In the long history of China's 5,000 years, beauty is like stars. Among them, the most famous are the four beauties of Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Sable Cicada and Yang Yuhuan. Xi Shi is the first of the four and is recognized as the most beautiful woman in ancient times.
Xi Shi, whose real name was Shi Yiguang, was honored by later generations as "Xizi". Born in the late Spring and Autumn period in the YueGuo sentence Wumalo Village (present-day Zhuji Ramie Village, Shaoxing, Zhejiang), he followed his mother huansha riverside since childhood, so she was also called "Huansha Girl".
How beautiful is Xi Shi? According to history, Xi Shisheng was born like a heavenly immortal, with extraordinary endowments, increasing by half a point and being thinner by half a point. Huainanzi. In the "Cultivation Training", Xi Shi is called "the beauty of the world". In book XII of the Book of Yue, the beauty of Xi Shi is called "the relic of heaven", which is not the result of the human world. "Zhuangzi. In the "Fortune of Heaven", it is said: Xi Shi is sick and sick, and the ugly woman in the east of the village sees it and is beautiful, and she also holds her heart and imitates it, and the rich see it and close the house; the poor see it and leave their wives. Dong Shi knows the beauty of the jaw and does not know the reason why the chin is beautiful, leaving behind the classic of the East Shi Gong. According to legend, when Xi Shi Huansha was cast, the fish saw its beauty and forgot to swim, and gradually sank to the bottom of the water, leaving a sinking fish. Li Bai has poems praising Xi Shi as "May Xi Shi Cai, people look at The Pass Ruoye", "The beauty hides the ancient and modern, and the lotus flowers are ashamed of jade". Wang Wei also wrote a poem about Xi Shi" (西施) "Invite people to fu fat powder, not to wear their own clothes." The king's favor is delicate, and the king's pity is right and wrong. Su Dongpo wrote in "Drinking on the Lake after the First Sunny Day": "The water is bright and sunny, and the mountain color is strange in the sky and rain." If you put the West Lake than the West Lake, light makeup is always appropriate. From ancient times to the present, the only woman who can compare with the West Lake comparable to heaven is Xi Shi. A large number of historical records, folklore, poetry and songs are enough to prove the beauty of Xi Shi's face, and its beauty is to the extreme.
Xi Shi is not only beautiful in appearance, but also has extraordinary insight, courage that is different from ordinary people, and his tenacious will is not inferior to his eyebrows, and the deep patriotic feelings and fearless sacrifice spirit in his heart also shine in ancient and modern times. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu and Yue were at war, and the Yue state was defeated, and the yue monarch entered Wu as a servant for three years. Xi Shi firmly believed that this was a great shame and humiliation for the Yue kingdom, and this revenge would be repaid. One day, Xi Shi said to the people, "The country's hatred is not repaid, and there is no way for people." This sentence happened to be overheard by Fan Li, the minister of Vietnam, who was slightly serving and inspecting the plan of revenge. Fan Li admired Xi Shi very much, so he told Xi Shi about Gou Jian's revenge plan: Yue Wang Gou Jian had been trying to take revenge, and when he heard that Fu Cha was lustful, he decided to find a beautiful woman to give to Fu Cha to mess up his government. Fan Li hoped that Xi Shi could take on this heavy responsibility. In order to wash away the shame of the country, Xi Shi agreed to it. After three years of training in song and dance etiquette, Gou Jian dedicated Xi Shi to Fu Cha. Xi Shi was at Fu Cha's side, while exerting charm and charm to admire the moon and flowers, sing and dance feast, and paddle with water, indulging in beauty and ignoring the government; at the same time, he used his wrist to consume the strength of the Wu state and eliminate the wu loyal subjects. Years of unremitting efforts finally created an opportunity for Gou Jian, who defeated Fu Cha and Fu Cha killed himself. The shame of the country has finally snowed. A village girl with Huansha, who bravely sacrificed her personal happiness when the country was in trouble, endured humiliation and burdens, was in an enemy country, her heart was in the country of Vietnam, she was in the midst of songs and feasts without forgetting her original heart, she held the position of wealth and glory without falling into her ambition, and made great contributions to washing the shame of the snow country.
For a long time, there have been many opinions about Xi Shi. In addition to the fact that her appearance and revenge are recorded in historical records and are true, the love story of her and Fan Li and the mystery of her fate have appeared in various literary and film and television works, although there is no evidence to check, but it also proves the people's affirmation and love for Xi Shi from the side, adding more brilliance and influence to her.
In fact, for Xi Shi, just by virtue of his beautiful appearance and the great beauty of the people of the country, it is enough to make it difficult for thousands of beautiful women in successive dynasties to look back. The perfect combination of external beauty and inner beauty has made Xi Shi stand at the top of the ranks of Chinese beauties, the first to be recorded in history, flowing through the ages, becoming the representative of perfect women, the embodiment and synonym of beauty.
China's first beauty, Xi Shi deserved, deserved, deserved.