Folk tales circulate
Zhu Yuanzhang started from the cloth, the lowest time was a beggar, relying on begging for a living, so born to become the founding emperor, is the first person in Chinese history, so that Liu Bang, who was not born in cloth, appeared to be a "pavilion chief" birth, and the starting point was too high.
From the abyss to the peak, Zhu Yuanzhang himself thinks that he is great, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, often by his own great achievements to wake up, after all, his feats, known as the Emperor of the Ages is not excessive, so he wants future generations to look up to him, so he decided to ask the painter to paint for himself.
The court painter was instructed to paint portraits of Zhu Yuanzhang, although the court painters exhausted their life's work, but Zhu Yuanzhang was not very satisfied with the paintings of the court painters, and he felt that the portraits of the court painters were too dull, tangible and godless. In fact, this point is not to blame the court painter, after all, the companion is like a companion tiger, it is not an easy thing to paint the emperor, the court painter only dares to depict it at a glance, and how dare he have half a point to play! The famous painter Wang Fu of the Ming Dynasty once served in the palace, and he probably painted a portrait for Zhu Yuanzhang, so in his works, he once expressed his feelings, saying that the portrait of the emperor was extremely difficult to paint.
"It's hard to write real, but it's especially hard to write about your face."
However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not care what kind of hardships your painter had, and seeing that the works of the court painters were not satisfied, Zhu Yuanzhang simply sent people to find Danqing masters in the folk and seek a satisfactory portrait of himself.
The first folk Danqing master who came to the court, although he was a little nervous, he was still full of confidence, after all, he had something in his hand, and he wrote lotus flowers, which was the courage of the artist. He finished painting Zhu Yuanzhang, that is called a portrait, that is called a god, it is simply a "camera", looking at his own work, the painter is very satisfied, but his smile quickly froze on his face, because Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his painting, felt that this painting was too similar, very angry, ordered to be beheaded.
The second folk painter who came to the court was not as confident as the first, although his painting skills were excellent, but he had great psychological pressure, painting the emperor, painting badly, but he had to lose his head. Fortunately, he did his homework before entering the palace, and also inquired about the news, knowing that the first painter was beheaded because he painted too much like himself, so the painter was already prepared, and after seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, he soon began to devote himself to painting. As a result, this painter was also beheaded by Zhu Yuanzhang, because he painted Zhu Yuanzhang in the slightest, which was too otherworldly.
After the third painter received Zhu Yuanzhang's invitation and learned the reason why the first two painters were beheaded, the third painter learned to be smart and probably understood what kind of portrait Zhu Yuanzhang wanted. So before entering the palace, this painter desperately copied such an atmospheric imperial portrait as the Qin Emperor Han Wu, and finally practiced the kung fu of wang qi in the painting, and when he entered the palace to give Zhu Yuanzhang a portrait, when the painting was completed, Zhu Yuanzhang not only did not cut off his head, but also rewarded him heavily. The reason is also very simple, because this painter painted a portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang, the round face has majesty, has the posture of an emperor, contains the domineering spirit of the Qin Emperor Han Wu, and does not lose the unique characteristics of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Of course, this is just a circulating story, not really happening. However, Zhu Yuanzhang's real appearance is indeed a mystery, and there are two kinds of portraits of him, one is round and handsome, and the other is ugly.
Ugly Zhu Yuanzhang
Zhu Yuanzhang's ugly portrait, everyone is familiar with it, commonly known as the shoehorn face, his appearance is said to be good to hear is "strange appearance", and it is ugly to hear is "ugly and strange".
Such a appearance has no prestige at all, and its origin is not reliable, as to why such a portrait appears, there are two main reasons.
First, after Zhu Yuanzhang rebelled and had little power, he was targeted by people, and there were many people who wanted to kill him for a while, these people came from the Yuan Dynasty, from Chen Youyi, and also from many forces that disobeyed Zhu Yuanzhang. There is an old Chinese saying that "always walk by the river, which can not get wet shoes." "Although Zhu Yuanzhang is not afraid of assassination, but there are many such things, in case he is killed by mistake, won't it be finished?" So Zhu Yuanzhang chose to be careful, so he ordered people to forge his own portrait and spread it among the people, this portrait is zhu Yuanzhang's ugly portrait, the reason it appeared is because Zhu Yuanzhang wants to mislead the world and prevent being assassinated.
Second, this ugly portrait is likely to be the smear of the enemy, and the smear needs to be impossible for the parties to defend, because when Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he looked very handsome, and it was useless for you to smear it. Therefore, the enemy who smeared him here is likely to be the future generation, and the ming dynasty is the most likely to smear Zhu Yuanzhang in the future generations of the Qing Dynasty.
The Qing soldiers entered the pass to defeat the Great Qing Dynasty established by the Ming Dynasty, and as enemies of the Ming Dynasty, they became the authors of the "History of Ming", which directly led to the inaccurate judgment of the Ming Dynasty by later generations, and naturally had an impact on Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance. Such an ugly appearance, no matter how to look at it, is not an imperial appearance, and it is likely to be the result of being smeared by the rulers of the Qing Dynasty.
Handsome Zhu Yuanzhang
As the most imperial portrait, most people think that Zhu Yuanzhang himself beautified himself, if this is the case, he can completely ban the ugly version of the portrait when the Ming Dynasty was under the heavens, why should it be kept? Presumably, the probability of preventing assassination before was very high, after all, the portraits he himself spread could not be banned by himself.
Zhang Han, the official Shangshu of the Ming Dynasty, who had seen zhu Yuanzhang's portrait and had a very high evaluation of Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait, from his evaluation, it can be seen that the portrait hanging in the Ming Dynasty hall is a handsome version of the portrait, and it can also be seen from this that during the Wanli period, the ugly version of Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait already existed.
"Enter the Wuying Hall and get the Second Ancestor's Imperial Appearance." Taizu's appearance, huge eyebrows, straight nose and long lips, face like a full moon, must not be a ruler, and the image of folklore is very different. ”
In this way, the Qing Dynasty smeared Zhu Yuanzhang, and it could only publicize this ugly version of the portrait, not the Qing Dynasty people. It also increased Zhu Yuanzhang's act of pretending to be a portrait in order to prevent assassination. Since it is a forgery, it will certainly be guided in the opposite direction, and from here, Zhu Yuanzhang is really handsome, and it is not impossible.
In fact, from the appearance of Zhu Di, we can also see some clues, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang's own son looks like zhu yuanzhang, there will definitely be Zhu Yuanzhang's shadow. And the record of Zhu Di in the "History of Ming" is a veritable handsome man.
"Wang Looks Qiwei, beautiful hair." Wisdom and courage have a big plan, and can push sincerity to appoint others. ”
In summary, the reason why the third painter was able to survive was because he guessed the "Holy Will" correctly, and he understood that Zhu Yuanzhang did not really want an unadorned "selfie" when he looked for a portrait of him; nor did he want an unrealistic "revision map"; Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to be an "imperial picture" that had the appearance of an emperor, but was not far from reality, and could be admired by future generations!
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