of literary and art workers in the past dynasties after the Song Dynasty.

Using this story to convey the ideological significance of loyalty and filial piety has indeed achieved good results. But we should know that the real history is completely different from this artistic story. Not to mention that there is no drama of "civet cats for princes" in history, and the vicious image of Queen Liu is completely invented by later generations.

The story of "civet cats for princes"

The story of "civet cats for princes" is a household name. In the verdict, the "evil" queen Liu colluded with eunuch Guo Huai to trick the pregnant woman into giving birth to her daughter. When she gave birth to her son, she bought it with a skinned civet cat, and the son took it back to the palace and pretended to be his own. Li Fei became a victim of a conspiracy and was exiled to the people. Later, she met Bao Zheng, who was just judging the case in Kaifeng area. Finally, she helped Injong recognize her birth mother, exposed the evil face of Queen Liu, washed away her grievances and returned to North Korea.

Although there is no drama of "civet cats for princes" in history, it was not born by Queen Liu, but brought up by Queen Liu. Song Renzong's biological mother is Li Fei. Li Fei was originally a maid around Queen Liu, who was responsible for taking care of her daily life. Later, Song Zhenzong was lucky to get pregnant.