In the minds of the Chinese people, 4 is a magical number, almost anything, can put together a combination of 4, such as the four kings, the four famous works, the four princes, and the four beautiful women of ancient China. They are also classic figures of ancient Chinese beauties, in contrast, the so-called "four ugly women", few people know, they are the mother-in-law, Zhong Wuyan, Meng Guan and Ruan Shi. It is human nature to love beauty, and people naturally yearn for the lives of those flowery women, but the lives of the "four beauties" and the "four ugly women" are just the opposite, let us see their ending, who do you envy more?
Among them, the head of the beautiful women, to belong to Xi Shi, she has the appearance of falling into the country, originally a Huan sha woman in the village of Yue Guo, so she was favored by the Yue King, after training, she was sent to the Wu Palace, and was loved by fu Cha, but Xi Shi, as the most hidden spy in the Yue Kingdom, was careful step by step, and she was forced to marry the King of Wu, how happy could she be?
In the end, with the destruction of the State of Wu, Xi Shi did not know where to go, some people said that she was eventually taken away by Fan Li and lived in seclusion in the rivers and lakes, and some people said that she was deceived or The Wu King Shen jiang, history does not know the whereabouts of Xi Shi.
And the second mink cicada, there is no such person in history, but in the rendition, she is committed to Dong Zhuo Lübu, which is not what she wants, and has become a tool of official struggle, and it is not interesting to think about.
In 38 BC, the 16-year-old Wang Zhaojun entered the palace as a commoner woman, but because he did not bribe Mao Yanshou, he was not selected to enter the harem of the Han Yuan Emperor, and spent 5 years of spring and autumn in loneliness, and in 33 BC, Wang Zhaojun took the initiative to ask for help, followed the Xiongnu who were courting, and went to the desert.
Wang Zhaojun first married Shan Yu for 3 years and gave birth to a son, but when Hu Han evil Shan Yu died in 31 BC, Wang Zhaojun wrote to the Han court to ask for return, but Emperor Cheng of Han ordered "from Hu customs." So according to the xiongnu father's system of succession, he married Shan Yu's eldest son, Wang Zhaojun and him lived together for 11 years, giving birth to two daughters.
Such an unethical move was difficult for the Central Plains people to accept, but Wang Zhaojun had to learn from it, and she eventually died on the grassland.
The last Yang Guifei, although favored by Tang Xuanzong, also after the Anshi Rebellion, Xuanzong fled with guifei in a hurry, because of the coercion of the soldiers, he was hanged by his most beloved Ren Sanzhi Bai Aya, thus killing xiang Yu.
It can be seen that for them, a good appearance has brought some misfortune and fate. And what kind of story does the so-called "four ugly women" have?
The mother-in-law is the wife of the Yellow Emperor, and also the most famous strange woman in ancient times, and it is said that the first mirror of mankind was invented by the grandmother. Although the woman's appearance was not good, according to Wang Ziyuan's "Four Sons on Virtue", Yun said: "The mother-in-law is a puppet, and those who are good at reputation cannot hide their ugliness." But the Yellow Emperor also had great trust in this wife, and also entrusted her with the responsibility of managing the harem. She has also made significant contributions to the origin and development of the Chinese nation.
In the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period, people often use "seemingly unsalted" to describe an ugly-looking woman, this "no salt" refers to the Warring States period of the State of Qi's salt-free county Of Zhong Lichun, that is, people often say Zhong Wuyan, the history books for Zhong Wuyan's appearance, has a detailed description, saying that she is "forty unmarried, extremely ugly, "concave head deep eyes, long belly festival." However, Zhong Wuyan has a warm heart that understands the great righteousness and cares about the world. At that time, the king of the State of Qi, King Qi Xuan, ignored the government and was greedy for enjoyment, so Zhong Wuyan risked killing his head and desperately tried to admonish, and finally made King Qi Xuan wake up like a dream. In order to thank her, King Xuan of Qi made her empress and regarded Zhong Wuyan as a treasure mirror for himself, thus changing his former wrongs.
And another idiom, "raise the eyebrows of the case", also has a big head, it is about the Eastern Han Dynasty celebrity Liang Hong and his wife Meng Guang, Meng Guang is not a beautiful woman, when he was young, he was rude", "fat and ugly and black", can "lift the stone mortar", when he was young, someone spoke for Meng Guang, Meng Guang did not marry anyone, only to marry Liang Hong, liang Hong at that time, was already a famous Confucian, handsome, everyone laughed at Meng Guang's whimsy, but Liang Hong found that Meng Guang was a very intelligent woman, and resolutely married her.
Meng Guang respected her husband very much, and when she returned home, she directly brought food to her eyebrows to serve him, and Liang Hong also treated his wife like a guest, and thus gave birth to the allusions of "respecting each other as guests" and "raising eyebrows".
As for the last person, the daughter of the Nguyen clan during the Three Kingdoms period, she married Xu Yun, the leader of the Wei Dynasty army, as a wife, during the Wei Ming Emperor, Xu Yun was taken away by the samurai because of his mistakes, but because of the Nguyen clan's admonition, he was safe and sound, and later, Xu Yun was killed by Sima Shi because of his loyalty to the Wei Dynasty, and Sima Shi planned to get rid of the Nguyen clan and her two sons in order to never have any trouble.
In this regard, Nguyen was calm and calm, took his son to live near the cemetery, pretended to be a look of no ambition and no talent, so as to help himself and his sons survive in the chaotic world.
From the above things, it is not difficult to see that appearance is a matter of luck, and no one can choose, but we can make changes and efforts for the future life, and these four strange women have brought a happy ending to their lives for themselves and their families, which can well illustrate this point.