Due to the scarcity of historical materials, after the fall of the Wu kingdom, where Xi Shi went has always been a mystery.
The origin of Xi Shi is very certain. She was a raccoon woman, very beautiful.
Why is Xi Shi so beautiful? In history, there is a saying of "holding the heart fairy", that is, Xi Shi has a heartache disease. However, we know that the so-called heartache actually refers to stomach pain in ancient times, not heart pain. That is to say, about Xi Shi has a stomach disease. People with stomach problems, the diet will not be too good. Therefore, at least one thing is certain, Xi Shi should be relatively thin. Generally thinner women, her figure can stand out. Although the Tang Dynasty regarded fat as beauty, it was also a special habit of the Tang Dynasty that appeared in Yang Guifei, and the aesthetic standards of other dynasties were also consistent with the present.
(Xi Shi)
Another piece of evidence that shows the beauty of Xi Shi is a story of Dong Shi XiaoYi.
Because of the pain in his heart, Xi Shi often caressed his chest with his hand, and this action made everyone feel very beautiful. The unsightly Dong Shi also followed suit, but it turned out to be even uglier, and everyone would avoid her.
This story shows that Xi Shi is not only beautiful, but also can lead the trend. Just like the movie stars and singers who are now very good-looking, their dress will also become the trend of the whole nation.
King Gou Of Yue was defeated by King Fuchai of Wu, and as a prisoner of war, he was sent to serve King Wu.
In fact, before being sent to the Kingdom of Wu to serve the King of Wu, Gou Jian had already begun to arrange things to avenge Snow Hate. In those days, it was thought that the best way to let a country perish was to let the king of the country ignore the government and enjoy sex. Therefore, Gou Jian quickly sent people to the people to find beautiful women. It was in this case that they found Xi Shi.
But who exactly is sent to find beautiful women? In the historical narrative, there is a fork. There is a saying that Fan Li was sent to look for it, and there is a saying that it was sent to wen to find it. There is also a saying that Fan Li was sent to look for it first, and later Wen Zhong went to look for it.
This last version gives the story a great richness. It is said that Fan Li first found Xi Shi, but because Xi Shi was so beautiful, he liked it himself. So, a love story occurred with Xi Shi. Originally, he didn't want to sacrifice Xi Shi, he wanted to find a new one. However, probably because the time was too tight, Gou Jian sent Wen Zhi to hurry up and handle this matter again. As a result, Wen Zhong discovered Xi Shi. In this way, the love story of Fan Li and Xi Shi had to end hastily.
Later, Xi Shi was dedicated to King Wu. At the same time, Fan Li accompanied Gou Jian to the Kingdom of Wu to serve the King of Wu. The language was left in Vietnam to administer the common people.
Why did Fan Li accompany Gou Jian to serve King Wu? One theory is that Fan Li's head is particularly clever, and he knows that only by following the hook all the time will he not be suspected by the hook. Wen Zhong did not understand this truth and stayed in China, so he finally killed Wen Zi after he returned to China.
(Fan Li)
However, there is also a version that believes that the reason why Fan Li followed Gou Jian to the State of Wu was because of Xi Shi. His lover was sent to the Wu Palace, and if Fan Li continued to stay in Yueguo, his heart would definitely be very uncomfortable. So even if he was a slave and lived an inhuman life, as long as he could look at Xi Shi more, he would follow.
After Gou Jian went to the Kingdom of Wu, he served the King of Wu very thoughtfully. Every time King Wu wanted to get on the carriage, Gou Jian would crouch on the ground and use it as a stool for King Wu. Later, King Wu fell ill, and in order to please King Wu, he even tasted King Wu's feces to judge King Wu's condition.
All this he had done made King Wu very moved. Although Wu Zixu strongly opposed it, King Wu eventually put Gou Jian back.
After Gou Jian returned, after "ten years of life and gathering, ten years of lessons", in the end, Wu Guo made the Yue Kingdom stronger. Later, taking advantage of the opportunity of the State of Wu to go north to compete with the State of Jin for hegemony, the State of Yue stabbed the State of Wu in the back, killing the King of Wu and destroying the State of Wu.
After destroying the State of Wu, of course, it was faced with the problem of how to deal with Xi Shi. Therefore, there are many versions of Xi Shi's ending.
The first version is the best version. It is said that after Fan Li helped Gou Jian defeat Wu Guo, he knew that Gou Jian was a person who could share hardships but could not enjoy the same pleasures, so he left Gou Jian. When he left Gou Jian, he took his former lover Xi Shi with him. Since then, Xi Shi has followed Fan Li to "raft in the rivers and lakes", and the two have lived a happy and happy life.
It's a romantic version, but it's also the least reliable version. The reason is very simple, Fan Li and Xi Shi did not see each other for a long time, Fan Li liked Xi Shi at the beginning, which was about to see Xi Shi's beauty and the manner of "holding the heart of Xi Zi". But after that, Xi Shi arrived at wu palace, and her life changed dramatically. Whether it is personality, speech and demeanor, etc., there are great changes. Can Fan Li accept these changes? More importantly, when the State of Wu fell, Xi Shi should have been almost 40 years old. In ancient times, a woman of this age was already an old woman, and Fan Li could still like her?
If the two people have a strong emotional foundation, it is also possible to continue to like. But the original emotional foundation of the two is not solid, Fan Li's relationship, how can it remain unchanged for more than 20 years?
(Gouge)
According to the second theory, Fan Li led Xi Shi into the lake and then pushed Xi Shi into the water and drowned. The so-called "boating in the rivers and lakes" is actually about pushing Xi Shi into the lake and drowning, which is not romantic, but very cruel.
This statement should be a more truthful statement. This truth is based on patriarchy. That is to say, the reason why Fan Li did such a thing was because Fan Li first liked Xi Shi, but because Xi Shi was sent to the Wu Palace, he spent so long with fu Cha. As a man, Fan Li couldn't stand it, and his mentality changed a lot, he felt that Xi Shi was dirty, so he pushed Xi Shi into the lake, in order to wash Xi Shi clean.
There is a third theory, Gou Jian decided to execute Xi Shi.
The reason for the execution of Xi Shi is that Xi Shi is a red face and a disaster. The reason for the demise of the State of Wu was caused by Xi Shi. It was precisely because Xi Shi confused King Wu that King Wu was lustful and absurd all day long, ignoring the government. So in the end, fu cha lost the country. In order to maintain the "universal values" and sound a wake-up call to the kings of the world, Gou Jian will kill this kind of scourge that plagues the world.
Of course, this "righteous and awe-inspiring" reason is used to say to the public. His real purpose is something else.
The purpose of this is very clear, that is, to change people's "conspiracy theories".
Because in the eyes of many people, Xi Shi was deliberately sent to the State of Wu to harm King Wu. Of course, it is also true. However, Gou Jian could not admit it in this way, because such an admission would mean the demise of the Wu Kingdom, and it was a conspiracy and trickery of Gou Jian. In this way, the yue kingdom defeated the wu state and obtained the land of the wu state, which was not so reasonable. If Gou Jian proves that King Wu has lost the country himself, then it makes sense for King Wu to obtain the country.
(Wu Wang stills)
Such a version of the story has happened many times in history. Even in the writing of novels, such versions have appeared. For example, in the "Fengshen Yanyi", because the King of Lu flirted with The Lady Niangniang, the Lady Niangniang was very angry, so she sent the nine-tailed fox, the nine-headed pheasant and the jade pipa to confuse the King of the Dragon and make the King lose the country. Later, the King of Zhou, with the help of a group of gods, destroyed the Shang Dynasty. Everyone agreed that the reason for the demise of the Shang Dynasty was because of the appearance of these three red faces, so they had to be hunted down. The three goblins quickly ran to find Lady Niangniang, hoping that Lady Niangniang would do justice for them and tell the other immortals that they were undercover, "underground workers", and that they had gone deep into the tiger's den with a sacred mission. It is great, a bodhisattva who says, "I will not go to hell, who goes to hell."
Who knows, lady Nuwa was unwilling to come forward to write a clarification letter to the three goblins, but instead accused the three goblins of being red-faced and bad, and finally let the gods kill the three goblins.
Then, Lady Lady was a ashes-level big man in the Immortal Realm, so why didn't she want to come forward to save the three goblins? The reason is very simple, if saved, it means that the lady is engaged in a conspiracy. The conclusion that the king of Lu was absurd and misguided the country was not established. If the conclusion that the King of Qiu was absurd and misguided the country was not established, the practice of a group of immortals "helping Zhou to destroy the Country" would seem absurd. Therefore, no matter what, Lady Nuwa will not come to the rescue.
Obviously, the last version of Xi Shi's ending is a real version, the practice of the patriarchal rulers in ancient China.
In their eyes, young and beautiful women are their political pawns. They want to put it in any way they want. Men do dirty things, they can't get on the table, they all push women, call women red faces, let them be scapegoats, and sweep them into the garbage heap of history. But the man stood on the bright and shining stage of the times, became the master of the times, and left a name in history.
However, history has its own public opinion. Although Gou Jian, Fan Li and others all wanted to harm Xi Shi and make her stinky, the common people turned Xi Shi into the first of the "Four Beauties" in ancient China. With such a great honor, to express their respect and pity for Xi Shi, to give Xi Shi a monument.
The trial of history is never absent, only sooner or later.