杨贵妃 / Yang Guifei

杨贵妃 / Yang Guifei enters the wiki through Qinji 131-2 as the central figure of 《贵妃醉酒》. The source says she waits for Tang Minghuang at Baihua Pavilion, realizes he has gone elsewhere, and drinks out of shame, anger, longing, and abandonment.

The episode uses Yang Guifei to shift from male political intoxication to female drunkenness as emotional performance. In this branch, alcohol does not trigger a coup or massacre; it makes visible humiliation, desire, and the pain of lost favor inside palace life.

Connections

• 《贵妃醉酒》 - stage work built around her drunken scene.
• 梅兰芳 - performer/reformer credited by the source with reshaping the work.
• 李清照 - later female literary drinking example in the same source.
• 酒作为权力催化剂 - broader frame for intoxication as emotional revelation.