Three Famous Prostitutes: Ten Famous Prostitutes in Ancient China

The first female hero, a man with fine features, actually bent down-Liang Hongyu.

Liang Hongyu, a native of Beichenfang, Chuzhou (now Huai 'an) in Song Dynasty, was born in the first year of Chongning, Song Huizong. Her father was born in the army and was later convicted and killed in the defeat of Fang La. Redjade became a prostitute in Jingkou.

She is proficient in calligraphy, has divine power and can hold a strong bow. At a banquet in Jingkou, she met the star Han Shizhong, and they appreciated each other and gradually got better. After the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, 8 Jin Jun continued southward and met Han Shizhong's troops at Jingkou.

Liang Hongyu, dressed in red makeup, waved the Jinshan drum, defeated Jin Wushu with less than ten times the enemy's strength, and besieged Jin Bing in Huangtian for 48 days, making him famous in China and his reputation spread to other places.

Later, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and Liu Jun went to the Northern Expedition, and Liang Hongyu led a group of female soldiers, who repeatedly defeated the Jin people and made outstanding achievements. And this is the beginning of the phrase "women don't let men need eyebrows".

Throughout the history of China, only Mulan, Wu Zetian and Liang Hongyu can truly make men bow to their knees. Zhao Jun and The Story Of Diu Sim took a "curve" road to save the country, which was not the same as the first three. However, whether there is Mulan in history remains to be verified.

A prostitute can achieve such brilliant status and achievements in history, which is very different from the experiences of the other nine prostitutes.

Such a "chivalrous person" who doesn't lose a man's beard, serves the country and the people, and has both wisdom and courage. If she is willing to be the second, who can be the first?

Second place: Su Xiaoxiao, a famous prostitute in Qiantang.

Su Xiaoxiao was born in a wealthy family in Qiantang. Her family was an official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After Jin's death, her family went to Qiantang. Su family used the gold, silver and jewels they carried with them as capital to do business in Qiantang. In Su Xiaoxiao's parents' generation, he has become a local rich businessman. Su Xiaoxiao is the only daughter of her parents, so she has been regarded as the apple of her eye since she was a child. She was named Xiaoxiao because she was delicate and petite.

Although the Su family is a merchant's home, it has followed the legacy of the ancestral incense book, and the clever Su Xiaoxiao is deeply influenced by it. He has been able to write good poems since he was a child. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. When I was a teenager, my family came down and went to Su Xiaoxiao, eventually becoming a famous prostitute in Qiantang, Nanqi.

She was good at singing and dancing, and public art was superb at that time. However, by chance, she met Ruan Lang in Xiling, fell in love at first sight and became a partner. Unfortunately, Ruan Yu was abandoned at first, and then he was bullied by people in the government.

When she was eighteen, she caught a cold. Aunt Jia advised her to respect herself, but she felt that she didn't want to stay, so she stopped taking medicine. Fang Nian died, and Chunxiang was the only one left in the world. A generation of unlucky beautiful women finally died with hatred and sang a sad song with their lives.

No wonder later generations of scholars chanted endlessly. In the early Qing Dynasty, poets were even more proud of being fellow villagers with Su Xiaoxiao, and carved the seal of "fellow villagers in Qiantang and Su Xiaoxiao".

Su Xiaoxiao's life can be described as the swan song of classical aestheticism. She doesn't make friends with emperors, princes, heroes and celebrities. After her death, she became a scholar of past dynasties, or wrote poems or essays, with a strong Su Xiaoxiao complex.

In China's erotic history, she left an indestructible name, so it's no exaggeration to put her in the second place.

Third place: Dong Xiaowan, legendary talented woman in the Valley.

Since ancient times, there have been many talents in Jiangnan. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a talented woman Dong Xiaowan was born here. One of the eight beauties of Qinhuai in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, Jinling (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) was born. In history, women's surnames were Bai, posthumous title Violet and posthumous title Violet, and their names and characters were all because they admired Li Bai. Born in Nanqu brothel, he is intelligent, handsome, good at singing and dancing, proficient in poetry, fond of traveling and addicted to the joy of mountains and rivers.

Dong Xiaowan was born with fireworks, and saw all the joys and sorrows of the world, but he was detached, comely and aura. She is extremely clever and talented, which has attracted the admiration of countless talented people and beautiful women.

Dong Xiaowan, who is good at embroidery and art, is known as the "sage of needle music" and one of the top ten famous chefs in ancient China. The famous Rugao "Dong Tang" was created by her own hands, and the exquisite dish "Dong rou" also belongs to her invention patent. Dong Xiaowan has the reputation of "the first concubine of the ages", and the book Yan Yan has been handed down from generation to generation.

She is affectionate and righteous, doing her best to grab the waves, and will eventually be with the only thrill. Her integrity is awe-inspiring, and she helped Fu Xu run the great national cause. Although only 28 years old, the flower name withered, but "the golden wind and the jade dew meet, winning countless people", this is a lifelong legend. It's a pity that Dong Shi is so versatile that he ranks third.

However, some versions say that this Dong Xiaowan was presented by Hong Chengchou to Princess Dong Ebi of Shunzhi. She was given the death by the Empress Dowager, which led to Shunzhi becoming passive and world-weary, and went to Wutai Mountain to become the first heroine to become a monk.

If that's the case, and the emperor shunzhi was given to her instead of the only thrill, then I don't think she would rank third. Because if so, then she is a woman who changed history, and with her own talent and experience, she can only surpass Su Xiaoxiao.

No matter what the truth is, I always feel sorry for Dong Xiaowan and especially admire him.

Fourth place: Li Shishi, a famous prostitute in Northern Song Dynasty.

Li Shishi is the daughter of Wang Yin, the owner of a dye house in Bianjing City. When she was three years old, her father named her a Buddhist temple, and the old monk rubbed her roof. She burst into tears. The old monk thought she looked like a Buddhist disciple, because everyone called her "teacher", so he called her Li Shishi. A year later, my father died in prison for his crime. She was brought up by her neighbors and gradually became beautiful and fair-skinned. Li Wei, who runs a brothel, adopted her and taught her to play the piano, play chess, draw, sing and dance. At that time, Li Shishi became a famous prostitute in Bianjing, and was the object of contention among literati, prince and grandson. Finally, even Song Huizong wanted to kiss Fang Ze when he heard his name. Gao Qiu and Yang Jian naturally encouraged Song Huizong and vowed not to leak the news.

At the sight of Li Shishi, Song Huizong felt that he had lived in vain all these years. Li Shishi's supercilious and gentle temperament makes Song Huizong feel like a dream. Li Shishi and Gao Qiu have known each other for a long time, and they are puzzled to see a tall and powerful man respectfully treat this strange guest, but what is certain is that this is also a matter of offending dignitaries, so they serve them diligently.

Before dawn the next day, Song Huizong quickly got dressed and returned to the palace with Gao Qiu and Yang Jian. From then on, Song Huizong turned a blind eye to the harem beauty, and went out of the palace to have fun here in Li Shishi on the grounds of observing the people's feelings, and sometimes called Wang Fu, a university student, to go with him. Li Shishi gradually knew his true identity. Long live grandpa, how dare you not flatter him everywhere! Li Shishi today is not what it used to be. Although she is still a famous prostitute, she is also a "famous flower", and the powerful princes and nobles can only look at the "teacher" and sigh.

However, Jia Yi, a martial arts expert, once had a deep friendship with Li Shishi. One day, he met Li Shishi and went to stay at her house. After drinking, he was inevitably jealous and wrote a poem satirizing Song Huizong: Walking around in front of the small building, he saw a beautiful woman who looked like a fairy; I thought the holy love was like a dream, chasing my hand with joy, arrogant in the blue room, and talking about the alliance all night. Covered with the heavy smell of sandalwood smoke, it is said that the scorpion returned to the middle of the night in the early morning, leaving money that night. Song Huizong was furious and almost killed him. Finally he was demoted to Qiongzhou and joined the army.

In fact, among all the guests, Li Shishi's favorite is the genius Zhou Bangyan. Once, Song Huizong was ill, and Zhou Bangyan took this opportunity to visit Li Shishi. While they were chatting, they suddenly reported to Shengjia. Zhou Bangyan couldn't escape and hid under the bed. Song Huizong gave Li Shishi a fresh orange, chatted for a while, and then went back to the palace. Li Shishi pretended to keep saying, "It's the third watch, the horse is slippery and the frost is thick, and the dragon's body matters." Song Huizong didn't dare to stay because of his poor health, so he left in a hurry.

Zhou Bangyan added sourly: The sword is like water, Wu Yan wins the snow, and ten fingers break the new orange. At the beginning of the brocade, the scent of animals remained unchanged, and the Zheng sat opposite each other. Ask in a low voice: Who are you with? It's already midnight in the city, and the horses are slippery and frosty. It's better to have a rest, but there are few pedestrians. After Song Huizong recovered, Li Shishi gave a banquet here, and Li Shishi sang the first word for a while. Song Huizong asked who did it, and Li Shishi casually said it was Zhou Bangyan, and when the words came out, he regretted it. Song Huizong immediately understood that Zhou Bangyan must be in the house that day. A few days later, he found an excuse to banish Zhou Bangyan from Bianjing.

When Li Shishi saw him off, he sang a song "The Warrior Lanling" written by him to Song Huizong: The willow shade is straight, the tobacco is green, and I have seen several strokes of floating cotton on the Sui embankment to bid farewell. The trip to the old country, must visit the tired guest of Beijing, Changting Road. Last year, you were going to break the mulberry strips, cross thousands of feet to find old traces, mourn the strings while drinking, and the lights reflected away. Pear blossom elm fire urges cold food, and the wind is half warm when you are worried about cutting. You can count posts as soon as you turn around, hoping that people are on the sad side of Tianbei. Hatred piled up, leaving Pu lingering, and Tianjin was silent. In the sunset, Ran Ran is full of spring, holding hands and remembering the bright moon, the pavilions, the bridge and the flute, thinking about the past like a dream, and the tears are dark. Song Huizong also felt too harsh, so he called Zhou Bangyan back.

Song Huizong is tired of playing with things and doesn't care about the border crisis. Finally, he became a prisoner of Jingkang. 8 jin j tried to capture Li Shishi alive together, but failed. After the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, Li Shishi's whereabouts were unknown. Some people say that she donated property to resist gold and fled into an empty net. Some people say that she was taken by Jin Jun and swallowed gold to commit suicide. It is also said that she married a businessman casually and later drowned in Qiantang River.

This legendary woman, though not Liang Hongyu's "For the Country and the People", Su Xiaoxiao's popularity and Dong Xiaowan's sadness, is as talented as them. Coupled with her relationship with the royal family, it is a pity to rank fourth.

The fifth place is talented and courageous. It is Liu, the first of the eight beauties in Qinhuai.

Liu was born in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, 16 18. A wonderful flower on the Qinhuai River, one of the eight beauties of Qinhuai, comes from Jiaxing, Zhejiang. The real name is Yang Ai, the name is Xi, and later changed to Liu, the real name is Yin, also known as Yes, and the fine print is. After reading Xin Qiji's words: "I think Castle Peak is charming, and I expect Castle Peak to look at me the same way", so I changed my name to "Hedong Jun" and "Wu Fan Jun".

When she was ten years old, she was sold into prostitution because of family embarrassment. The first chapter of her life is a necessary skill for prostitutes to flirt. Because of her clever talent, handsome appearance and excellent poetry, she is quite famous. Although Liu is a prostitute, she hates her giggling career very much.

She followed Zhou Daodeng, loved Song again, and finally grew old with money, dare to love and hate, and regarded feudal ethics as nothing; Brave and unyielding, loyal to the country, urged her husband to be a martyr when he died in the Ming Dynasty, and threw himself into the water to be a martyr; Extraordinary courage, the couple loved each other deeply and died to save their husband.

Qian and Liu were buried with Fushui Mountain Villa, the hometown of Yushan in Changshu, about 20 meters apart. Qian's tombstone reads "Old Man's Tomb", and the stone tablet in front of Liu's tomb reads "Hedong Jun's Tomb". The tombs of Qian and Liu have been buried for more than 330 years since the third year of Kangxi, and have been well preserved so far. When Qian was alive, he once wrote a poem praising that a good wife comes from troubles!

She is brilliant and ranks first among the famous prostitutes in Qinhuai. Her poems are vigorous and powerful, and her spirit is wonderful and broad. Liu is a living legend!

This coquettish woman's integrity is enough to make countless men and women feel ashamed, like a white lotus that emerges from the mud and is not stained, leaving endless fragrance for the world.

Sixth place, I am angry for the beauty. -Chen Yuanyuan.

The Ming and Qing Dynasties were full of changes. The headstrong Chongzhen, the snobbish Tian Hong encounter, the capricious Wu Sangui, the arrogant Li Zicheng, the vulgar and arrogant Liu Zongmin, the sinister Niu Jinxing, and the authoritarian and lecherous Dourgen. . . .

These men, who are destined to go down in history for a period of time, divided into three parties and wrote a complicated and thrilling history. However, a gone with the wind suddenly appeared on this stage, suddenly becoming the focus of this man's world, playing a role that all men can't play, making the weight of history out of balance, making these men lose no time and change their behavior at any cost, so the situation suddenly changed, changing their own destination and the history of China.

Chen Yuanyuan, a stunning beauty on the Qinhuai River, has attracted many people's attention. The emperor star fell, the overlord was a monk, and the world was fierce, fighting for it; Life is ruined and the country is beautiful. . . .

This is the evaluation of Chen Yuanyuan in most versions, but I personally agree that "Chen's fame rose because of the emperor, and his talent was destroyed because of the emperor. History is like this, and so is history. " This statement.

I also appreciate many statements about Chen Yuanyuan's rehabilitation. After all, such a turbulent era can't be changed by a woman, she just plays the role of "fueling the flames"! Just like the story of Diusim, one of the "four beauties". I think the story of Diusim is just an excuse for Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, because two strong men can only stay on one platform, and the roles played by those beautiful women in ancient times are just a suitable reason. In addition, there are versions that Wu Sangui is the uncle of a historian in the Qing Dynasty. . There is no discussion about truth and falsehood here. . . . And Chen Yuanyuan, who ranks sixth, deserves her beauty.

The talented woman with the seventh red note is not the only flower in the legend-Xue Tao.

Xue Tao was a poetess in the Tang Dynasty. A word is a macro. Chang 'an (now Xi City, Shaanxi Province) was born in Chengdu. Xue Taomei, Minhui, 8 years old, poetic, melodious and talented, became famous for a while.

After the decline of his family fortune, he fell in love with music at the age of 16, and began to serve wine, compose poems and play songs to entertain guests in the happy field. He was called a "poetry geisha". In the Tang Dynasty, there were many dance halls. I don't know if the life of a weak woman in the dance studio is a torment; All I know is, "bloom has a reward, but the flowers are sad.

Jiannan made Wei Gao think that Xue Tao was talented and ready to ask the court to appoint Xue Tao as the school book lang. Although it was not put into practice, the name of "girls' school book" spread like wildfire and became a famous geisha in Chengdu.

If you want to ask about lovesickness, the song "When bloom's flowers fall" floats gently into my ears. Xue Tao, also known as the "eyebrow-sweeping genius" by the world, lived in seclusion in Huanhuaxi, a western suburb of Chengdu, and created a small red eight-line paper "Notes on Xue Tao". His calligraphy is vigorous and powerful, without any rouge; The beauty of his running script is quite similar to that of Wang Xizhi. Jinjiang Collection consists of five volumes, which have been lost today. The Whole Tang Poetry records his poems 1 volume.

However, among the later feudal literati, she suffered the humiliation of "frivolous peach blossoms chasing water".

"Jade chopsticks hang in the mirror. Do you know the spring breeze?" Xue Tao's poems are just like people. They are as simple as a white virgin Tingting, independent and unpretentious, expressing her mind and swinging like a clear water. Personally, it's a pity to appreciate Xue Tao's talent, and it's also a pity to be relegated to Chen Yuanyuan.

Eighth, Poetry and Painting, Ma Xianglan.

Ma Xianglan, one of the eight beauties of Qinhuai in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, was born in Jinling (now Nanjing). Shouzhen, whose real name is Lan Xiang, whose real name is Xuan Er and whose real name is Moonracer, is called "Siniang".

She is witty, good at poetry and painting, especially at painting Zhu Lan, hence the name "Lan Xiang". Her orchid pictures and poems are a must, and they were the pets that the literati scrambled to collect at that time. He has written two volumes of poetry anthology Lan Xiang Subsets. Another legendary play, Biography of Sansheng, is lost today.

Her paintings have always been regarded as treasures abroad, and now Ma Shi's Orchid Atlas is also included in the fine paintings and calligraphy of the Forbidden City in Beijing.

As a prostitute, Wang, a famous scholar in the Tang Dynasty, had a life-and-death relationship for more than 30 years, and all her letters to Wang were included in Letters from Celebrities in Past Dynasties. On Wang's seventieth birthday, Ma Jizi bought a boat to carry dozens of geisha and went to Suzhou to buy wine to celebrate. He "feasted for months, singing and dancing", and cure a disease couldn't afford to come back. Finally, he passed away at the age of 57.

Ma Xianglan's talent and ability can be seen. His "first appearance as usual" made him famous at that time and spread to later generations, becoming one of the famous "Eight Wonders of Qinhuai" in history.

Personally, I don't know much about Ma Xianglan himself. Perhaps there is less praise for her in the present era, which is probably related to her lack of contact with the royal family. But she doesn't have many contacts with royalty and celebrities, but she can be recorded in many books, which shows that her talent is not ordinary. Ranked eighth should not be an exaggeration.

The ninth place in troubled times-Li.

Li is a red girl in Qinhuai River building, which belongs to the more advanced prostitute building on Qinhuai River. Most of the girls in this prostitute building are street performers who smile and don't sell themselves. Li is such a typical example.

Li is petite and exquisite, and her skin color is as white as jade. She was nicknamed "Fragrant Fan Pendant". Among the eight beauties of Qinhuai, she is not as gorgeous and charming as Chen Yuanyuan, nor as talented as Liu He in poetry and painting. However, when the drama Peach Blossom Fan came out, the name "Xiang Jun's loyalty and tenacity" was almost a household name, and it won the highest reputation in Qinhuai Fangqun.

She is faithful to love and determined to keep her virginity for Hou Fangcheng. Loyal to the liver and courageous, he surpassed men, and publicly sang in front of Ruan Dacheng, the powerful minister of Wei, "Yu Er's seme will be reused, and the Wei family will never be planted", preferring not to teach men shame. Its awe-inspiring righteousness is like the proud plum in the cold winter, which is enough to rewrite Du Mu's famous sentence, "Business women don't know how to hate death, but they still sing flowers in the backyard to cross the river"!

Although she is not as courageous and resourceful as Liang Hongyu, I personally admire her "integrity". Although she is not for the country and the people, she dares to openly sing the sentence in front of Wei, the powerful minister, "Yuer's seme is reused, and Wei's family will never be planted." She can be one of the top ten famous prostitutes.

Sai Jinhua, the 10 famous prostitute who left the West in the late Qing Dynasty.

Han Jinhua, a famous figure in the late Qing Dynasty, was famous all over the country and even dumped the West. Her marriage has been on and off all her life, which is very legendary. From a coquettish prostitute to the concubine of the champion lang, she sent a tolerant lady and became a famous prostitute in a brothel, which can be described as ups and downs.

The charm of Sai Jinhua lies in that when Cixi, a contemporary of Sai Jinhua, sits high in the temple during the day and lets the ministers kneel at her feet, Sai Jinhua lies on her side and warms the bed, so that these people can continue to fall at her feet at night. Even Li Hongzhang's "upper beam" cannot escape, and the "lower beam" of other yamen can be imagined. De Xiaofeng, a high official, fell in love with Sai Jinhua at first sight, and Li Shan, a senior minister of the household department, bought it from Sai Jinhua for 1,200 silver, and so on.

However, Sai Jinhua's most important lover is the German army lieutenant in Russia, Vadexi, who met her first husband and champion Hong Jun during her trip to four European countries. A few years later, when Eight-Nation Alliance, then commander of the allied forces, led Sai Jinhua to attack Beijing, Sai Jinhua, as an old lover, urged Valdes to discipline himself and stop soldiers from looting, which saved a lot of lives and property of the people in Beijing and kept the public security in Beijing in a good state. Therefore, there is a poem saying: "Nine cities are famous for their population, and all peoples compete for golden flowers." In addition, Sai Jinhua also contributed to the conclusion of the peace talks and Eight-Nation Alliance's withdrawal from Beijing. As a result, it has become: the political situation has changed, and the benefits of people's livelihood are tasteless, not in the hands of the government, but in the hands of a prostitute. This is an unprecedented world story.

Sai Jinhua was married three times in her life: Hong Jun, the top scholar, Cao, the chief inspector of Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, and Wei Siling, a senator of the Republic of China. After Wei Siling died, she was driven away by the Wei family, closed the door and died alone. Lived in misery for more than fifteen years.

After his death, his hometown raised funds for the aftermath. This is really: the spirit of saving lives is painted with charcoal, saving the country is like a shipwreck, and it needs sacrifice. Its merits can be sung and its virtues can be praised; There are no rural areas with negative contours, and there are no conical houses. Poor and worried, no children cry, no women cry.

The detailed deeds of Sai Jinhua can also be found in books such as Evil Sea Flowers and Colorful Clouds.