We all know that the four beauties of the ancient Chinese national color Tianxiang were Xi Shi, Sable Cicada, Wang Zhaojun and Yang Guifei. The ancients summarized these four beauties, and also used the customary and exclusive words "sinking fish and falling geese, closing the moon and shy flowers". As the first of the four beauties, Xi Shi's status has never wavered. It is said that Xi Shi's beauty once made the fish swimming in the water stand still and sink to the bottom like stones. The beauty of Xi Shi is so amazing that even the fish are sinking.
(Xi Shi)
So, how beautiful is Xi Shi?
First of all, let's look at the ancients' praise for Xi Shi. How do they portray and describe Xi Shi?
The great poet Li Bai is not only a romantic heroic poet of the "flying down three thousand feet, suspected to be the milky way falling for nine days", but also a writer who praises the woman's exhaustion of dreams. Among the four beauties, Wang Zhaojun and Yang Guifei, he has written many articles, which can be described as flowing and vivid. For Xi Shi, he is even more stingy with pen and ink and unique ingenuity.
Li Bai's "Midnight Wu Ge Xia Song" wrote xi shi like this: "Three hundred miles of mirror lake, lotus flowers are haired." In May, the west is collected, and the people look at the pass Ruoye. Returning to the boat did not wait for the moon, and returned to the Yue King's house. ”
The gist of the poem is that the Mirror Lake is more than three hundred miles large, and there are lotus flowers blooming everywhere, and Xi Shi once picked lotuses here in May, attracting people to watch the Ruoye Creek, but less than a month after Xi Shi returned home, he was selected into the palace.
The beauty of Xi Shi, Li Bai himself could not have seen it with his own eyes, but he could imagine that this was no longer a question of 100% return rate, but a spectacle that triggered onlookers. Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, not celebrities, just because of their beauty and triggered onlookers, have you ever seen more?!
Another poem by Li Bai, "Wing Raspberry Mountain", even wrote Xi Shi very well: "Xi Shi Yue Xi Nu, from Ramadan Mountain." The beauty hides the ancient world, and the lotus flowers are ashamed of their faces. Huan sha makes clear water, self and qingbo idle. The teeth are hard to open, and the groans are in the clouds. Gou Jian is absolutely beautiful, and the moth enters WuGuan. Carrying the Pavilion Baby Palace, it is very small and climbable. Once the husband sent the country, Qianqiu did not pay it back. ”
(Yue Wang Gou Jian)
Here's a translation. Xi Shi is a woman by the Yueguo Creek who was born in the Ramadan Mountains. Her charm has been circulating in the past and today, and Lotus will be shy when she sees her. She plucked the green water when she was spinning by the stream, and was as leisurely as a clear wave. Indeed, it is rare to see her smile and show her white teeth, as if she were moaning in the clouds. The Yue King Gou Jian collected the national beauty, and Xi Shi raised his eyebrows and went to the Kingdom of Wu. She was deeply favored by King Wu and was placed in the Guanwa Palace, which was invisible. After The State of Wu was defeated, it did not return for a thousand years.
Praising Xi Shi, the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei also participated. He wrote in the "Xi Shi Yong": "The bright color of the world is heavy, and the West Shi Ning is long and weak." Chao is a Yuexi woman, and Twilight is a concubine of Wu Palace. The lowly day is not special, and the noble party is rare. Invite people fu xiang powder, do not wear their own robes. The king's favor is delicate, and the king's pity is right and wrong. At that time, Huan Sha was accompanied, and Mo had to return to the same car. Hold the neighbor's son and follow an example of Ankexi. ”
Extraordinary also translate it. The gorgeous posture has always been the weight of the world, how can the beautiful Xi Shi be low for a long time? Originally, she was a Huansha girl in Yuexi, but later she became a concubine in the wu king's palace. Is there anything different about being unassuming? It was only when the nobles realized that she was beautiful and rare in the world. How many palace ladies had applied powder to her, and she never had to wear her own robes. The king favored her more delicately, and the king never cared about her right and wrong. The female companion who used to be in Yuexi Huansha together can no longer go in the same car with her. I would like to advise the blind neighbor Dong Shi that it is not easy to frown and want to be favored!
As such, the ancient literati and inkers, who joined in the fun to write Xi Shi, there was no shortage of people, regardless of their articles. The beauty of Xi Shi has become a concept of beauty incarnating classical beauty. In ancient times, many women took Xi Shi as beautiful and imitated her. However, it does not resemble God, but it is also in vain. As a result, Dong Shiyi made a joke.
(Wu WangFucha)
Secondly, the beauty of imperfection is also a kind of beauty.
Xi Shi was born beautiful and beautiful, but she was not perfect, she still had flaws and deficiencies, but she was called the embodiment and synonym of perfection.
Xi Shi was originally an ordinary and ordinary woman, and her birth was not very good, but this was not her defect, but gave her an innate, pure and simple beauty. What about her flaws? Seduced by men, she went with the flow and offered her most beautiful body to the most brutal king.
Here is a quote from the Tang Dynasty Luo Yin's poem "Xi Shi": "Since the rise and fall of the family country, the Wu people have complained bitterly about Xi Shi. If Xi Shi dissolved the State of Wu, who would be the fall of the Yue Kingdom? The meaning of the translation is that the rise and fall of the country has its own fortunes, so why should the Wu people complain that it was Xi Shi who caused their country to perish? If Xi Shi knew how to overthrow the State of Wu, then who would later bring about the demise of the State of Yue?
The Tang Dynasty poet Cui Daorong wrote more directly. He wrote in the "Xi Shi Tan": "Zai Yao died in the Wu kingdom, and Xi Shi fell into notoriety. Huansha spring water rush, seems to have uneven sound. This means that the traitorous minister Bo Yao caused the destruction of the Wu kingdom, but the notoriety was pushed on Xi Shi, thinking that the spring water of Huan Sha was rolling in the past, and the sound seemed to be unfair to the beautiful woman.
Let's reconstruct the historical account. It is a great pity that this is not an account of Sima Qian's "Records of History". Until now, the author has not understood that such a beautiful woman as Xi Shi still has the mark of history on her body, and Sima Qian actually did not mention her a word. But Xi Shi is the truth of history.
According to the historical record, Xi Shi, whose surname was Shi Shi, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period, that is, in 503 BC in the village of Juwu Ramie (present-day Zhuji Ramie Village, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang), and since childhood he was with his mother in Huansha by the river, so she was called "Huansha Girl". After Taking the defeat in the war against the State of Wu, King Gou of Yue adopted the advice of the counselor Wen Zhi, "Leaving a beautiful woman to confuse her heart and chaos her plot", found Xi Shi and Zheng Dan at the foot of The Ramadan Mountain, and built a beautiful woman palace on Tucheng Mountain, teaching song and dance etiquette, decorating luo silk, teaching Rongbu, accustomed to Tucheng, and Lindu Lane. After three years of study, the scribe Fan Li came forward to dedicate himself to King Wu. Wu Wangfu cha Dayue, Zhugu Sutai, Jianguan Wa Palace, the second daughter in the room of the pepper flower, indulged in wine, absurd to the state government, and spoiled Xi Shi especially. After the destruction of Wu, Xi Shi did not know the end, and there were many legends. It is also recorded that Xi Shi died about 473 BC, and died at the age of 30.
Just as an angel dies, a beautiful person dies, but because of "righteousness" he dies for what he deserves. Poignant, that is, moving beauty. Broken beauty is also beauty. The mutilation has been covered up by the beauty of the endoplasm, and the chain and contrast with beauty is still a kind of beauty. The concept of beauty evaluated by the ancients is also similar to that of today's people. Today's people choose to be beautiful, not only to look at the appearance, but also to show wisdom and warm and lovely side. Xi Shi's simple and ordinary beauty, but it was destroyed by the chaotic world and the king, which still does not change xi Shi is the embodiment of beauty and wisdom. Without wisdom, can Xi Shi pull down the king of a country?
The beauty of Xi Shi also shows the pursuit and sacrifice of love. Regarding the love story of Xi Shi and Fan Li, there are many legends and controversies. It may be a long time ago, and who can say the real version? Search for it, roughly. Fan Li was ordered by the King of Yue to choose a beauty for King Wu, and he discovered Xi Shi. Surprised by Xi Shi's appearance, as the contact deepened, he fell in love with Xi Shi. Xi Shi was also attracted by his talent and lofty ambitions. The two fall in love. Talented and beautiful, born a pair. However, when the country is in trouble, how can the two of them linger for the love of their children for life? To this end, Xi Shi chose to sacrifice love. Love is always a beautiful topic. Xi Shi sacrificed himself for the sake of the country and for love.
The beauty of Xi Shi is even more manifested in her righteousness for the country. The grand plan of national restoration has always been burning in her heart. Xi Shi was sacrificed to King Wu by King Yue. At The side of King Wu, Xi Shi sought perfection and sacrificed her life for righteousness, but she did not fail in her mission, and finally caused King Wu to lose his vigilance and fighting spirit, and the state of Wu was eventually destroyed.
Xi Shi and Fan Li (stills)
How did Xi Shi die? There are many legends. First, Shen Jiang said. After the fall of the State of Wu, King Wu's wife had Xi Shi deceived, tied stones to her, and then sank to the bottom of the river. The second is the theory of seclusion. According to the Book of YueJie, "Xi Shi, after the death of Wu, returned to Fan Li and went away with the Pan Five Lakes." "The third is falling into the water. After the fall of the State of Wu, Xi Shi returned to his hometown and accidentally fell into the water and died while huansha. The fourth is to be killed. After the fall of the State of Wu, the Wu people wrapped Xi Shi in layers with brocade and sank into the heart of the Yangtze River. Fifth, hang yourself. After the Yue Kingdom destroyed the State of Wu, Xi Shi felt sorry for Wu Wangfuchai and could not be relieved, and finally hanged himself in the Guanwa Palace.
So many legends, but without compromising the perfect image of Xi Shi, why is this? I'm afraid it's the same sentence, die for righteousness, die for what you deserve. Xi Shi died for the motherland. Her death was poignant, righteous, and naturally emotional, triggering people's interpretation of beauty, remembrance and pity for beauty. Xi Shi will always be the embodiment of beauty in people's minds, and she is not inferior at all because she plays every scene and seeks perfection.
The last thing to say is that classical beauty is always a kind of beauty.
No matter how beautiful Xi Shi is, it is only a classical beauty. From the perspective of today's people, what does classical beauty represent? Xi Shi is born beautiful, is a simple and pristine beauty. Today's people think that this is just a form of beauty. Beauty should be diverse. Simplicity is beauty, gorgeous is also beautiful, sexy or a kind of beauty.
(Battle of the Restoration of the Yue King)
Therefore, some people have a unique association, why not use modern scientific and technological means to restore the beauty of Xishi according to the description of Xishi by the ancients? Driven by curiosity, some people have actually tried this on a computer. First depict the general outline of Xi Shi, then color, add ancient clothing, and then further, let Xi Shi eyebrows, hair flowing, live-action version of Xi Shi resurrection. However, no matter how you look at it, there is a gap with the ancient people's description of Xi Shi, and it is unspeakably beautiful. This is only Xi Shi in the painting or animation, and it is inconsistent with the associations that we can produce when reading the poems of Li Bai and others.
Classical beauty is a kind of rustic beauty, which cannot be modified by artificial. Classical beauty is also a spiritual beauty, why should we modify her?!
Xi Shi was getting farther and farther away from us. However, the beauty she represents is becoming more and more anthropomorphic and idealized, and it is impossible to repeat it. Let her exist in our minds as a classical, incomparable, original, spiritual beauty. Imagine it, remember it, we should never give up a heart that pursues beauty.
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