Sinking fish and falling geese, closing the moon and shy flowers,
The above two sentences are synonymous with Chinese beauties, also synonymous with the four great beauties of China, and also about the ranking of the four beauties: Xi Shi is the head, Wang Zhaojun is zhong, the mink cicada is the season, and the jade ring is the last,
The four beauties have been praised by the world for thousands of years from ancient times to the present, and
Xi Shi, Marten Chan, Zhaojun, Yuhuan
It is also known to women and children, but after the Tang Dynasty, no one has ever seen their beauty, but the legends about their beauty and wisdom are still innumerable in the folk, and they are not tired of hearing them and talking about them.
But throughout ancient China, the most important thing is the beauty, all the dynasties and dynasties will appear to be a woman with both talents and perfect looks, some dynasties are several, some are more numerous,
But why has it always been that the four beauties have been ranked in the top four of the beauty list, and other beauties, no matter how hard they try, can't catch up with their age-old reputations.
Is it their beauty or is there another reason? Or are their descendants descending from the heavens and the earth?
Speaking of how beautiful the four beauties are, history cannot say clearly, there are many legends about their beauty, the four people have their own style, but there is a fact that does not increase, in the long river of history,
Of the four of them, three of them had no sons and half daughters, and the only one was Wang Zhaojun who had descendants.
Since there are no descendants, then there are no descendants who appear to praise them,
And in ancient times, there are three filial pieties, and no queen is a big concept, the four beauties should be a point of controversy.
And among the four people, Xi Shi assisted Yue Wu, Marten Cicada cleverly used serial tactics to make Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu discordant, Yang Yuhuan was fascinated by Tang Xuanzong, and had various anecdotes with An Lushan, and the things and means they did were somewhat controversial in the ancient era of praising De
But why are they still pushed by the literati and inkers?
How much did the ancient literati inkers praise them? A summary of more than a hundred poems written to them, and from the Tang Dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, they were mentioned in every dynasty, and there were many celebrities who wrote poems and articles for them.
Notable people include:
Li bai
, depicting Yang Guifei's classic masterpieces: Yun wants to dress and flowers, the spring breeze blows Revlon, and Bai Juyi's "Long Hate Song"
Li Bai also wrote poems for Xi Shi, and Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty also created "Wumei Yin Xi Shi".
A generation of allures are chasing waves, and Wu Gongkong remembers his children's home. Mo Xiaodong Village Woman, head white creek side of the Huan Yarn
。 Su Dongpo's "Drinking on the Lake After the First Sunny Day" is a classic, in which "
If you want to put the West Lake than the West Lake, light makeup is always appropriate
。 "It's a masterpiece
There are more about Wang Zhaojun, such as Du Fu's "Yonghuai Ancient Monuments" in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Anshi's "Ming Concubine Song" in the Song Dynasty
Poems about mink cicadas, Bai Juyi's JianDisong of the Tang Dynasty, and "Huanxi Sha Sable Cicadas" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Why is this happening?
Since later generations, after the Tang and Song dynasties, in addition to Li Bai and others, who have met Yang Guifei several times, the four of them have never been seen, and according to the current cultural relics and archaeological findings, the aesthetics of each era are very different, for example, the Tang Dynasty is rich and beautiful, and the Song Dynasty likes to be weak, the harem beauty of the Qing Dynasty, so far we can not look directly,
In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the seven kingdoms each had their own style, such as the King of Chu with a thin waist, the Zhao kingdom with a dance, etc., but the four beauties were still praised for thousands of years, and they are still the ceiling of Chinese beauties.
There must be some reason behind this, and this reason is worth pondering and learning from.
In fact, the reason is very simple, but often ignored, all along, we only pay attention to their appearance and anecdotes, but forget their contribution and representation in history.
It is the experience of the four great beauties of ancient times, the crowd represented behind them and the historical significance of their burdens, that many talents have great admiration for them, and at the same time they will have some feelings and write so many famous passages throughout the ages.
So in addition to their appearance, what is the meaning of each person, their experience and past, and why do literati and inkers like them so much?
First of all, we say a sinking fish, Xi Shi
In history, Xi Shi, in the end, whether there is really a person, there is still a certain controversy, but it does not affect xi shi to be selected as the top of the Chinese beauty list, Xi Shi is the Yue country in the Spring and Autumn Period, why can it become the first place in the beauty list, although the sayings are different, but Xi Shi must pass the value,
How beautiful is Xi Shi? At that time, there was no detailed record, but it can be found from its region and life, first of all, Xi Shi's place of origin is not in the Yue Kingdom, her surname is Zi, the ancestors are Song people, and then retrospectively can be said to be a descendant of the Shang Dynasty, that is, the ancestral home is a sister in Henan.
At that time, the place where the Song Kingdom was located was a transportation point in all directions, and the Song State inherited the culture of the Shang Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, and to a certain extent, its cultural heritage was not worse than that of the princes who rose up in the Zhou Dynasty.
The places where they are located are all "places of anointing". The three cores, Shangqiu, Taoqiu, Pengcheng, convenient transportation, suitable distance, became the early Spring and Autumn commercial city cluster, highly developed commercial and cultural heritage, so that the Song Kingdom even to the Han Wudi period, Sima Qian also praised as "the world",
Pengcheng in the early Han Dynasty, with the advantage of "the rao of sea salt in the east, the copper of Zhangshan Mountain, and the benefit of the three rivers and five lakes", became the royal capital of the king of Western Chu.
Because of its economic prosperity, the Song Dynasty bred a large number of thinkers, and was also considered by later generations to be the birthplace of the Mo, Dao, and Ming schools, and was also considered a state of etiquette, after all, Song Xianggong, as one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, some of its behaviors were commendable in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Therefore, Xi Shi has innate excellent conditions, and at the same time, after his ancestors moved to Yueguo, the place where he settled was also a place of outstanding people, and good mountains and good water naturally carved a generation of beautiful people.
Even now Shaoxing Zhuji is located near Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Suzhou and Hangzhou have always been a place of beauty.
Xi Shi can make Fan Li move without any whitewash, which can show its charm, but Fan Li's main task is to find folk beauties for the sake of hooking up, but it took a long time to find Zheng Dan and Xi Shi, which shows the high level of his vision and the beauty of Xi Shi.
After all, since the history of China, there has never been a shortage of beauties, even in the Spring and Autumn Period, there are also figures such as Wen Jiang and Qiu Ji, Xi Shi can become the top of the list of ancient beauties, and its most important thing is not because of beauty, nor because of talent.
It was because of Xi Shi's dedication to the Yue Kingdom, and it was Xi Shi's efforts and efforts that made the Yue King's counterattack successful, and finally Wu Wang Fu cha was destroyed by the Yue Guo Gou Jian.
So what dedication did Xi Shi make to the Yue Kingdom and gain the favor of future generations?
First: the beauty of Ezekishi, at that time, even if he did not marry the rich and live a happy and carefree life, it was still okay, but he resolutely gave up this comfortable life, in order to re-rise the country, promised Fan Li, and since then embarked on another one, at that time it seemed uncertain, but there were many dangers in the road, from this point can see Xi Shi's heart to serve the country, a small woman can be so simple,
Second: Xi Shi was taught by Fan Li for three years, in three years of time, the two were feelings, as a woman, Xi Shi could still reject Fan Li and choose to marry him instead of completing the task, but Xi Shi still had feelings for Fan Li and chose to set off, which is a very difficult choice in any era, especially in the Spring and Autumn Period, when Zhou Li was still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Xi Shi's move was undoubtedly to serve the country, and gave up his feelings, for a woman, it is very difficult to do.
Third: Xi Shi arrived in the Kingdom of Wu, deeply favored by Wu Wang Fu Cha, Fu Cha even more spoiled her to heaven, what good things, what conditions, Wu Wang Fu Cha will agree to Xi Shi, and this time, it can be said that it is also the biggest test of Xi Shi, after all, in the face of reality and ideals, Xi Shi has to choose again, is to choose a Yue country that is in ruins to be revived, or to choose to give himself a rich and well-fed Wu Kingdom, is to choose a generation of Spring and Autumn overlords who are obsessed with himself, the successful person Wu Wang Fu Cha or choose only a few words to inherit Fan Li and Yue Guo, It's all a tough multiple choice question.
Xi Shi not only accompanied Wu WangFucha with the good years, but as smart as she was, she must have understood that the Yue King's success and the loneliness of Wu Wangfuchao would be difficult to have her own place in the future, but she finally chose the ideal under heavy conditions, rather than being satisfied with the rich life provided by Wu Wang.
Imagine that Xi Shi accompanied King Wu for so many years, that day was moved, revealed the truth, Yue Wang Gou all his efforts, that is, in vain, Wu Wang Fu chao will not be caught off guard by Yue Wang Gou Jian later, from this point on, have to admire Xi Shi's feelings and dedication to the homeland,
And Xi Shi was actually praised by the literati inkers, because she was willing to give up her beautiful life, and to a road of thorns and thorns, and this road she had to give up a lot, and at the same time the faith in her heart should be very firm, how difficult it is, I am afraid that only the parties know, but for thousands of years, for the sake of the homeland to dedicate their youth and years, willing to embark on the road of Xi Shi Many women,
Some of them have achieved fame, some have failed, most of them are unknown, and Xi Shi represents such a group to prove that their efforts for their homeland are worthwhile, from a historical point of view, a country to be in ruins, rise to become a strong, really several generations, regardless of personal gains and losses of the results of their efforts,
However, some people will question why Xi Shi did the same thing in history and why Xi Shi did not look like Daji, or
Sister Kiichi
Like, being saddled with an ancient name, but living a life that has been passed down through the ages?
Mainly Xi Shi knows how to point to the end, looking at Dai Ji and Mei Xi, although they successfully completed the task, but they therefore chose to do whatever they want, on the contrary, Xi Shi will be much more restrained than them at this point, knowing what to do and what not to do, and its influence only affects the fighting spirit of Wu Wangfu and the construction of civil engineering, consuming the strength of Wu Wang,
And she cooperated with Wu Wangfu in many ways to be unsuspecting about the practice, so that Fan Li's plan could be executed, and she was less harmful to the people of the world than Dai Ji, and it can be said that her influence was mainly in Fu Cha, and understanding moderation was one of the reasons why she had been passed down through the ages
And she was praised, there is another reason is the confusion of her ending, Xi Shi's ending is controversial, whether it is to follow Fan Li rafting away, or was sunk in the West Lake, no one knows, Fan Li gave up the opportunity to achieve fame, changed his name to Tao Zhugong, three times scattered family wealth, three times the rise of the experience, but also let the future generations of Xi Shi's ending appear a lot of speculation, this for Xi Shi Meng legend, a combination of various factors, Xi Shi won the top of the list.
Ranked second
It is Wang Zhaojun who paid for the peace of the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, Wang Zhaojun's life experience, many people know that as a hubei sister, Wang Zhaojun is born with a beautiful nature, and when he was very young, he had a good reputation in the local area, and later after entering the palace, Emperor Hancheng missed Zhaojun because he listened to rumors.
And Wang Zhaojun in the harem how to spend many years, in 33 BC when the Xiongnu to the Han court, Wang Zhaojun resolutely chose to go away, married the Xiongnu Hu Han evil Shan Yu, became the Ning Hu Fu clan, for a Han family woman, this choice can be said to be a very difficult decision, after all, at that time the Xiongnu were remote, and relatively no Han Dynasty development, all aspects of living conditions are more difficult than the Han Dynasty court
Even if you are the Ning Hu Fu clan, the quality of life compared to the Han Dynasty court, is also a big gap, from Wang Zhaojun finally died of depression at the age of thirty-three, which now seems to be the time when the woman is like a flower, Wang Zhaojun has been married to three Shan Yu according to the customs of the Xiongnu, and the next two Shan Yu, or the descendants of Hu Han evil Shan Yu, this marriage custom completely broke the inherent Han Dynasty marriage customs concept of Zhaojun,
At one time, Zhaojun wanted to return to the Han Dynasty for this reason, but he stayed. And also left two lovely princesses, and she is also the only one of the four beauties, there are descendants, from the historical records, it can be seen how much Zhaojun paid for the plug,
Zhaojun's efforts, but the impact on the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu people is very large, so that the han-Hungarian relations at that time to ease, while maintaining commercial exchanges and technical exchanges between the two places, and Wang Zhaojun is the representative of the Han Dynasty began to be close to the family, she represents the dynasties, for the homeland to choose the road of peace, and let the two peoples get cultural and technological exchanges, live a stable life of women, and many of them have not been able to return to their homeland, Ye Luo returned to the roots but eventually disappeared from the first floor of the incense soul in a foreign country,
There are many such characters, such as Wang Zhaojun, Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, etc., and their dedication should not be buried, and the literati and inkers not only rush into them, but also pity their suffering, so Wang Zhaojun represents them through the ages.
Down again, there are mink cicadas
Whether the mink cicada, who ranks third in the beauty list, really exists is a certain controversy, because he does not have a clear record of this person like Wang Zhaojun.
But it still does not affect the flow of the sable cicada, why, simple
target
It is said that although the sable cicada is a song in Wang Yun's mansion or a female relative in Dong Zhuo's mansion, it does represent that successive dynasties have skillfully used strategies to save the people in times of danger for the sake of their homeland.
Later generations had a high evaluation of the mink cicada, and the appearance of the mink cicada turned the tide, only then did Lü Fengxian make a big fuss in the Fengyi Pavilion, and only then did Dong Zhuo be destroyed, these were the merits of the mink cicada, so Luo Guanzhong gave him a high evaluation in the Three Kingdoms.
In fact, the characters represented by the mink cicada are the women of ancient China, who have worked hard in all the dynasties and dynasties to implement strategies, and they have changed the direction of history with their own wisdom and extraordinary talents, but in the end, many of them are obscure and buried in history.
The last person was Yang Guifei
Compared with the previous three people's dedication to sheji, in fact, Yang Guifei has more warning significance, as a talented and musically gifted woman, the love between Yang Guifei and Tang Xuanzong can be said to be beyond reproach, but with the favor of Yang Guifei, Tang Xuanzong has Yang Guifei, especially after the Tang Dynasty reached the peak of the Tang Dynasty's strength,
At this time, Tang Xuanzong began to be fascinated by the music creation with Yang Yuhuan, and the rise of the Yang family and the stable sitting of An Lushan also laid the groundwork for the chaos of the Tang Dynasty's An Shi, and finally yang Guifei was helpless to lose the jade in po xiang, and Tang Xuanzong was still very concerned about Yang Guifei, and for the love encounter between Yang Guifei and Tang Xuanzong, Bai Juyi's "Long Hate Song" can be described as vividly written.
But Yang Guifei eventually became a warning figure, and its representative meaning is to warn the kings of future generations, do not learn from Tang Xuanzong, but also represent these figures in the past dynasties.
On the whole, in fact, it is the four beauties who can live for hundreds of generations, but not because of their appearance and legend, but through their experience, they represent many women who have selflessly paid for the motherland since history, and it is their dedication and dedication that enable their homeland to rise, develop peacefully, and free the people from danger, and they also have warning significance, they are outstanding representatives of Chinese history, so they are constantly praised by the literati and inkers of later generations.
What do you think about that?