Open the title page of history and you will find that many ugly women have very good fates.
In that era of patriarchal power, they were able to take the initiative to control their own destiny.
On the other hand, many beautiful beauties in history have the added beauty of falling fish and falling geese and shy flowers. Instead, they cannot control their own destiny and can only be vassals of men, and the ending is worse than the other.
这到底是什么原因呢？
Let’s compare the lives of the four ugly women.
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My mother is short and strong, extremely ugly.
Such an ugly and surprising woman, but a famous husband, is Huangdi ,
We all regard ourselves as descendants of Yan and Huang, and then mother, Huangdi's wife , how should we call her?
If you say that we are my mother, I will be speechless.
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This is an off-topic story.
Although my mother looks strange, she has a good character, is virtuous, is well-informed and has a very friendly attitude.
Huangdi is very fond of her. Many things in the harem are left to her mother to manage, and her daily life is also taken care of by her mother.
The harem became well organized under her management, and the palaces got along well, and there was not much right and wrong.
Although Mother is the ugliest woman in history, she invented a mirror for a beautiful woman.
Once she was working up the mountain. When she was resting in her spare time, she found that the stone slab she was sitting on had her own inverted image, and it was very clear that she could see her appearance clearly.
So she thought: Can you polish the stone smoother and take it back to the palace for other people to use.
This is the earliest mirror that appeared in human civilization.
Not only did she help Huangdi solve the trivial matters in the harem, but she also repeatedly provided advice when Huangdi fought against Chiyou and Yandi to help Huangdi unify China.
Huangdi is also very fun. He gave Mom the official position of "Fang Xiangshi" and used her appearance to exorcise evil spirits.
She is not only the biggest helper of Huangdi’s success passers-by, but also uses her virtue to influence the women in the world and set a good example for them.
Zhong Wuyan Hong Kong drama stills
Zhong Wuyan
This woman was born in Qiguo in the Warring States Period. She is the most famous ugly woman and has been interpreted into a classic role by many operas and film and television dramas.
Wushen Laomu is showing off her appearance, and the Yue Gu is not able to speak of Xi Shi.
This "no salt" refers to Zhong Wuyan, and the two of them have also become the targets of teasing by many literati and poets.
"My mother has no salt" The idiom should be sure that many people have heard of it. The name of the eldest and second in the ugly girl world has been directly made into an idiom for future generations to remember it. This is also an alternative reputation that has been passed down in history, right?
The ancient books record that Zhong Wuyan has a strange appearance, deep concave head, huge head, very little hair, and also has a man's Adam's apple, and his black and red skin seems to come from a distant African tribe.
I can’t get married even when I am in my 40s, and no one dares to marry her.
has such an ugly face, but she has great ambitions. She looks down on ordinary people. Although she is an older single woman, she wants to marry a capable man who governs the country and saves the world. This goal has never changed.
The then king of Qi, King Qi Xuan, knew nothing about rule and was irritable.
The ministers around him can only say some flattery and do not care about the country and the country at all, causing chaos in the court and suffering in the world.
Zhong Wuyan ignored her personal safety and rushed to the capital to persuade King Qi. Her ugly face and deafening loyal words impressed King Qi Xuan.
齐暄王听了钟无艳的一顿教训，才深感自己作为一国之君，实在是太不负责任了。
In order to encourage himself to become a wise ruler, he ordered Zhong Wuyan to be the queen and let her supervise him by his side.
Meng Guang and Liang Hong "shoulder the case together"
Meng Guang
She was born in Eastern Han . Her appearance made her father worry, she looked black and fat, and her face was vulgar.
Age young man in his 30s was an old man. In ancient times when 15 years old was a leftover woman, she wanted to stay at home to respect her parents.
The elders in the family were worried about her marriage, but they could not force this matter.
Meng Guang was not worried about this matter. He had long had his own prince charming, but he just had a secret love. Others didn't know her.
His target was Liang Hong, the most famous bachelor at that time.
Meng's parents were very helpless about their daughter's thoughts. The neighbors all laughed at her. The leaders were not mocking her for her delusions, but for her for her fondness.
At this time, Liang Hong was a young man with no prospects, a bachelor with no savings. His father died and had no money to buy a coffin, and he was buried with a mat.
不过他有一份可以温饱的工作，在上林苑给皇帝养猪。
The house was leaking and raining all night. When he woke up, Liang Hong's house caught fire, and he also burned the house of his neighbor. Now he is really lonely and has no home.
He still had to pay for the house burned by his neighbor's house, but he didn't expect that he still owed a huge debt.
If you don’t open your eyes, I think no one would choose such a man as your husband, right?
Not to mention, Meng Guang really seemed to have opened his eyes, but he recognized Liang Hong and wanted to be his wife.
Liang Hong heard that someone was willing to marry him, but he agreed without seeing anyone. Meng Guang's parents had a lot of dowry and married his daughter out as quickly as possible, for fear that Liang Hong would regret it.
Married Liang Hong began to work hard and learn poetry.
Although Meng Guang is not beautiful enough, he is very sincere and open-minded.
Meng Guang and Liang Hong have been thrifty since they got married, never deliberately dressing up themselves, helping Liang Hong take care of their family in an orderly manner.
Later, Liang Hong encountered an accident at his family and had to go out to make a living. Her wife Meng Guang was like a shadow. The relationship between the couple was very harmonious and had a deep relationship.
Every time it is time to eat, Meng Guang respectfully holds the food to his husband. This is not to be a shame for himself. Meng Guang just wants to use his actions to comfort Liang Hong, a wanderer, and use his female tenderness to make him have something to rely on.
"Holding the case together" The idiom "Shaving the Eyes" refers to the way of getting along between Meng Guang and Liang Hong.
Later, Liang Hong became a very famous poet, but because his poems had a critical reality, he was arrested by Emperor Zhang, and the couple had to live in seclusion.
In addition to the works included in " Hanshu ", the story of "holding the case to the eyebrow" left for future generations is also a good story.
Ruanshi
Ruanshi
Compared with the previous few, this woman's marriage is even more abrupt. Other people's marriages are all your love and will. Ruan's husband Xu Yun did not know her at all before marriage.
Ruanshi's father and Xu Yun both served as officials in the court, and Xu Yun was the leader of Cao Wei .
Ruan's father tricked Xu Yun and said that he would marry his daughter to him.
Such a good thing happened to me, and Xu Yun agreed without thinking.
As an official in the court, the wife he is looking for is not bad. He naturally thinks that his future wife is also a beautiful lady.
Big red lanterns are hung high, and people carry people in the flower sedan chair.
The father married her to Xu Yun. It was not until the evening that the groom had the chance to see his wife's appearance. After the toast, Xu Yun returned to the bridal chamber and couldn't wait to lift the veil.
Liang Hong shivered in fear, and retreated repeatedly, and his drunkenness disappeared without a trace.
I felt like I was knocked over the five flavor bottle and wanted to get out of the door.
In order to get rid of her, Xu Yun gave her father an explanation and deliberately made things difficult for her and asked:
"A woman wants to talk about Four Virtues , what virtue do you have?"
Ruan replied:
"I just don't have beauty."
Ruan then replied:
"But the man asks for hundreds of lines, how many do you have?"
How could Xu Yun accept the defeat?
immediately replied: "I have everything."
他还不知道自己已经跌进了陷阱，牛皮吹得震天响。
When Ruan saw that the pit was successfully dug, he said:
"If you want to talk about the hundred laws, you should be the first of virtue. In your heart, you only care about beauty and not character. How can you be considered to have the hundred laws?"
As soon as this was said, Xu Yun could not answer, so he had to reluctantly agree to the marriage.
In the process of getting along with each other in the future, Xu Yunyun found that his wife had a higher knowledge than her, so she became convinced, and from then on, the two fell in love with each other.
Later, Xu Yun committed a crime and was asked to be questioned. Ruan was desperate and found Sima Shi to plead for his husband.
Sima Shi also knew that his subordinates would not die, so he set up a question to test Ruan's family, and then he let Xu Yun go.
Unexpectedly, facing Sima Shi, the Ruan family resolved the difficulties they made, and saved their husbands.
Ancient women
The life comparison of the four ugly women and the four beauties
The life ending of the four beauties:
Xi Shi: The protagonist of the beauty plan, served Fchai 20 years, and was inevitably jealous and murdered.
Zhaojun : Because of her beauty, she was troubled by villains and could not be favored by the emperor. She married into the Huns and was in a sad situation. After her husband died, she remarried her son and passed away at the age of 35.
Diao Chan: Like Xi Shi, the protagonist of the beauty plot married Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu , Cao Cao , after the Baimen Tower defeated Lu Bu, Diao Chan committed suicide after being captured.
Yang Yuhuan : Disaster the harem. After the court's coup, he was forced to commit suicide by his subordinates on the way to escape. He hanged himself to death at the age of 37. He was lucky to be broken by Mawei Slope.
The endings of the four beauties are very sad, and each one is more miserable.
At the same time, the four beauties have two things in common:
When the four people died, they were not even 40 years old.
Four people, none of them have a son or half daughter, and have never given birth to children.
As women, they are lucky. God has given them a charming appearance and inverted the appearance of all beings.
As women, they are unfortunate. Not only do they not control their own destiny, they are all just vassals of men.
As women, they are also imperfect, and they have not completed the most sacred errand for a woman to come to this world, which is to have her own children.
It can be seen from this that the four ugly women in China are much better than the four beautiful women.
They can not only dominate their own destiny, but also use their words and deeds to influence future generations.
Appearance and soul cannot be equated.
A beautiful person may not be kind-hearted, and an ugly person may not be disgusted.
People should not judge people with their appearance. Excellent people have nothing to do with their appearance.
What is important is to look at people's character.
Beautifulness does not necessarily mean happiness and fulfillment, and ugliness does not accomplish anything.
Although this is the case, there are very few things that can be achieved in reality.
Kong Saint also expelled him from the sect because he thought Yan Hui was ugly, let alone us ordinary people.
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We often say: women are like water.
But that should not be a rushing river, but a gurgling stream under the sunset.
makes men fresh, natural, comfortable, and even happy to the point of being dizzy.
Women don’t have to be beautiful and beautiful, but your smile can make a man’s heart beat, and still feel that emotions soak the liver and gallbladder and implant them into the soul.
This is not only about appearance, but also about conveying the tenderness and sincerity of women to their husbands.
The most charming thing about women is:
A kind of tenderness that contains traditional Chinese virtues,
is what the ancients call virtuous and kindness,
is willing to give, considerate and tolerant.
为什么四大美女的结局和四大美女差别这么大呢？
I think in addition to the great background of patriarchal power at that time,
also has different attitudes towards life.
Wu Zetian under the nose of Li Shimin , and
Big Fish can still support her son to the top under the powerful service.
I think the difference between them is not only attitude, but also whether they are responsible for their lives,
also has the ruthlessness and courage to move forward!
What do you think?
Why are the endings of the four beauties and the four ugly women so different?
Reference materials: "Han Shu", "The Four Sons Talk about Virtue", " Nine Chapters·Chapters of Past ", "Later Han Shu"
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