昭君出塞」是中國民間家喻戶曉的故事，但正史和文學上的記載差異頗大。有關昭君之記載最早見於《漢書》，內中僅提及虖韓邪單于入朝，漢元帝賜待詔掖庭王檣為其閼氏。洎於《後漢書》出，則加入昭君因久未見御，自請放行，臨辭驚豔，元帝後悔等情節。按此敘述極有可能受到小說家言之影響，南北朝期間，昭君故事更增冗為畫工索賄，昭君堅拒，畫工遂醜化其形貌，以致昭君遠適。後元帝盡斬畫工，卻挽不回和蕃美女，徒嘆奈何！至此，昭君故事架構定型，往後文人均據此版本詠嘆昭君。西晉石崇為愛妾綠珠作《明君詞》，配以漢樂，成為歌舞相兼的曲子，以其時代早出，《明君詞》內容受到小說家言之影響尚淺，較合於歷史事實。

“Zhaojun’s Settlement Outside The Great Wall” is a well-known story in China, but the record’s differences between authorized history and literature are tremendous. The first record of Wang Zhaojun was seen at “The History of Han Dynasty” and described how Yuan Di agreed the request by the Xiongnu chieftain, Huhanxie, and sent Wang Jiang as his empress. There were some paragraphs, added at “The History of Eastern Han Dynasty” afterwards, mentioned that Wang Zhaojun gave herself in voluntarily when Huhanxie demanded because she was disregarded by Yuan Di and how regretful the emperor was when he saw her beauty by the day she left. Moreover, during the Southern/Northern Dynasty, the story became more complicated than ever. The story went to Wang Zhaojun refuse to bribe the court artist and as a result, she seemed to be the ugliest of all the palace ladies from her finished portrait. Thus, she never received the emperor’s favor and eventually turned out to be the left of Wang Zhaojun. The whole story was completed till then and all the literature when made a description of Wang Zhaojun were based on this edition. “Mingjun Ci”, authored by “Shi Chong” ( Western Jin Dynasty) was a poem described his beloved concubine—“Green Pearl”. These lyrics scored with Han’s rhythm became a melody which can be sung and danced. Due to the timing of “Mingjun Ci” was earlier than above, it should be more realistically to the history.