What are the beauties in Chinese history and what are the characteristics of each?

The Four Beauties of Ancient China The Four Beauties of Ancient China are Diaochan, Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun and Yang Yuhuan. The four great beauties enjoy "the face of the fish and geese, the appearance of the closed moon and shy flowers". The four beauties enjoy "the face of the closed moon, the shy flower, the sunken fish, the falling geese" is a wonderful story composed of historical allusions. Sinking Fish Legend has it that when Xi Shi coated her yarn by the Puyang River in the ancient state of Yue, the fish in the water were so amazed by her appearance that they sank to the bottom of the river. Falling Geese Legend has it that when Zhaojun was on her way out of the desert, she was saddened by her fate and far away from home, so she was bored on her horse and played the "Out of the Seaside Song". The geese that flew by the sky, hearing the tune's sorrow and sentimentality, were cut off and fell to the ground one after another. Thus, the name "falling geese" in "Sinking Fish, Falling Geese" is derived from it. Closed Moon Legend has it that when Diao Chan was worshipping the moon in the garden, a cloud covered the moonlight and Wang Yun saw it. After that, Wang Yun told people that Diao Chan was prettier than the moon and called her "Closed Moon". Shy Flower Legend has it that when Yang Yuhuan was enjoying the flowers in the garden, she lamented her fate and touched the flowers with her hand, the petals contracted and the leaves hung down. When the palace maid saw this, she said that Yang Guifei was more beautiful than the flowers, and the flowers lowered their heads in shame. "Sinking fish, falling geese" is an idiom, usually considered to be from "Zhuangzi - The Theory of Things": "Mao Qiang, Li Ji, the beauty of the people, the fish to see the depth of the bird to see the flight, the deer to see the decision of the plunge, the four who know the world's right color is not." The original meaning is that animals can not feel the beauty of man. It is also believed that Song Zhiwen's song about Xi Shi in the Tang Dynasty: "Birds are afraid to enter the pine roses, and fish are afraid of the lotus flowers." This is the origin of the idiom, so it is believed that the sinking fish represents Xi Shi. The Four Beauties are also said to be Baosi, Xi Shi, Daji and Yang Yuhuan. And it became: "Laughing at Bergs Si, sick of Xi Shi, ruthless of Daji, drunk of Yang Fei". What are the flaws of the "Four Beauties"? There were four beauties in ancient China. They were Xi Shi, a raccoon lady during the Spring and Autumn Period; Wang Zhao Jun, a princess of the Xiongnu Kingdom during the Western Han Dynasty; Diao Cicada, a songstress of the Eastern Han Dynasty; and Yang Yuhuan, a concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. However, no one is perfect and no one is perfect. Each of these four beauties has a little physical defect. Xi Shi's earwheel is special; Wang Zhao Jun's feet are big; Diao Cicada has fox odor; Yang Yuhuan is fat and walks with a heavy and unpleasant voice. Each of these four beauties came up with a way to disguise them. Xi Shi had a goldsmith make her a pair of gold rings to wear on her ears, which she named earrings. Wang Zhaojun asked a skilled seamstress to make her a long dress. Diao Cicada picked her own flower juice and made fragrant flower water to cover the odor of her fox. Yang Guifei had a coppersmith make many small copper bells to wear on her dress, which she named Ringing Bells. Later, these four items were passed down from generation to generation and improved continuously, and became the decorations of women. The Origin of the Four Beauties During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a woman named Xi Shi in the state of Yue, who was a cooner with decent features and peach blossom face. When she was cleaning yarn by the river, the clear water of the river reflected her handsome figure, which made her look more beautiful. At that time, when the fish saw her reflection, they forgot to swim and gradually sank to the bottom of the river. From then on, the name "Sinking Fish" of Xi Shi spread in the neighborhood. During the reign of Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty, the north and south were at war and the border was not quiet. In order to appease the northern Xiongnu, Emperor Yuan chose Zhaojun to marry Shan Yu to ensure that the two countries would be at peace forever. In a high autumn day, Zhaojun said goodbye to her homeland, embarked on a journey to the north. Along the way, the horse neighs and the geese chirp, tearing her heart and liver; the feeling of sadness, so that her mind is difficult to calm. She was on top of her horse, plucking the strings of the zither, playing a sad parting song. The geese flying south heard the pleasant sound of the zither, and saw this beautiful woman on the horse, forgot to swing their wings and fell to the ground. From then on, Zhaojun got "falling geese" pronoun. During the Three Kingdoms period, Diao Chan, the courtesan of Wang Yun, a minister of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, was worshipping the moon in the back garden, when suddenly a light wind blew and a piece of floating cloud covered the bright moon. It was just when Wang Yun saw it. In order to publicize how beautiful his daughter looked, Wang Yun said to everyone that my daughter was more beautiful than the moon, and the moon could not compete with her, and hurriedly hid behind the clouds, so Diao Chan was also known as the "Closed Moon". During the reign of Emperor Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty, a beautiful daughter named Yang Yuhuan was chosen to come to the palace. After entering the palace, Yang Yuhuan missed her hometown. One day, she went to the garden to enjoy the flowers, and saw the blooming peonies and moonflowers ...... Thinking that she was locked up in the palace and wasted her youth, she sighed and said to the blooming flowers, "Flowers, flowers! You still have the time to bloom year after year, when will I have the day to come out?" With tears in her voice, she just touched the flower. The petals immediately contracted, the green leaves rolled up and lowered. Which thought, she touched the mimosa. At this time, a palace eunuch saw. Palace e said everywhere, Yang Yuhuan and flowers than the beauty of the flowers, flowers are shy and lowered their heads. The flowers all bowed their heads in shame, thus earning the title of "Shy Flower". Introduction of the Four Beauties Xi Shi Xi Shi, name Yiguang, was born in Zhuji Ramie Village, Zhejiang Province, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. She was born with a beautiful face. At that time, the state of Yue submitted to the state of Wu, and King Goujian of Yue sought to restore the state. At the time of the national crisis, Xi Shi took the humiliation and sacrificed her life to her country. Together with Zheng Dan, Xi Shi was offered by the King of Yue to the King of Wu, Fu Chai, and became the King of Wu's favorite consort. The king of Wu was so bewildered that he was distracted from the affairs of the country, which served as a cover for Goujian's resurgence. She showed the noble ideology and sentiment of a patriotic woman. Later, Wu was finally destroyed by Goujian. After the restoration of the state of Yue, Xishi was put into a leather bag and sunk into the river by the king of Yue. See (<Mozi. Pro Shi chapter & gt; book said: "is therefore than dry extermination, its resistance; Meng Ben kill, its courage; Xi Shi Shen, its beauty; Wu Qi's crack, its affairs.") "Sinking Fish" tells the story of Xi Shi. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wu and Yue competed with each other. Wu, with its strong army and horses, quickly defeated Yue and took King Goujian of Yue and Chancellor Fan Li as hostages. In order to avenge the destruction of his country, the king of Yue temporarily stayed in the lap of the king of Wu, pretending to be very honest and loyal. Once the king of Wu had a stomach ache, but he could not find out what was wrong with him even when he called a doctor. When King Goujian learned about it, he tasted his feces in front of King Fu-chai of Wu and said, "The king is not sick, but he has caught a cold and will get better if he drinks some hot wine to warm himself up." The king of Wu did as Gou Jian said and drank some hot wine, and he got well. Seeing that he was so loyal, the king of Wu released him back to the state of Yue. After returning to his country, Gou Jian accepted the three plans offered by Fan Li to restore his country; first, to canton troops and intensify martial arts training, second, to canton fields and develop agriculture, and third, to choose beautiful women to give to the king of Wu as an insider. At that time, there was a woman named Xi Shi, who was a cooner with decent features and peach blossom face. When she was coiling yarn by the river, the clear river water reflected her handsome figure, making her look even more beautiful. At that time, when the fish saw her reflection, they forgot to swim and gradually sank to the bottom of the river. From then on, the name "Sinking Fish" of Xi Shi spread in the neighborhood. After Xi Shi was sent to the state of Wu, the king of Wu took a look at Xi Shi's beauty and obeyed her, indulging in fun all the time and ignoring the affairs of the state, thus depleting the state's strength. King Goujian of Yue took advantage of the situation and attacked Wu, achieving the purpose of restoring the country and taking revenge, and here there is a great credit to Xi Shi. Wang Zhaojun (王昭君) During the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han Dynasty, the Xiong Nu aristocracy was struggling for power and their power was declining, and the five monarchs were separated and attacked each other. One of them, Hu Hanxie, was defeated by his brother, Zhi (郅支). Determined to make peace with the Han Dynasty, Hohanxie went to see Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty in person. Hu Hanxie was the first monarch to visit Zhongyuan, and Emperor Xuan of Han personally went to the outskirts of Chang'an to meet him and held a grand banquet for him. He stayed in Chang'an for more than a month. He asked Emperor Xuan of Han to help him go back. Emperor Xuan of Han agreed and sent two generals with 10,000 cavalry to escort him to the south of the desert. At this time, Xiongnu was short of grain, and the Han Dynasty also sent 34,000 ducats of grain. Hohanxie was so grateful that he was determined to make peace with the Han Dynasty. When the countries in the western region heard that Xiongnu had made peace with the Han Dynasty, they also scrambled to deal with the Han Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Xuan of Han Dynasty, his son Liu Shi (刘奭) became Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty. Xiong Nu's Shan Yu (""單于), who was a member of the Xiong Nu (""匈奴"), invaded the countries in the Western Regions and killed the envoys sent by the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty sent troops to Kangju and killed Zhi Zhi Shan Yu. With the death of Zhi Zhi Shan Yu, the position of Hu Han Xi Shan Yu was stabilized. In 33 B.C., Hohanxie Shan Yu once again went to Chang'an and asked for peace. Emperor Yuan granted it. When the Han Dynasty made peace with Xiong Nu, they had to pick a princess or a daughter of the royal family. This time, Emperor Yuan of Han decided to pick a courtesan for him, and he instructed his men to go to the harem and spread the word: "Whoever is willing to go to Xiongnu, the Emperor will treat her as a princess." The palace maids in the harem were all chosen from the people, and once they were in the palace, they were like birds in a cage, all of them looking forward to the day when they would be released from the palace. But when they heard that they would have to leave their country to go to Xiong Nu, they were not happy about it. There was a court lady named Wang Qiang (王嫱) (pronounced qiang), known as Zhao Jun (昭君), who was beautiful and insightful. She volunteered to go to Xiong Nu to make peace. Emperor Yuan chose a date for Hohanxie Danyu and Wang Zhaojun to get married in Chang'an. When Hohanzidanyu and Wang Zhaojun thanked Emperor Yuan for their kindness, Emperor Yuan saw Zhaojun's beauty and generosity, which made the Han Palace colorful. Legend has it that when Emperor Yuan returned to his inner palace, the more he thought about it, the more chagrined he became. He asked someone to take out Zhaojun's image from the portraits of the court ladies. Although the mold is a bit like, but not as lovely as Zhaojun herself. It turns out that after the courtesan into the palace, generally are not to see the emperor, but by the painter painted like, sent to the emperor to wait for the selection. There is a painter named Mao Yanshou, to the courtesan portrait, the courtesans send some gifts to him, he painted a little more beautiful. Wang Zhaojun didn't want to give gifts, so Mao Yanshou didn't paint Wang Zhaojun's beauty truthfully. Emperor Yuan of Han was furious and killed Mao Yanshou. Wang Zhaojun left Chang'an, escorted by Han and Xiong Nu officials. She rode a horse and braved the biting wind to Xiongnu, where she became the Xiongnu of Hu Hanxie. She was given the title of "Ning Hu Xiongnu" in the hope that she would bring peace and tranquility to Xiongnu. Zhaojun settled in Xiongnu for a long time, far away from her hometown. She advised Huanxie Shan Yu not to start a war, and also passed on the culture of the Central Plains to the Xiongnu. After this, the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty lived in harmony, and there was no war for more than sixty years. What is remarkable is that after the death of Hohanxie Shan Yu, she remarried to the eldest son of Hohanxie Shan Yu's chief Xiongnu, which contradicted the ethical concepts of the Central Plains, but she cherished the friendship between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu in the light of the overall situation. Wang Zhaojun gave birth to one boy and two girls in Xiongnu. History books do not record the year and place of Zhaojun's death. The "Falling Geese" is the story of Zhaojun's journey out of the Western Frontier. During the reign of Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty, the north and south were at war and the border was not quiet. In order to appease the northern Xiongnu, Emperor Yuan of Han chose Zhaojun to form a marriage bond with Shan Yu to ensure that the two countries would be at peace forever. In a high autumn day, Zhaojun said goodbye to her homeland, embarked on a journey to the north. Along the way, the horse neighs and the geese chirp, tearing her heart and liver; the feeling of sadness, so that her mind is difficult to calm. She was on top of her horse, plucking the strings of the zither, playing a sad parting song. The geese flying south heard the pleasant sound of the zither, and saw this beautiful woman on the horse, forgot to swing their wings and fell to the ground. From then on, Zhaojun got the pronoun "falling geese". "Zhaojun's journey out of the city was an important event in the history of Han-Hungary. Diaochan (貂蝉) Diaochan (貂蝉) was a native of Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province. Sable Cicada was the songstress of Situ Wang Yun at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was a woman of great color and beauty. Seeing that the Eastern Han Dynasty was being manipulated by the traitor Dong Zhuo, she burned incense and prayed to heaven under the moon, wishing to worry about her master. Seeing that Dong Zhuo was going to usurp the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Yun set up a chain plan. Wang Yun first promised Diaochan to Lu Bu secretly, and then offered Diaochan to Dong Zhuo openly. Lv Bu was a young hero, but Dong Zhuo was a cunning and cunning man. In order to attract Lv Bu, Dong Zhuo took Lv Bu as his son. Both of them were lustful men. From then on, Diao Chan was in the middle of these two men, sending Lv Bu a fall wave, and rewarding Dong Zhuo with a flirtation. The two men were so attracted to each other that they were mesmerized by each other. Since Dong Zhuo accepted Diao Chan as his concubine, Lu Bu was dissatisfied. One day, Lu Bu took advantage of Dong Zhuo's visit to the court to visit Diao Chan, and invited her to meet him at the Feng Yi Pavilion. When Diao Chan met Lu Bu, she pretended to cry about the pain of being occupied by Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu was furious. At this time, Dong Zhuo came back to the house and bumped into him, and angrily snatched Lu Bu's square halberd and stabbed Lu Bu, who flew away, and from then on, the two of them were jealous of each other, and Wang Yun persuaded Lu Bu to get rid of Dong Zhuo. Peking Opera has "Feng Yi Pavilion" which narrates this story. The closed moon is said to be Diao Chan, Diao Chan in the back garden to worship the moon, suddenly a light wind blew, a piece of floating clouds will be the bright bright moon cover. It was just when Wang Yun saw it. In order to publicize how beautiful his daughter was, Wang Yun said to everyone that my daughter was more beautiful than the moon, and the moon couldn't compete with her, so she hurriedly hid behind the clouds, so Diao Chan was also known as the "Closed Moon". Yang Yuhuan Yang Yuhuan (719-756) was a native of Yongle, Puzhou (Yongji, Shanxi) in the Tang Dynasty. She knew music and rhythm, and was good at singing and dancing. Initially for the Tang Xuanzong's eighteenth son Shou Wang's consort, the Tang Xuanzong see Yang Yuhuan's posture, want to be included in the palace, with a female Taoist priest, the number of Taizhen. Tianbao four years (745) into the palace, won the Tang Xuanzong favor, was appointed as a noble consort, (when Xuanzong years 61, noble consort years 27) father and brother were thus able to power over the world. Every time you take the horse, there is a big eunuch Gao Lishi personally whip, your concubine's weaving and embroidery workers have seven hundred people, and there is even a competition for the offering of curiosities. Lingnan Secretary Zhang Jiuzhang, Guangling Secretary Wang Yi, because of the exquisite offerings, both were promoted. Thus, the hundred officials followed suit. Yang Guifei favorite Lingnan lychee, there are people try every possible way to transport fresh lychee to Chang'an. After the An Shi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong fled Chang'an, to Mawei Slope, six troops refused to go forward, said that because Yang Guozhong (cousin of Concubine Yang) through the Hu people, and lead to An Lushan's rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong in order to rest the army, is to kill Yang Guozhong. The six armies refused to go forward, saying that Yang Guozhong was the cousin of Yang Guifei, and that if the cousin was guilty, the cousin could not be spared, and Guifei was hanged to death at the Road Ancestral Shrine. The Anshi Rebellion had nothing to do with Yang Guifei, and she became the scapegoat of Emperor Tang Xuanzong. The name "Shy Flower" refers to Yang Guifei. During the reign of Emperor Ming Huang of the Tang Dynasty, he was so extravagant that he sent out his men to search for beautiful women. At that time, Hongnong Yang Yuan Yan of Shoudi County had a beautiful daughter named Yang Yuhuan, who was chosen to come to the palace. After entering the palace, Yang Yuhuan missed her hometown. One day, she went to the garden to enjoy the flowers, and saw the blooming peonies and moonflowers ...... Thinking that she was locked up in the palace and wasted her youth, she sighed and said to the blooming flowers, "Flowers, flowers! You still have the time to bloom year after year, when will I have the day to come out?" With tears in her voice, she just touched the flower. The petals immediately contracted, the green leaves rolled up and lowered. Which thought, she touched the mimosa. At this time, a palace eunuch saw. The eunuch went around saying that Yang Yuhuan and the flowers were more beautiful than each other, and the flowers all bowed their heads in shame. Xishi: Big Foot. Xishi, known as "Sinking Fish" reputation, although beautiful, but her feet are bigger than average, so she tried to cover up this shortcoming, because she liked to dance, so she often wore long skirts, and made a pair of wooden clogs for herself, the result is that because of the shoes are higher than a piece of not only can't see the big feet, but also because of the walking side to side swaying, coupled with a long skirt, but especially prominent. Fluttering, but especially highlighted the graceful figure, fluttering style Wang Zhaojun: shoulder. Let the "falling geese" for the marvel of Zhaojun outstanding appearance, but the shoulders are a little narrow, just arranged for her to go out of the plug, so she was often wearing a fur-made cloak, due to the fluffy fur, not only to make her shoulders get hidden, but also because of the snow-white collar and the bright red cloak set off, but more reflect her features beautiful, eyes like a picture Sable Chan: Small ears. It is rumored that Diao Chan, who can "close the moon", successfully implemented the beauty plan because of her natural beauty, but her ears are extremely small, especially the earlobes, almost no meat, which is hard to see. So she made up for it from the earrings, often wear those set with a single large gemstone round earrings, not only can not see the defects of the ear, but instead is a fine ear Bihuan, the more beautiful Yang Guifei: fox odor. Claimed to have "shy flowers" of the beauty of Yang Yuhuan in fact, heavy body odor, so she especially like to bathe - "Spring Cold Bath Huaqing Pond", passed down a thousand years of fame. However, she often bathed because of fox odor, often wash nature will alleviate a lot of taste, and she also likes flowers, more often wear scented pouches, so not only does not make people smell the pungent odor, but instead of the action at the fragrant wind fluttering, sniffing desire to be intoxicated Music "The Four Beauties" "The Four Beauties" is a song in the singer Zhang Zhenfei's album "Snowflake". By the famous Guangdong musician Qin Yuanlong lyrics and music, produced by Dragon Records, once released once again scraped a wave of the music world retro cyclone, through the beautiful notes, like a poem as exquisite lyrics, as well as Zhang Zhenfei unique personality of the voice, like a few thousand years of history and culture through the city walls, bringing us a shock of the soul. From the nicknames of the four ancient Chinese beauties in Zhang Zhenfei's "Four Beauties" such as Xi Shi, Wang Zhao Jun, Diao Chan, Yang Guifei, and the historical allusions to the era in which they lived, to the style behind the music, to the lyrics, the arrangement and the rendition, all of them reflect Zhang Zhenfei's precise understanding of the thick Chinese traditional history and culture. The reason why Zhang Zhenfei's "The Four Beauties" adds these elements of traditional cultural values is, on the one hand, to make it easier for the listener to understand by interpreting the classical and fashionable, and on the other hand, it is also Zhang Zhenfei's exploration of the traditional culture. The Four Beauties of the English Premier League: Lian Lian, Xi Xi, Lily and Nana. They refer to the four giants of the English Premier League: Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal. 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