Wuxi beauties in history

1. What allusions do the four beauties in Chinese history come from?

The stories of the four beauties and Chen Yu, Luo Yan, Shui Yue and Shame Flower: 1. Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period , there was a woman named Xi Shi in the Yue Kingdom. She was a beautiful woman with good facial features, pink face and peach blossoms, and extraordinary appearance.

When she was washing her gauze by the river, the clear river water reflected her handsome figure, making him look even more beautiful. At this time, the fish saw her reflection, forgot about swimming, and gradually sank to the bottom of the river. . From then on, Xishi, the nickname of "Sinking Fish", became popular in the neighborhood.

Xishi Huansha Xishi, named Yiguang, was born in Zhuluo Village, Zhuji, Zhejiang during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Natural beauty.

At that time, the State of Yue declared itself a vassal to the State of Wu, and King Gou Jian of Yue lay on his back and tasted his gall in order to revive his country. When the country was in crisis, Xi Shi endured the humiliation and pledged herself to the country. Together with Zheng Dan, Xi Shi was dedicated to King Wu Fu Chai by King Gou Jian of Yue and became King Wu's favorite concubine.

He confused the King of Wu to the point where everyone rebelled against their relatives and had no interest in state affairs, which served as a cover for Gou Jian's comeback. It shows the noble thoughts and sentiments of a patriotic woman.

Later the Wu Kingdom was finally destroyed by Gou Jian. Legend has it that after Wu was destroyed, he and Fan Li went boating on the five lakes, but they didn't know where they ended up.

Has always been remembered by future generations. 2. During the reign of Emperor Han Yuan, there were wars between the north and the south, and the border could not be quiet.

In order to appease the Northern Xiongnu, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty chose Zhaojun to marry Shanyu to ensure eternal reconciliation between the two countries. On a crisp autumn day, Zhaojun bid farewell to his hometown and headed north.

Along the way, the neighing of horses and the singing of wild geese tore her heart apart; the sense of sadness made her unable to calm down. On her mount, she plucked the strings and played a tragic farewell song.

The geese flying south heard the sweet music and saw the beautiful woman riding on the horse. They forgot to flap their wings and fell to the ground. From then on, Zhaojun was nicknamed "Luoyan".

Zhaojun goes out of the fortress. During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu nobles competed for power, and their power gradually declined. The five Chanyus separated and attacked each other endlessly. Among them, Huhanxie Chanyu was defeated by his brother Zhizhi (zhiyinzhi) Chanyu.

Hu Hanxie was determined to make peace with the Han Dynasty and met Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty in person. Hu Hanxie was the first Shanyu to come to the Central Plains to meet him. Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty personally went to the outskirts of Chang'an to greet him and held a grand banquet for him.

Hu Hanxie Shanyu lived in Chang'an for more than a month. He asked Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty to help him go back.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty agreed and sent two generals and 10,000 cavalry to escort him to Monan. At this time, the Xiongnu were short of food, and the Han Dynasty also sent 34,000 dendrobium of food.

Huhanxie Chanyu was very grateful and devoted himself to making peace with the Han Dynasty. When the countries in the Western Regions heard that the Xiongnu had reconciled with the Han Dynasty, they also rushed to deal with the Han Dynasty.

After Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty died, his son Liu (sound shi) came to the throne and became Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty. The Zhizhi Chanyu of the Xiongnu invaded various countries in the Western Region and killed the envoys sent by the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty sent troops to attack Kangju and killed Zhizhi Chanyu. Zhizhi Chanyu died, and Huhanxie Chanyu's status became stable.

In 33 BC, Huhanxie Shanyu came to Chang'an again and asked for a marriage. Emperor Yuan promised.

When the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu wanted to get married, they had to choose a princess or a daughter of the clan. This time, Emperor Han Yuan decided to choose a maid for him. He ordered people to go to the harem to spread the message: "Whoever wants to go to the Huns, the emperor will treat her as a princess."

"The maids in the harem are from They were chosen by the people. Once they entered the palace, they were like birds in a cage. They all longed to be released from the palace one day. But when I heard that I wanted to leave my country and go to the Xiongnu, I was not happy.

There was a palace maid named Wang Qiang (pronounced qiang), named Zhaojun, who was beautiful and knowledgeable. Volunteer to go to the Huns to make peace.

Emperor Yuan asked Huhanxie Shanyu and Wang Zhaojun to get married in Chang'an on a certain day. When Hu Hanxie Chanyu and Wang Zhaojun thanked Emperor Han Yuan for their kindness, Emperor Han Yuan saw that Zhaojun was beautiful and generous, which made the Han Palace enchanted.

It is said that Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty returned to the inner palace, and the more he thought about it, the more upset he became. He then asked someone to take out the portrait of Zhaojun from the portraits of the palace ladies and look at it.

Although the appearance is somewhat similar, it is not as cute as Zhaojun himself.

It turns out that after the maids entered the palace, they usually did not see the emperor. Instead, a painter painted a portrait and sent it to the emperor for selection.

There was a painter named Mao Yanshou. When he was painting portraits of the palace ladies, the palace ladies would give him some gifts, and he would make the paintings more beautiful. Wang Zhaojun was unwilling to give gifts, so Mao Yanshou did not paint Wang Zhaojun's beauty realistically.

Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty was so angry that he killed Mao Yanshou. Wang Zhaojun left Chang'an under the escort of Han Dynasty and Xiongnu officials.

She rode a horse, braved the biting cold wind, all the way to the Xiongnu, and became the Huhanxie Shanyu's clan. Named "Ning Hulan", hoping that she could bring peace and tranquility to the Xiongnu, Zhaojun stayed away from his hometown and settled in the Xiongnu for a long time.

She advised Hu Hanxie Chanyu not to start a war, and also passed on the culture of the Central Plains to the Xiongnu. After this, the Huns and the Han Dynasty lived in harmony, and there was no war for more than sixty years.

What is commendable is that after the death of Huhanxie Chanyu, she "followed Hu customs" and married the eldest son of Huhanxie Chanyu's Dalan family, although this was inconsistent with the ethical concepts of the Central Plains. Although she resisted, she considered the overall situation and cherished the friendship between the Han and the Huns. Wang Zhaojun gave birth to a boy and two girls in the Xiongnu.

The year and place of death of Zhaojun are not recorded in history books. 3. During the Three Kingdoms period, when Situ Wangyun, the minister of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and his singing prostitute Diao Chan were worshiping the moon in the back garden, suddenly a breeze blew and a floating cloud covered the bright moon.

Wang Yun happened to see it at this time. In order to promote how beautiful his daughter was, Wang Yun told everyone that my daughter was as beautiful as the moon, but the moon couldn't compare, and hurriedly hid behind the clouds. Therefore, Diao Chan was also called "Closed Moon".

Diao Chan worships the moon. Diao Chan was the singer of Situ Wang Yun in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Seeing that the Eastern Han Dynasty was controlled by the traitor Dong Zhuo, he burned incense under the moon and prayed to heaven, willing to worry about his master.

Seeing that Dong Zhuo would usurp the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Yun set up a series of schemes. Wang Yun first promised Diao Chan to Lu Bu secretly, and presented Diao Chan to Dong Zhuo in the open.

Lu Bu is a young hero, while Dong Zhuo is old and cunning. In order to win over Lü Bu, Dong Zhuo adopted Lü Bu as his adopted son.

Both of them are lustful people. From then on, Diao Chan circulated between the two of them, sending Lu Bu with Qiubo and repaying Dong Zhuo with charm.

The two of them were fascinated. Lu Bu became dissatisfied after Dong Zhuo accepted Diao Chan as his concubine.

One day, Lü Bu took Dong Zhuo to court and went to Dong Zhuo's house to visit Diao Chan and invited him to meet at Fengyiting. When Diao Chan saw Lv Bu, she pretended to cry and complained about the pain of being occupied by Dong Zhuo, which made Lv Bu angry. At this time, Dong Zhuo ran into Fang Tian when he returned home. He grabbed Lv Bu in anger and stabbed Lv Bu with his halberd. Lv Bu flew away. From then on, the two were suspicious of each other. Wang Yun persuaded Lv Bu to eliminate Dong Zhuo.

4. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a beauty. 2. The four beauties in ancient times

The four beauties in ancient China refer to Xi Shi in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wang Zhaojun in the Western Han Dynasty, Diao Chan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Yang Guifei in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

1. Xi Shi, a firewood seller girl from the Yue Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. Because she was so gorgeous, when she was washing her gauze by the river, the clear river water illuminated her beautiful figure, making her look beautiful. The fish in the water forgot to swim and slowly sank to the bottom, so Xi Shi was nicknamed "Sinking Fish". She was chosen because King Gou Jian of Yue implemented a "beauty trick" on King Wu Fu Chai to avenge the destruction of his country.

When the Wu Kingdom fell, because she was too beautiful, she was afraid that this "disaster" would affect the Yue Kingdom again, so she was sunk to the bottom of the river by the Vietnamese army and drowned. 2. Wang Zhaojun was a poor woman in the Western Han Dynasty. Her surname was Wang, her given name was Qiang, and her courtesy name was Zhaojun. She was from Jigui County in present-day Hubei Province.

It is said that when Wang Zhaojun was on her way away from home, she saw wild geese flying far away, which aroused endless nostalgia. She played the strings of the piano for the ban. A group of flying geese heard the sound of the piano and saw her beauty. His appearance was such that he forgot to flap his wings and fell to the ground. Therefore, Wang Zhaojun got the reputation of "Luoyan". She is a beautiful woman with both talent and beauty. She was selected into the palace when Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty came to the throne. She was ignored because she could not see the emperor, and she was naturally unhappy.

When making peace with the Huns, Wang Zhaojun weighed the importance after hearing the news and voluntarily married to the Huns, making a commendable contribution to maintaining the friendship between Han and Hungary. 3. Diao Chan, a singing girl in the palace of Wang Yun, a minister of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because of her outstanding beauty and good singing and dancing, she was deeply favored by Wang Yun.

It is said that one night when Diao Chan was worshiping the moon in the garden, a cloud covered the moon. Wang Yun said proudly: "The moon cannot compare with the beauty of my daughter, so she hid under the cloud in shame." It's gone later." Diao Chan was therefore known as having the beauty of a "closed moon".

At that time, Dong Zhuo had exclusive power and monopolized the government affairs, and the Eastern Han Dynasty had existed in name only. In order to kill Dong Zhuo and alienate the relationship between Dong Zhuo and his adopted son Lu Bu, Sima Wang Yun set up a "serial plan": he first promised 16-year-old Diao Chan to marry Lu Bu, and then gave Diao Chan to Dong Zhuo, causing Dong Zhuo to seize Lu Bu. Diao Chan also deliberately seduced Lv Bu in the back garden, which was seen by Dong Zhuo, which led to Dong Zhuo and Lv Bu having a fight. In the end, Dong Zhuo was killed by Lv Bu and married Diao Chan as his concubine.

In fact, Diao Chan neither loves Dong Zhuo nor Lu Bu. She is just used as bait, and is nothing more than a plaything or victim in the hands of the powerful. 4. Concubine Yang was originally the adopted daughter of a small official in Luoyang. She was named Taizhen and her nickname was Yuhuan. She was born in Shuiji, Shanxi today.

She was originally a concubine of Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji's son, King Shou Li Mao. Due to her natural beauty, she was chosen by Li Longji and was selected into the palace. In the fourth year of Tianbao (745), she was named a noble concubine. Legend has it that one day she went to the garden to enjoy flowers to relieve her boredom, and accidentally touched a mimosa. The leaves of the mimosa immediately rolled up, and Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty praised her for having the appearance of "a shy flower".

Later, because Yang Guozhong, Yang Guifei's cousin, controlled the court, the court was full of resentment, which led to the outbreak of the "Anshi Rebellion". When Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei abandoned their throne and fled, the soldiers mutinied, killed Yang Guozhong, and forced Tang Xuanzong to grant Yang Guifei to hang herself in the Buddhist hall.

Poor this "unparalleled beauty" who was so favored by the emperor, her ending was nothing more than a burial object for the emperor to save his life.