For the four beauties of ancient China, many people will not know, sinking fish and falling geese closed moon shy flowers, respectively, refers to Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, marten cicada, Yang Yuhuan, the story about them must have been familiar to many people. Although they have gained a high social status by virtue of their beauty, the ending is very bleak.
For example, Xi Shi, the head of the four beauties, her beauty was used by the Yue King and sent to the side of the Wu King as a spy. After Gou Jian destroyed the State of Wu, he was eventually forced to sink into the river and die, and there is also a saying that he went with Fan Li across the Five Lakes.
Wang Zhaojun was born in a commoner family in Nan County, and was recruited into the palace because of his good looks. Later, he was arranged by Emperor Yuan of Han to go to the Xiongnu kingdom and relatives, and never returned to China.
Sable Cicada was a famous beauty during the Three Kingdoms period, and in order to repay the nurturing grace of his righteous father Wang Yun, he was willing to dedicate himself to completing the serial plan, first serving Dong Zhuo and then following Lü Bu. After Lü Bu's death, the mink cicada is no longer recorded, and the ending is mostly bleak.
Yang Yuhuan is even more typical of them, and the "Long Hate Song" describes her: "It is difficult to give up on her natural beauty, and she is chosen on the side of the king." Let Tang Xuan obsessed to the point of "not early dynasty", and finally went into exile with Tang Xuanzong Li Longji in Shuzhong and was forced to die.
After saying the fate of the four beauties, we will say the four ugly women. In comparison, the fate of the four ugly women corresponding to the four beauties is much better. The first thing to say is that the concubine, the concubine of the Yellow Emperor in ancient legends, although ugly in appearance, is very virtuous.
As for why the Yellow Emperor would marry such a wife, it is because 5,000 years ago, in order to stop the tribe from "robbing marriages", the Yellow Emperor specially selected an ugly woman with virtuous character and gentle temperament, but ugly face as his fourth wife. The emperor was a wise monarch, and not only did he not dislike his mother-in-law, but he was very fond of her. Because the Yellow Emperor valued the virtuous character of his mother-in-law.
The second ugly woman is Zhong Wuyan, and many people are more familiar with Zhong Wuyan, because her name is a nickname taken in later operas. From the name, it can be seen that the meaning of "no color" is to look no color. But Zhong Wuyan has great ambitions, she and Wu Zetian's mother only married after 40, although she is ugly, she is determined to marry the prince. In the end, it is also a wish. Married to King Xuan of Qi, and finally established Zhong Wuyan as the queen.
The third is Meng Guang, Meng Guang's family is a rich man, but when she got married, she did not choose money as a dowry, but chose to make tools such as cloth clothes, and her husband Liang Hong married her just to want a hard-working wife, about Meng Guang There is also an idiom called "raising the case and raising the eyebrows" that meng Guang said that when Liang Hong returned home, he would raise the food to the eyebrows, showing respect for her husband. The family is kind and loving, and in the end it can be regarded as a very happy ending.
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The last ugly woman, who did not leave a name in history, only knew that she was born in a family of scholars, and was the daughter of Wei Wei Ruan Gong (Zi Boyan), although she looked ugly, she was very intelligent and wise, although she did not read books but had very profound insights on many issues, and after marrying the Famous Scholar Xu Yun of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, she became a very intimate Xiannei helper. After the two married, they were also gracious and loving, and the ending was very happy.