The well-known stories of Wang Zhaojun usually take pity on the great Han beauty for having been sent in marriage to a faraway place and for her generally unfortunate life, yet ignore Chanyu, the leader of the Xiongnu people and husband of Wang Zhaojun. Wangzhaojun Bianwen differs in theme from the traditional stories and describes Chanyu as being a complete “love-fool.” It is the only such example among all the liter-ature about Wang Zhaojun and is the topic of this paper.%描写王昭君的故事非常之多,但其主题多为怜其远嫁,哀其不幸,也有一些是褒其伟功的,但都忽视了少数民族首领单于。《王昭君变文》却一变传统,为我们塑造了一位典型的痴情汉形象,这在整个昭君故事的发展中可谓仅此一例,本文就此问题进行探究。
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