Traditional Chinese culture is a huge treasure left to us by our ancestors, and in recent years, many games have also been rooted in traditional culture, turning famous ancient characters into characters in the game after a "transformation".
For example, Zhong Wuyan, a famous ugly woman and talented woman in ancient China, became a warrior-type character holding a sledgehammer in the game. In fact, as one of the four ugly women in China, Zhong Wuyan, of course, the weapon is not a sledgehammer, so what is she like in history?
Zhong Wuyan was born in wuyanyi, the state of Qi during the Warring States period, that is, in the area of Dongping County in today's Tai'an, Shandong, and various historical sources and legends give different accounts about her exact name.
In the "Biography of the Daughters of Lie" written by Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty, it is said that her real name is Zhong Lichun, because she was born without salt, so she is called Zhong Wuyan, and because of her ugly appearance, so with the circulation of her deeds, the name of "Wuyan"" appeared, which means that there is no beauty.
People in the world say that Zhong Wuyan looks ugly, in fact, most people do not know her exact appearance, in the "Biography of the Daughters", describing her as "her human being, extremely ugly and matchless, deep-eyed, growing and growing, nobid throat, fat neck less hair, bent waist out of Hungary, skin like paint. ''
That is to say, her head is strangely shaped, like a medicinal stone mortar, her eyes are deeply sunken, she grows tall, her bones are very large, her nose is upturned, her throat is protruding, her neck is short and thick, her hair is sparse, her waist is bent and her chest protrudes, and her skin is very dark.
Because of his ugly appearance, Zhong Wuyan was not cared about until he was forty years old, and he was always a lonely person. At that time, the monarch of the State of Qi was King Qi Xuan, who had just succeeded to the throne, although his name was "'Breaking the Frontier'", after his reign, he only knew how to drink and enjoy pleasure, like the famous 'Nanguo Blowing Pipe'' allusion occurred at this time, from the fable that King Qi Xuan asked three hundred people to blow the pipe for him, it can be seen that he was a king who pursued enjoyment and loved pomp and circumstance.
One day, King Xuan was resting in the palace, and the palace people sent an order saying that the ugly girl Zhong Wuyan asked to meet him, and he agreed when he was bored. When Zhong Wuyan saw the Great Queen, he raised his hand and rubbed his knees: "Shame! Wow! ''' that's'' dangerous, dangerous! ''
Before King Xuan could ask a question, Zhong Wuyan continued: "In the kingdom of the present king, there is the plague of Heng qin in the west, the strong Chu in the south, and the difficulties of the two kingdoms outside. Gradually the five-fold stage, ten thousand people to the pole, this two also. The sages lurk in the mountains, and the slanderers are stronger than the left and right, and these three are also destroyed. Drinking alcohol and indulging, night and day, not practicing the courtesy of the princes on the outside, and not adhering to the government of the country on the inside, these four are also destroyed. ''
In Zhong Wuyan's mouth, the State of Qi now has four major dangers.
First, the State of Qi now has Qin in the west and Chu in the south, both of which are powerful countries, and if they attack the State of Qi, then the State of Qi will be seriously injured and the society will fall into chaos in an instant; second, the State of Qi will be heavily enslaved and the pressure of the people is very great, which may lead to the rise of the overwhelmed people; third, the talented people are hidden in the mountains and forests and do not want to serve King Xuan, and as a result, only the traitors who are good at flattery and flattery are left in the court, and they cannot put forward any useful opinions.
King Xuan of Qi indulged in drinking and having fun every day, staying up all night, not making friends with other princes and building good relations externally, ignoring the government and politics internally, and neglecting the control and governance of the country.
After stating these four dangers, King Xuan of Qi repented, and he immediately made Zhong Wuyan a saltless king, which was generally given to the sons of nobles or those who made major contributions to the country in the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, such as Pingyuan Jun, Xin Ling Jun, etc., which shows King Xuan's respect for Zhong Wuyan.
Later, in order to show that he had changed his former wrongs and would govern the country well in the future, King Xuan of Qi deposed the original queen and replaced Zhong Wuyan as the queen. When he became queen, Zhong Wuyan carried out a series of reforms, that is, "dismantling the gradual platform, dismissing women's music, retiring from ridicule, going to carving, selecting soldiers and horses, real treasury, opening four public doors, recruiting blunt words, and extending to the side of the ugly." ''
First, Zhong Wuyan demolished the "gradual platform" built by King Xuan of Qi for pleasure and stopped the entertainment of dancing and playing music by the women in the palace; then, she assisted King Xuan in deposing some of the obscenities who only sneaked around and patted horses.
In order to save money, Zhong Wuyan practiced frugality in the palace, opposing spending large sums of money to exchange for luxury items, and after having more money and food, she selected elite soldiers and good horses to form a more powerful army.
In terms of economy, she made full use of the advantages of the State of Qi in the coastal areas, vigorously developed commerce, and enriched the national treasury; in order to get more talents to help govern the country, she went to the official office many times to select and recruit a large number of officials who dared to speak out and advise, even if they were from relatively low births, as long as they were talented, they could get official positions in the State of Qi.
After some reforms in terms of atmosphere, talent, military, economy, politics, etc., the State of Qi gradually prospered, and the "Jixia Xuegong", which represented the location of the hundred advanced ideas of the Warring States period, was greatly developed during the Xuanwang period.
For Zhong Wuyan, the Biography of the Daughters of Lie finally concluded: "'The daughter of no salt, gan said Qi Xuan, respectively, four perished, called the country chaotic, Xuan Wang followed it, four opened the public gate, set up a prince, worshiped the saltless king. ''