Ancient Chinese "Four Beauties" I believe everyone has heard of it. In the order of history, they are: Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun , Diao Chan, Yang Yuhuan .
They also correspond to the allusions of "sinking fish", "falling geese", "closing the moon", and " shy flowers ". and these allusions have also become two idioms, specifically used to describe the beauty of women, which is enough to show that the appearance of the four beauties is amazing.
However, Diao Chan is the only fictional character among the "Four Beauties". Diao Chan originally appeared in the story of storytelling , and finally created a complete image by Luo Guanzhong , the author of " Romance of the Three Kingdoms ".
Official history " Three Kingdoms " and " Later Han Book " have never been mentioned in the person Diao Chan.
The stories of the four beauties have been romanticized in the film and television and literary works we have come into contact with, but is this really the case?
Next, the editor will tell you about the ending of the "Four Beauties" in ancient China . It is really full of sadness and helplessness. There is no worst, only worse.
Xi Shi - Shenyu
When Xi Shi just turned fifteen, Wu Wang Fuchai destroyed Yue Guo in the name of killing his father, and captured Yue Wang Goujian to Wu Guo as a slave.
Goujian After three years of sleeping on firewood and tasting gallbladder, Fuchai agreed to let Goujian return to China. After Goujian returned to China, the first thing he did was to select a group of beauties to give to Wu to paralyze Fuchai. Xi Shi was also selected for her beautiful face and graceful figure. After
was presented to Fuchai, Xi Shi quickly became the most beloved concubine of the King of Wu with his charming appearance and superb piano, chess, singing and dancing.
Later, Xi Shi and Goujian cooperated with each other, causing the Yue Kingdom to defeat Wu, and Fuchai finally drew his sword and committed suicide.
Xi Shi Si
Regularly speaking, this country's hero should be respected by the king after returning to his hometown, but the ending is not as everyone wishes.
According to the records of "The Records of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms" by Feng Menglong and Mr. Bai Yang 's "The Death of the Queen", on the night Xi Shi returned to China, Goujian called Xi Shi to sleep.
Goujian believes that Xi Shi can have a bed with the King of Wu, and of course she can also share a pillow with him.
However, Goujian's behavior greatly stimulated his wife who had shared hardships with him, so she took advantage of Goujian's unpreparedness and pushed Xi Shi into the bottom of the water.
No one in the generation turned into a sinking fish and buried at the bottom of the lake.
Falling geese——Wang Zhaojun
Wang Zhaojun, who lived in Han Dynasty , was a palace maid during the reign of Emperor Yuan of Han. Although she is naturally beautiful, she does not have a high status.
At that time, in order to maintain the relationship with Southern Xiongnu , Emperor Yuan of Han accepted the marriage invitation from the leader of the Southern Xiongnu Huhanye , and betrothed the palace queen Zhaojun to Huhanye.
Just like that, Wang Zhaojun bid farewell to his hometown and went outside the frontier.
Wang Zhaojun is treated well after coming to the frontier like
Wang Zhaojun was treated well. As the leader's woman, she was given a marriage from Han Dynasty , so Wang Zhaojun lived a good life.
But fate always likes to joke. After living happily for three years, Huhanye passed away.
According to the tradition of the Hu people, after the wife's husband dies, the wife will be inherited by her son like an inheritance. So Wang Zhaojun became the wife of the leader's heir, Fu Zhulei.
Such customs are impossible for Wang Zhaojun to accept Han customs. She wrote a letter to the Han court to ask for her return to China, but she received the order to "follow the Hu customs". There is no way, Wang Zhaojun can only accept such a reality cruelly.
After living together for more than ten years, she gave birth to two daughters for Fuzhu. She was also used to this kind of life and wanted to spend the rest of her life peacefully. Unexpectedly, Fu Zhulai died soon after, and Wang Zhaojun was inherited to his younger brother Qiemi Xu.
He was inherited like property, and he was a maid serving three husbands, which was difficult for Wang Zhaojun to accept.
Two years later, Wang Zhaojun died of depression in Xiongnu .
Diao Chan——Chen Yue
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", her final ending is similar to Xi Shi.
Diao Chan helped Wang Yun complete the chain plan, and followed Lu Bu to leave. Later, Lu Bu was defeated, Diao Chan was given to Guan Yu as a spoil by Cao Cao .
About because he disliked Diao Chan, he had lost his chastity, and felt that the minds of the people in the army could not be affected by the beauty, and thought that the woman in front of him was a beauty, so he killed Diao Chan in the tent.
Diao Chan died in an unknown way.
Yang Yuhuan - Shame
The highest-ranking "Four Beauties" is Yang Yuhuan.
She is the noble concubine of Tang Xuanzong , deeply favored by Tang Xuanzong and has a noble status.
After Yang Yuhuan became a concubine, her relatives also gained benefits. They entered the court and gradually developed into a huge force in the court.
Yang Yuhuan is deeply favored by Xuanzong , and the forces behind him are in power in the court, which naturally aroused dissatisfaction among many people. Later, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and the name of the rebellion was "clearing the monarch".
Tang Xuanzong had no time to react, so he could only take Yang Yuhuan to escape from Chang'an . But the army followed changed in Mawei Slope at .
Everyone agreed that it was because Yang Yuhuan and his family disrupted the government, causing social chaos and the people were in trouble.
As long as you kill all the people from the Yang family, the rebels will naturally retreat.
So at the strong request of everyone, the Yang family was executed one by one. Seeing that the matter had no chance, Yang Yuhuan bid farewell to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and died generously.
In the confrontation of interests, Yang Yuhuan became a victim.
Looking at the "Four Beauties" in ancient China, They dared to sacrifice themselves in the face of national justice, but unfortunately, there was too much oppression on women in ancient times, and their endings were also more miserable than the other.
