Women who can leave their names in history either have superior beauty, such as Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Marten Cicada and Yang Yuhuan, the four beauties; or have outstanding talents, such as Cai Wenji, Li Qingzhao, etc.; or have outstanding talents, such as Women Hao, Wu Zetian, Shangguan Wan'er, and so on. But either way, at least in terms of appearance, there is no place for people to talk about it.
But if you look ugly, you are not qualified to leave a good name in the history books? Of course, there are, and they are "ugly to the extreme" Four Ugly Women in China. Their stories have been interpreted for us, and ugly women can also be invincible, and their names will remain in history! (It is recommended to read after collection, the text is slightly longer)
01 Concubine: Looks can drive away evil spirits, and the Yellow Emperor's xiannai help
Mother-in-law, living in the era of the Yellow Emperor. At that time, tribes often had "marriage snatching". The beautiful ones are all fragrant, and the men in the tribe are fighting for the head and bleeding. But all the girls who were a little bit of a posture were frightened to hide at home and did not dare to go out. But the mother-in-law did not have this worry, but was sad that the men who saw her were frightened and retreated.
The Tang Dynasty's "琱(d iāo) Yuji Ugly Ren" describes the appearance of the concubine in this way: "The hammer (cù) 頞 (è), the shape of the emu (cū) is black" Her forehead was like a spindle, the bridge of her nose was collapsed, her eyebrows were almost connected, her body was fat like a large box, and her face was dark as if it had been painted black. Because of her ugly appearance, her mother was also regarded as the god of exorcising ghosts in future generations.
As the ugliest person in the tribal alliance, her mother-in-law is very sharp in her work, and she is willing to help others in the tribe, does not resent others for her appearance, and is introverted and gentle.
As the leader of the tribe, the Yellow Emperor, in order to stop the tribal "older youth" from snatching marriages, openly announced that he would marry his mother-in-law as his fourth wife. Everyone was shocked: the tribal leader was going to marry the ugliest woman! My mother-in-law was also shocked! Everyone couldn't figure out why.
The Yellow Emperor said to the men who came to the wedding banquet: "Those who value beauty but not morality are not true beauty; those who emphasize morality and light color are true sages." "Call on men, don't just look at appearance, but pay attention to virtue, this is the real man." This statement also exaggerated himself in passing.
Although the Yellow Emperor married his mother-in-law for the needs of political indoctrination, it is undeniable that the number of marriage robberies gradually decreased, so that it did not happen later. A woman who becomes a king has to set an example. Under the guise of the Yellow Emperor, the mother-in-law once said to those women who look inferior: "As long as you are kind and pure in your hearts, and you are virtuous and virtuous, even if you look ugly, you will be respected." ”
Mother-in-law
The mother-in-law works sharply, and the strength is also great, just like digging a stone slab, others have just dug one or two pieces, she has already made dozens of pieces. Once working until noon, the sun was exposed, and the mother-in-law found that there was something reflective in the stone pile, and she went to pick it up and look at it, it was a relatively smooth stone piece, which could faintly reflect the human face. The mother-in-law felt magical, so she took it back. Later, the surface of the stone pieces was rough and polished more smoothly, and the human face was more clear, so that the world's first "stone mirror" was inadvertently created.
It is said that the mother-in-law had a good relationship with the concubine Concubine Yuanzu. Changzu is good at growing mulberry silkworms and knows how to draw silk and weave silk, but they are all purely manual and the efficiency is relatively slow. The mother-in-law did not know how to have a flash of inspiration, invented a spinning wheel and loom, and taught the women of the tribe to use, this invention greatly improved the efficiency of the tribe's weaving, and improved the people's life happiness index.
Later, When Changzu was following the Yellow Emperor on a tour of the world, he unfortunately died. The Yellow Emperor held a funeral for his grandmother, and at the same time let his mother "supervise Yu Dao". In fact, it is to order the mother-in-law to direct the ceremonies, supervise the coffin, bury the concubine, and guard the mausoleum. In the process of handling these matters, the grandmother showed extraordinary organizational and management skills, everything was detailed and orderly, which was greatly appreciated by the Yellow Emperor. In the years that followed, her mother-in-law conscientiously did "logistical work" for the Yellow Emperor, so that the Yellow Emperor could conquer the outside world with peace of mind and unify China.
The Yellow Emperor praised the concubine: "The second concubine concubine, the evil looking dechong".
02 Zhong Wuyan: The extremely ugly and incomparable Queen Qi, and also the "human mirror" of King Qi Xuan
Zhong Wuyan, formerly known as Zhong Lichun, was a native of Wuyan County, Qiguo during the Warring States period, and because of his ugly appearance, he was not married at the age of forty (at this age he could be a grandmother at that time). Zhong Wuyan looks ugly, Liu Xiang said in the "Biography of the Daughters" that her forehead is like a mortar, there is a depression in the middle, a deep eye socket, a large skeleton, a nose facing the sky, a throat knot, a fat and thick neck, sparse hair, a bent waist and a protruding chest, and dark skin. This describes, this ugly are like disabled, personal feeling is too exaggerated.
Zhong Wuyan, well aware of the principle that "ugly people must read more books", read poetry and books, is very interested in the way of governing the country, and hopes that the country of Qi can become better. But King Qi Xuan liked wine, liked pomp and circumstance, and did not accept slander. It just so happened that King Qi Xuanwang was going to be drafted again. Zhong Wuyan felt the need to persuade King Xuan of Qi to cheer up. So he rushed to Linzi and said to the guards in front of the palace: "My name is Zhong Lichun, and I heard that the great king was a beauty pageant, and I proposed myself to be the queen." When the guard saw Zhong Wuyan's appearance, he was frightened and stepped back, thinking that he was so old and ugly, and he really had the courage to choose a beauty. But the guards went in to report.
When King Qi Xuanwang heard it, Zhong Wuyan, a famous ugly woman, actually wanted to introduce herself to the pillow, which was really the first time in the world. King Xuan of Qi was also curious about why Zhong Wuyan had such courage, so he received Zhong Wuyan.
As soon as Zhong Wuyan saw King Xuan of Qi, he looked around, waved his hands around, and then kept clapping his legs, shouting at King Qi Xuan: "Danger! What a danger! King Xuan of Qi looked at this posture and was directly confused. Hurriedly asked Zhong Wuyan, what are you doing?
Zhong Wuyan hastened to explain that there are 4 major dangers in the state of Qi:
First, there are two powerful countries of Qin and Chu on the outside, and there are traitors inside, and no one supports the great king, and moreover, the great king does not make a prince, and does not care about the people, but cares about his concubines.
Second, the king spent the people's fat and people's anointing to build a beautiful high platform, and the people were tired;
Third, talented people cannot enter the court, but those who sneak around and cheat are in high positions, how can the country be strong?
Fourth, if you indulge in wine every day, do not do a good job in international relations externally, and do not care about governing the country at home, will this be the end sooner or later?
When King Qi Xuanwang heard it, cold sweat came out, these 4 major dangers, it is really possible to let yourself overturn. Immediately looked at Zhong Wuyan with astonishment. In order to show that he had suddenly woken up, Zhong Lichun became the queen and also made a prince. At the same time, listening to Zhong Wuyan's advice, demolishing the high platform, stopping singing and dancing, dismissing villains, abandoning treasure decorations, training soldiers and horses, enriching the national treasury, opening the four gates of the palace, and soliciting people to suggest and speak directly. The state of Qi once again flourished.
Zhong Wuyan, although ugly, but talented, eloquent, more courageous to face King Qi Xuan, and point out the danger of his slack government, and then make King Qi Xuan repent (King Qi Xuan is actually generous), so that the State of Qi gradually prospered. King Xuan of Qi also gained a good reputation, not greedy for beauty, and able to listen to the advice of the opposite ear.
03 Meng Guang: A rich woman who is black, fat, ugly and very Man, raises an eyebrow and raises an eyebrow to "Kennaisuke"
Meng Guang, a native of Pingling County during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her father is the rich man in the county, and Meng Guang is a proper rich woman. But Old Meng has always had a trouble, his daughters are 30 years old and have not been able to find a partner, and no one dares to marry himself. Because his daughter is not good-looking:
"There is a daughter of the Meng clan in the same county, who is fat and ugly and black, and she lifts the stone mortar, chooses not to marry, and Chinese New Year's Eve." —Later Han Shu Liang Hongchuan
In short, it is black and fat ugly and very man. And Meng Guang's heart is also relatively high, and ordinary people she can't look at it, so she fell in love with Liang Hong, who has both virtue and talent in the same county. And Liang Hong's family is relatively poor, but the virtuous, the threshold for recruiting relatives is about to break, he is stunned that he has not looked at it.
Eastern Han Liang Hong
Old Meng knew that his daughter Meng Guang wanted to marry her crush Liang Hong, and he didn't know what trick he could make Liang Hong take the initiative to ask for relatives. The old Meng family was very happy and happy to buy a dowry. On the day of his marriage, Meng Guang dressed himself up as "beautiful and bright". However, after seven days of marriage, Liang Hong did not pay much attention to her. Meng Guang then went to ask Liang Hong, we are both married, why did we ignore her, is there something wrong with her?
Liang Hong said that he wanted a wife who could follow him to eat chaff and eat chaff and wear burlap cloth, not a wife who wore silk and satin and smeared grease and powder.
Meng Guang listened, directly changed into coarse cloth clothes, set up a loom to weave cloth. Liang Hong was happy and said that this was my wife, and he could respect me. It turned out that Liang Hong wanted a wife who could listen to her husband wholeheartedly.
Later, the husband and wife went to Wudi, attached themselves to the noble family Gao Botong, lived in the box house, and worked as a hired worker to scoop rice. Whenever she returned from work, her wife prepared food, never dared to look up directly in front of Liang Hong, and raised the tray containing food as high as her eyebrows. This is the origin of raising eyebrows and respecting each other as guests. Meng Guang is tenacious in heart, although ugly but not casual, can abandon the rich life, follow Liang Hong to live a poor life, single-mindedly follow her husband's wishes, take care of her husband's life, without any complaints, let her husband write books and create with peace of mind, and achieve the name of her husband's sage. It's just that their husband and wife can get along with each other, but in the end they lack the taste of love.
Raise an eyebrow
04 Nguyen's daughter: Scared her husband not to dare to cave, but he saw extraordinary things and avoided disasters for her husband's family many times
Nguyễn Nguyễn Nguyễn Nguyễn Nguyễn Nguy Xu Yun is also from the family family. The combination of the two can be regarded as a kind of political marriage.
On the wedding day, Xu Yun unveiled the bride's red hijab, and as soon as he saw the appearance of the Nguyen woman, he was directly frightened and ran away on the spot. The cave room was scared away on the first day, and then did not dare to enter the cave room, and the bride was left hanging. But after all, the Nguyen daughter came from a large family, did not cry twice and hang herself three times, just stayed quietly.
Promise
Later, Xu Yun's good friend Huan Fan came to visit. When ruan's daughter knew about it, she said to the maid, don't worry, Huan Fan will persuade Lang Jun to enter the room. Sure enough, Huan Fan persuaded Xu Yun, saying that it was not good to treat the bride in this way, and think about what the old man would think. Xu Yun thought about it or went into the room to look at it again, maybe the wedding night did not see clearly, maybe it was not so ugly. Xu Yun went back to the room to take a closer look, it was really ugly, and he was planning to run, but the Nguyen woman pulled him aside.
Xu Yun was caught, could not break free, immediately anxious, immediately scolded the Nguyen daughter said, a woman should have four virtues, how many virtues do she have? Nguyen's daughter said calmly, "Among the four virtues, I only lack the virtue of women's appearance." I heard that readers have a hundred virtues, how many virtues do you have? ”
Xu Yun angrily said that he had both a hundred elements, and the Nguyen woman said: "The hundred lines are headed by virtue, and in your eyes there is only beauty, but no virtue, how can you say that you have all kinds of deeds?" Xu Yun was ashamed and had to accept Nguyen's daughter.
Although Nguyen's daughter is not good at looks, her talent is actually much stronger than her husband. For example, when Xu Yun was serving as an official, he often appointed his fellow villagers as officials, and Emperor Wei Ming suspected that he was nepotistic, so he sent someone to arrest him. Before Xu Yun was taken away, Nguyen's daughter asked him to reason with Emperor Wei and not to intercede, so that there was a turnaround. Sure enough, Xu Yunyou went home without any danger, and the whole family was crying, so the Nguyen woman cooked millet porridge and waited for him to come back for dinner.
Later, the Sima family prepared to usurp the Cao family's foundation, Xu Yun sided with the Cao family, and was later liquidated by the Sima family, and eventually died in exile. Xu Yun's protégé wanted to hide Xu Yun's son, and Nguyen said not to worry. Later, Sima Shi sent Zhong Hui to "visit Xu Yun's son" and instructed that if Xu Yun's son was too capable, he would be arrested and caught.
In the face of Zhong Hui's visit, Nguyen admonished his two sons, saying that you should say whatever you want, don't worry, Zhong will cry, you will cry, he does not cry, you should not cry. By the way, ask about the imperial court. Nguyen's daughter let her son behave in front of the bell meeting as a city government, no intention, and would not give people the impression of a threat, in order to save his life. Sure enough, Zhong Hui felt that Xu Yun's sons were average in talent and let them go.
05 Ugly Woman Invincible: Strong at heart and capable
The four ugly women can be named in history, first, their husbands are historical celebrities, so there is a possibility of being recorded, although this possibility is relatively small; second, as wives, although their appearance is ugly, they are virtuous and virtuous, and they all have certain talents, and they have made great efforts for the future or career of their husbands.
But from their personal point of view, their natural appearance makes them suffer from the shame and laughter of others, but they still maintain the goodness of their hearts and do not resent others, which is incomparably strong. In addition, their moral character and talent, helping their husbands to qi family, and even governing the country, are better than most people. While they may not have reaped the love, they are at least not "buried" by history.