The four beauties of ancient China, the sinking fish and the falling geese, the closed moon shy flowers, the sinking fish is said to be Xi Shi, and she also has another code name "spy girl".
Xi Shi was a beautiful woman in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, born in the village of Ramie in the Yue Kingdom, to a poor family.
There is a stream in front of Xi Shi's house, and the young girl Xi Shi, like every girl from a poor family in the village, works in the creek every day.
The difference is that Xi Shi is beautiful and natural, the skin is like gelatin, the eyebrows are like a crescent moon, the eyes are like stars, and the teeth are like shells. Legend has it that every time Xi Shi went to Huansha, the clear stream reflected her beautiful figure, and the fish in the water saw her reflection, forgot to swim, and gradually sank to the bottom.
This is the allusion of "Xi Shi Sinking Fish", and there are also many poets who have written down the beauty of Xi Shi with a stroke of the pen, such as Su Shi's "If you want to make the West Lake more beautiful than Xizi, thick makeup is always appropriate", no matter whether the heavy makeup of Xi Shi is so beautiful.
The poet Li Bai also wrote poems for Xi Shi's beauty. He wrote in "Midnight Wu Ge Xia Song": "Three hundred miles from the Mirror Lake, lotus flowers are issued. 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 meaning of this poem is that mirror lake is very large, more than three hundred miles, and in summer it is full of lotus flowers with buds waiting to bloom. In May, Xi Shi came here to collect lotuses, and the beauty shocked the four fields, attracting people who came to watch the crowd of Ruoye Creek. However, less than a month after Xi Shi returned home, he was elected to the palace.
The beauty of Xi Shi is earth-shattering and well-known in the surrounding areas.
At that time, when the Yue soldiers were defeated by the State of Wu, the King of Yue decided to "lie down and taste the guts", so he sent the minister Fan Li to find a beautiful woman for the King of Wu, in the hope of blowing more wind in the ear of the King of Wu, first, to protect his own safety, and second, to seduce the King of Wu and make him absurd and chaotic.
Xi Shi, who was famous for his beauty, was soon found by Fan Li, and since the ancient hero loved beauty, Fan Li was also in love with Xi Shi at first sight, helplessly pressing state affairs, and the languages sent out subsequently by Gou Jian also came to visit. Fan Li had to bring Xi Shi back to the Yue Palace.
According to legend, there are three requirements for the Yue King's beauty pageant, "A true beauty must have three conditions: one is beauty, the other is good at singing and dancing, and the third is posture." ”
So Xi Shi began to study in the Yue King's Palace, and the Yue King spent three years teaching her singing, dancing, walking, and etiquette.
For three years, Xi Shi practiced diligently every day, fan Li was always by his side, and the hot eyes and careful care made the girl's spring heart sprout.
However, Xi Shi, who had completed his studies, was soon sent to the Wu Palace and came to the side of Wu WangFuchai.
There is no record in history of whether Xi Shi was willing to come to yue palace, and how he went to Wu to be a spy with the belief that he would die.
Everyone only saw that King Wu saw this beautiful and beautiful woman with unique charm, and he was overjoyed, building Gusutai for her and building the Guanwa Palace, which was really indulged in wine, and the state administration was gradually abandoned.
Ordinary spies can also be in Cao Ying's heart in Han, but Xi Shi is considered to be a dead man, that is, the kind of spy who uses his life to complete the task.
Before she set out, she should have known that she would undoubtedly die if she failed. When the matter came to pass, she was no longer useful, and could only be destroyed along with wu guo.
She has only one way, that is, to forget her identity as a "spy", forget her hometown, forget her lover, live to the death, and complete her mission.
She became a fox spirit like Qiu Dai herself, and she fascinated Wu Wangfu.
According to legend, Xi Shi is good at dancing the "Ringing Dance" - wearing wooden sandals on his feet and a small bell tied to his dress, dancing to ring the jingle, moving. Fu Cha also specially built a "ringing corridor" for him, and the wind, music, singing and bells between the corridors are intertwined, adding icing on the cake to Xi Shi's beautiful dance posture.
The Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei also wrote a poem called "Xi Shi Yong" to describe the favor that Xi Shi received in wu palace.
"The bright color of the world is heavy, and Xi Shi Ning is long and micro."
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. ”
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!
Xi Shi was favored by Wu Wangfuchai, and had more opportunities to say good things about Gou Jian in front of Wu Wang. Slowly, Fu Cha relaxed his guard over the Yue King, and also relaxed his vigilance against the Yue Kingdom.
Later, because of Xi Shi's help, King Wu even insisted on letting King Yue return to China despite Wu Zixu's advice.
Helping Yue Guo restore the country is not only the mission given to her by Yue Guo, but also the mission given to her by Fan Li. But in the middle of the night, she would not miss the simple and happy times when she was in the creek, the silver spots of the sun shining on the stream, the giggles of the girls' white and rounded legs touching the cool stream, the little secret little wishes hidden in their hearts.
Her beautiful appearance did not bring her a good and peaceful life, but it made her a weapon that no longer had feelings.
Ten years have passed, and this decade is also a decade of Vietnam's savings power, and after "ten years of life and gathering, ten years of lessons", Vietnam has been ready to restore the country.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Wu state to fight for hegemony in the north, the Yue state successfully sneaked behind the wu state, consuming a large part of the strength of the wu state. Four years later, wu was destroyed in one fell swoop, and Fu Cha committed suicide. It is said that before he died, he covered his face with paper, saying that he did not have the face to meet Wu Zixu, who was forced to commit suicide.
As soon as the country washed away the snow shame and Xi Shi's mission was completed, where should she go?
As a "red face and bad water", Xi Shi's end is doomed to be miserable. King Yue even killed the wen that helped him restore the country, and the shrewd Fan Li chose to retire from the country, can he leave Xi Shi behind?
Later people regretted Xi Shi's fate and added a happy ending to her - boating with Fan Li on Taihu Lake.
Will Xi Shi be happy? I think no, if she had a choice, her greatest wish would be to return to her hometown, stay away from politics, wash away the lead, forget the past, and be an ordinary old woman.