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There are 100 famous women in ancient Chinese history, the twelfth, the first of the four beauties in ancient times - Xi Shi

author:Ancient historian

Xi Shi, surname Shi, real name Shi Yiguang, is a big beauty of the Yue Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period in China, born in the Yue Kingdom Shaoxing Zhuji Ramie Village, Ramie has two villages in the east and west, because it lives in the West Village, so the name Xi Shi, the family lives on the banks of Huansha Creek all year round, she is born beautiful, graceful and colorful, according to legend, when she washed clothes by the river, the small fish in the river saw his beauty, and gradually sank to the bottom of the water, after outsiders saw it, they said that they had the beauty of sinking fish and falling geese.

There are 100 famous women in ancient Chinese history, the twelfth, the first of the four beauties in ancient times - Xi Shi

Of course, people can't be 100% perfect, Xi Shi also has a shortcoming, that is, her feet are much larger than the feet of ordinary women, she herself is also racking her brains to find ways to cover up this shortcoming, but because she likes to dance very much, often a long skirt, but also found someone to create a pair of special clogs, every time she dances will tie a string of bells around the waist, because the customized clogs are faster than the shoes, not only can not see his feet, but also because of the walking left and right swaying, in addition to a long skirt, It further highlights his Tingting figure and graceful posture.

It is said that when the Yue national beauty pageant, Xi Shi ranked first in the list, just on the way into Beijing, passers-by saw Xi Shi's appearance, were attracted by it, all wanted to see his face, the result of people scrambling to watch, directly caused by the road blockage, at this time escorting Xi Shi's Yue Guo Xiang Fan Li, seeing this scene, suddenly had a plan, simply called Xi Shi to live in the surrounding area of the most gorgeous small building, and posted a list everywhere, want to see beautiful women, need to pay 1 yuan.

Not long after the notice was posted, but it was unbelievable, there was a sensation in the four, Xi Shi climbed the Zhu Lou, stood at the railing, the long skirt fluttered like a fairy, in order to see its appearance, generously donated, the queue of spectators lined up a long queue, some in order to look at it a few times, even paid several times more money, for three days, Fan Xiangguo received countless money, and then entered Beijing, Xiang Guo handed over all the money he received to the treasury, Xi Shi because of Fan Li's wisdom and morality, the two became friends of life and death.

There are 100 famous women in ancient Chinese history, the twelfth, the first of the four beauties in ancient times - Xi Shi

Legend has it that Xi Shi is the pearl in the palm of chang'e in the moon palace, the jade emperor ordered him to save the suffering of the people of Wuyue for years of war, the pearl is his embodiment, Chang'e has a sparkling big pearl, very cute, often held in the hand to play, usually ordered the multicolored golden rooster to guard day and night, lest it be lost, and the golden rooster also has not played with this pearl for a long time, the golden rooster takes advantage of Chang'e is not secretly taking the pearl in her mouth to run behind the moon palace to play, throwing up and down is very fun, but after playing for a while, it will slip down, Without catching the pearl, it went directly through the ground, rolled down the mortal world, and the golden rooster saw it, and plunged into the mortal world, chasing the pearl directly.

Chang'e knew and hurriedly ordered the jade rabbit to go after the golden rooster, the jade rabbit chased through nine days to the zhejiang Zhuji Puyang River over the sky, coincidentally, this day on the Puyang River side of a peasant family surnamed Shi washed clothes by the river, suddenly saw a big pearl in the water, shining, while using his hands to salvage, the pearl like wings flew straight into her air, drilled into the abdomen, Shi wife has been pregnant ever since.

It is also strange to say that Shi's wife was sixteen months pregnant, and there was no sign of childbirth for a long time, and the anxious husband knelt on the ground hoping that heaven would bless his wife, just a few days after the prayer, there was a multicolored golden chicken staying on the roof of his wife's house, and suddenly the house was pearlescent, only listening to the life of "Wow", giving birth to a beautiful girl, named "Xi Shi".

There are 100 famous women in ancient Chinese history, the twelfth, the first of the four beauties in ancient times - Xi Shi

Xi Shi's whereabouts after the destruction of Wu are unknown, but posterity has also speculated about several kinds, such as Shen Hai said, hermit said, fell into the water said, killed said, among the four versions, Shen Hai said and hermit theory is the most widely circulated, and the relevant evidence is also the most, but Xiaobian feels that everyone should not be entangled in this, I hope that Xi Shi can finally have an ending that she likes.

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