Xi Shi
What hatred is there for Fu Chai, and what grace for Gou Biao. I wish I didn't know Fan Li, but I was still a man of the sand.
Zhaojun
It is impossible to return to my home, the grass outside the city is like smoke. I still hate the moon in the Han Palace that shines in the sky of Hu.
Deng Zen
Once I promised Dong Xiangguo, then I promised Lv Wenhou. The Han Dynasty has been changed, and it is difficult to restore it, so it is not possible to send a woman.
Nymphaea Yuhuan
The Nymphaea does not need to have hair, how can it be like the Nymphaea. I will dance in my neon dress until the sun goes down in the west.
Digital Poem of Zhuo Wenjun
After the first parting, we miss each other in two places; we only say it's March or April, but we don't know it's five or six years; we don't have the heart to play the seven-stringed zither; we can't pass on the eight lines of the letter; we break the nine-linking rings from it; we can't see past the ten-mile pavilion; we have hundreds of thoughts; we have thousands of thoughts, and we can't help but complain about the Lang Lang.
Thousands of words can't be said in a thousand words, a hundred boredom, ten leaning on the fence, nine climbed to see the lonely geese, August Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is not round, July half burning incense and candles to ask the heavens, June ambient day everyone shook the fan, my heart is cold, pomegranate blossoms in May red like fire, but met with gusts of cold rain watering the flower end, April loquat color is not yet yellow, I want to be confused with a mirror heart, suddenly hurried, March peach blossom with the water, floating zero zero, February kite line breaks, yelp, lang, Lang ah lang, the next life of your woman is a woman. I can't wait for the next life where you will be the woman and I will be the man.
I. Xishi
In 494 A.D., when Wu and Yue were at war, Yue was defeated by Wu, and King Goujian of Yue was forced to beg for peace, and took his wife, Shouchen, to Wu as a hostage for three years. After returning to his country, Goujian vowed to wash away the shame and humiliation by adopting the "beauty plan" proposed by Wen Qi. After several searches, he finally found Xi Shi, a woman who sold her salary in Ramie Mountain. Xi Shi, surnamed Shi, Yi Guang, had the appearance of a "sunken fish". According to legend, when Xi Shi was veiling by the stream, the fish in the water were so attracted by her beauty that they forgot to swim and sank to the bottom of the water. Therefore, later generations used "Sinking Fish" to describe a woman's beauty. Sinking fish and falling geese, the moon and flowers, sinking fish for the first. Xi Shi was the first of the four great beauties of the country. Xi Shi was a young woman who was engaged in the business of yarn-coating, so she was known as a "yarn-coating woman". The king of Wu was delighted when he offered Xi Shi to him: "The tribute to Xi Shi is a proof of his loyalty to Wu." From then on, he indulged in wine and sex and could not extricate himself from it. However, the state of Yue was united in its efforts to govern itself, and after ten years of gathering and learning, it finally defeated Wu. Legend has it that after the destruction of Wu, Xi Shi and Fan Li went boating on the five lakes, not knowing where they ended up. It has been missed by the descendants.
The Xishi Hall was built at the foot of Ramie Mountain to commemorate this woman who endured humiliation and pledged her life to her country. The famous poet Li Shangyin (836-840 AD) wrote a poem entitled "Xizi seeks the leftover temple, Zhaojun searches for the old village", and a little later, the poetess Yu Xuanji (鱼玄機) wrote a poem entitled "Xishi Temple". These are the earliest words about Xishi Temple that can be seen now. In the Ming Dynasty, Xishi Temple had a considerable scale. Since then, it has been revitalized and abolished repeatedly. The current Xishi Temple is located in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, completed in 1990, the scenic area covers an area of 5,000 square meters, by the gate tower, Xishi Temple, the ancient Yue Terrace, Zheng Dan Pavilion, the monumental corridor, the red powder pool, the sunken fish pool, the Pavilion of the Pioneers and other attractions constitute. Xishi Temple scenic area in the renovation process from the folk collection of more than 12,000 pieces from the old-style residential demolition of ancient building components, including beams, pillars, doors, windows, cattle legs, Prime Square, arch, sparrow and so on, these wood, stone components are beautifully carved, craftsmanship, greatly enhancing the historical and cultural connotations of the Xishi Temple and the ornamental value of the temple, so that it is more of a strong local characteristics.
Second, Yang Yuhuan
Yang Yuhuan (719--756), No. Tai Zhen, Puzhou Yongle (now Shanxi Province, Yongji) people, Shu State Secretary Yang Xuan Yan's daughter. Yang's posture was rich and beautiful, she was good at singing and dancing, and had the appearance of a "shy flower". Legend has it that when Yang Yuhuan was viewing peonies in the imperial garden, all the flowers lost their colors and closed their petals in shame of not being as beautiful as Yang Yuhuan. "In 734 (the 22nd year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign), Yang became the consort of Emperor Shouwang Li Mao, the 18th son of Emperor Xuanzong, when Yang was 16 years old, and Li Mao was about 16 years old. 737, Emperor Xuanzong's favorite concubine Wu Hui Fei died, and thousands of concubines in his harem, none of them could satisfy Emperor Xuanzong. Gao Li Shi recommended Yang Yu Huan, the Shou Wang Consort, to Emperor Xuanzong in order to please him. 740, Emperor Xuanzong was lucky to have a hot spring palace, and Gao Li Shi went to the Shou Wang Palace to call Yang, and made her become a Buddhist monk, with the name of Taizhen, and she stayed in the Taizhen Palace. 745, he set up the daughter of the left guard general Wei Zhaoxun as the Shou Wang Consort, and Emperor Xuanzong named Yang as the Noble Consort, which became a strange story in the Tang Dynasty palace. Tang dynasty palace exams a big strange news.
Xuanzong personally compiled "Neishang Yuyi song", summoned Yang Guifei, make the musicians play this new music, give Yang's to the gold hairpin tin, and personally inserted in Yang's sideburns on the hair. Xuanzong said to the harem: "I have Yang Guifei, such as the most precious" ("Ancient and Modern Palace Exterior Secret Records" Volume 3) copy of the new song "to get the treasure son", see the favor of the dragon. When the palace did not set up a new queen, the palace people all call Yang's "mother", actually live in the back seat. Yang Guifei has three sisters, all national color, should also be called to the palace, was named Mrs. Korea, Mrs. Guo Guo, Mrs. Qin, a monthly gift of 100,000 yuan powder fee. Mrs. Guo Guo ranked third, to the natural beauty of self beauty, not fake powder. Du Fu's poem "Mrs. Guo Guo" reads: "Mrs. Guo Guo is thinking of the Lord, and she went to the Golden Gate on horseback in the morning. However, it is too much of a colorful powder, lightly sweeping the moth-eyebrows towards the supreme." (Du Poetry Detailed Notes) Volume II) is a reflection of the fact.
Because of Yang Guifei get heavy favor, her brothers are given high officials, and even distant brother Yang Zhao, originally for the city scoundrels, because of the good plan, Emperor Xuanzong and Yang's sisters gamble, so that Yang Zhao calculate the gambling account, given the name of Guozhong, and more than ten positions such as the Ministry of the Ministry of the Branch of Langzhong, manipulation of the government. Xuanzong tour of Huaqing Pond, to Yang's five families for the escort, each family a team, wearing a color clothes, five families together, colorful. Along the way dropped jewelry all over the place, sparkling light, its luxury is beyond compare. Du Mu "over the Huaqing Palace" poem Yun:
Changan look back at the embroidered city pile, the top of a thousand doors open.
One ride on the red dust and the concubine's smile, no one knows it is lychee.
(Middle and Late Tang Dynasty Poetry Knockout Collection, Volume 6)
It is about the Lychee Tribute in Lingnan, and it is said that Lingnan Lychee has the name of "Concubine's Smile", which is derived from this name.
Tianbao in the middle of the year, the Fanyang Festival Minister An Lushan has made border achievements, won the favor of Emperor Xuanzong, Yang's sisters and Lushan brother and sister, Yang Guifei recognized Lushan as a godson. Lushan to the palace in the name of visiting the godmother, even blatantly molested Yang Guifei to. In November of the same year, An Lushan revolted, and Emperor Xuanzong hurriedly entered Sichuan, and in the following year, when he passed through Mawei Stage (west of Xingping County, present-day Shaanxi Province), the army mutinied, forcing Emperor Xuanzong to execute Yang Guozhong, and giving Yang Guifei the opportunity to kill herself, at the age of 38. Bai Juyi's "Song of Long Hate" is the tragic story of Emperor Xuanzong and his concubine.
Yang Guifei's hometown is located in Yangwai Village, which is about 5 kilometers away from the county seat in Rongxian, Guangxi. In the Tang Dynasty, Xu Zizhen wrote in the article "The Stele Record of Yang Guifei in Jinning County, Rongzhou" that the birth and place of origin of Yang Guifei is today's Rongxian County. In the village, there are the ruins of Yang Guifei Temple, Guifei Well, and the ruins of Yang Guifei's dressing table in the east of the county town. There is the tomb of Yang Guifei in Xingping County, Shaanxi Province, covering an area of 3,000 square meters, with poetic monuments of Li Shangyin, Bai Juyi, Lin Zexu, and other poets of the past dynasties on the side of the tomb. At the northern foot of Mount Li in Lintong, there is Huaqing Pond, which is said to be the remains of Yang Guifei's "Spring Cold Bathing in Huaqing Pond, Hot Spring Water Slippery to Wash Gelatin", of which the "Noble Consort Pond" is more famous, which is said to be the special bathing pool for Yang Guifei, and is therefore also known as "Consort Soup", and there is an area of 3000 square meters at the side of the pool. ", the pool side of the "cool hair Pavilion", rumored to be the Consort bath cool hair combing place. These attractions because of the ancient famous beauty Yang Guifei has a close relationship, and attracted a lot of Chinese and foreign tourists, become a famous tourist attraction.
Three, Wang Zhaojun
When Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the Xiong Nu aristocracy competed for power and declined, and the five monarchs were divided into separate groups, attacking each other endlessly. One of them, Hu Hanxie, was defeated by his brother, Zhi Zhi. Determined to make peace with the Han Dynasty, Hohanxie made a personal visit to Emperor Xuan of Han. Hu Hanxie was the first one to go to the central part of China, 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.
Hu Hanxie Shan Yu was very grateful and was determined to make peace with the Han Dynasty. When the countries in the western region heard that Xiong Nu had made peace with the Han Dynasty, they all scrambled to deal with the Han Dynasty as well. 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 Hohan Xie 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), or Zhao Jun (昭君), who was beautiful and insightful. She volunteered to go to Xiong Nu to make peace with her. Emperor Yuan chose a date for Hohanxie Danyu and Wang Zhaojun to get married in Chang'an. When Hohanxie Danyu and Wang Zhaojun gave thanks to Emperor Yuan of Han, Emperor Yuan of Han saw that Zhaojun was beautiful and generous, 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 then asked someone to take out Zhaojun's image from the palace maid's portrait to look at it. Although the mold is a bit like, but not at all 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 of the courtesan, the courtesans send some gifts to him, he will paint 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 under the escort of Han and Xiong Nu officials. Legend has it that Zhaojun was filled with sadness when she left the fortress, and in order to express her homesickness, she played the lute on the back of a horse. The song was so sad and beautiful that even the geese flying south were overwhelmed by it, so much so that they gave up flying and landed around Zhaojun. Therefore, "falling geese" came from this. Zhaojun traveled a long way to Xiongnu and became the Xiongnu of Hu Hanxie. She was given the title of "Ning Hu Xiongnu" in the hope that she could bring peace to Xiongnu. Zhaojun settled in Xiongnu for a long time, far away from her hometown. She advised Huanxie Shan Yu not to go to 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 married 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 man and two daughters in Xiongnu. The year and place of Zhaojun's death are not recorded in history.
The "Zhaojun's Exodus" is an important event in the history of Han and Xiong. There is a poem that says: "Zhaojun went out of the fortress and was surprised by ten thousand horses, and the monarch of the Xiong Nu was happy to welcome her. The weak woman was able to salvage the grievances of the nation, and the beautiful woman with the falling geese was immortalized in the world". Wang Zhaojun is recognized as one of the four great beauties in ancient China. At zigui county in hubei province, there are two stone monuments of the qing dynasty, one monument is inscribed "the hometown of chu dafu qu yuan", one monument is inscribed "han zhaogun wang qiang female court officials hometown". In fact, Zhaojun hometown is located in Xingshan County, West Xiangxi River in the village of Baoping. "Mountains and ravines to Jingmen, growth of Mingfei still have village." Du Fu's poem refers to is here, Zhaojun hometown has Zhaojun house, nanmu well, dresser and other places of interest, for people to hang. The steps leading to the dressing table are exactly 16, indicating that Zhaojun grew up here for 16 years. The Nanmu Well, named after a section of ancient nanmu in the well, is where Zhaojun drew water.
Four, Diaochan
Diaochan, one of the four great beauties of ancient China, is not recorded in the ancient books, but is described in many literary works as one of the important characters in the strife of the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty. It is said that when Diaochan worshipped the moon, the moon was overwhelmed by her stunning beauty and hid behind the clouds, not daring to compete with her for glory. Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" further depicted and portrayed Diaochan, the impact is quite large, folklore is particularly moving, "Lu Bu, women in Diaochan, horse in the red rabbit" household name, women and children know. According to scholars Mr. Meng Fanren test: Sable Cicada, Ren surname, small red Chang, was born in Jiuyuan County, and State County, the village of wood ears, 15 years old was elected to the palace, the courtiers in charge of wearing the sable cicada (Han Dynasty officials hat) crown, from then on renamed as Sable Cicada. At the end of the Han Dynasty, when the court was in turmoil, Diao Chan left the palace and was taken in by Wang Yun, a minister of justice, as his daughter. Soon Dong Zhuo dictatorship. Wang Yun took advantage of Dong and Lu's lust, so Diaochan used the "chain trick", which finally prompted Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo, and made a great achievement. Afterwards, Diaochan became Lu Bu's concubine. After Lu Bu perished at the White Gate Tower, Cao Cao repeated the "chain trick" with the Peach Orchard Brothers and gave it to Guan Yu. Diao Chan, in order not to jeopardize the Peach Orchard Brothers, "prayed for her neck to be cut off," but was protected by Guan Yu and escaped to become a nun. When Cao Cao learns of this, he captures Diaochan, and Diaochan is determined to kill herself with her sword.
The hometown of Diaochan is three kilometers southeast of Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, in the village of Muzhi, located in Taiyuan or Xinzhou on the way to Yuwangdong. Muzhi village was originally rich in fungus, so the name of the village of fungus, because the village of acacia tree under the discovery of a thousand-year-old ganoderma lucidum, so renamed Muzhi material. The village rumor, as early as three years before the birth of the sable cicadas village peach and apricot will not blossom, so far the peach and apricot trees are still difficult to survive, is said to be the sable cicadas have shy flowers of the appearance of the reason. In the village, there used to be a street pagoda, the front hall, the back hall, Wang Yun Street, Diaochan theater and Diaochan's tomb. Time has changed, these buildings are in ruins, tomb mound in the havoc and razed to the ground. Ancient bricks, stone components, copper coins and ceramic remnants are often unearthed at the site, all of which are said to be related to Diaochan.
Now the tourist attraction is called the sable cicada mausoleum, is in recent years the villagers in the graveyard on the original site of the restoration of the building. Mausoleum is located in the southwest of the village, covers an area of more than 4,000 square meters, surrounded by a red background with yellow tiles wavy dragon-shaped enclosure, in the sea of wheat in the sea, bright and eye-catching. The eaves of the door hanging "sable cicada mausoleum" plaque, on both sides of the "closed moon and shy flower can be proud of China; endure insults step risk really make eyebrows look up to," the Golden Machine Union. In the north yard of the mausoleum area, there are moon worship pavilion and phoenix pavilion, and the back part of the tomb is built with green stone platform, and in front of the platform, there are flotsam and jetsam bi bi? The first one is the "Mash and Mash Pavilion", which is a stone tomb platform. The first one is the "Mash Mash Hinge South", which is a kind of a "Mash Mash Hinge South". The first one is the one in the center of the tomb, which was built in the back of the tomb. What is the name of this place? D Xian Hang Dirty Deer Risk-taking 0 room, set up for the "Diaochan colorful museum", reflecting Diaochan "do not hesitate to ten thousand gold body, why fear the danger of elephant life" amazing life. Villagers say that the three brothers in the peach orchard after gaining power, they sent Diaochan back to his hometown, died of old age is buried here. Also said sable cicada sword to kill himself, guan yu learned of the remains will be escorted back to his hometown for burial. Therefore, there is a statue of Guan Yu in the back of the hall, and the stage in front of the hall indicates that Diaochan performed a play, which is to repay Guan Yu for his kindness in refusing to kill and escorting him. Another in Dingxiang County in the southeast of Huo Village is Lu Bu's hometown, there are "Huo Qingquan", "wisdom to capture the Red Rabbit Horse", "crooked neck tree" and other folklore, are related to Lu Bu. So the folk proverb has "Xinzhou no good women, Dingxiang no good men", is that because of the Diaochan and Lu Bu, from now on, Xinzhou can no longer give birth to good-looking women, Dingxiang can not give birth to handsome men
Five, Chen Yuanyuan
Chen Yuanyuan original surname Xing, name Yuan, the word Yuanyuan, the word Vannfang, from the young adoptive mother of the Chen's, and therefore changed to Chen. She changed her last name to Chen when she was young from her adoptive mother Chen. She was a beautiful woman with bright flowers and snowy face, and she was good at singing and dancing, and she was the champion of colorful art.
The end of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's peasant insurgents shocked the court, Chongzhen Emperor day and night restless. Relatives Jiading Zhou Kui want to seek the emperor's stunning beauty, to relieve the emperor's worried heart, and then bequeathed Tian Fei's brother Tian Wan down to the south of the Yangtze River to find a beautiful. Tian Wan found Chen Yuanyuan, was intoxicated by her posture, so he privately occupied for himself. Soon Li Zicheng's army approached the capital, and the Chongzhen Emperor urgently called Wu Sangui to town of Shanhaiguan. Tian Wan on the peasant insurgents all day worry and fear, they set up a feast for Wu Sangui farewell party, Yuan Yuan rate singing team into the hall performance. After seeing Yuanyuan, Wu Sangui was so excited and happy that he hugged Yuanyuan to accompany him. Wine after three rounds of the alarm suddenly, Tian Wan fearfully up to Wu said: "the enemy to, what will happen?" Wu Sangui said: "can be round to see the gift, I first of all to protect the family unharmed." Not waiting for Tian Wan answer, Wu Sangui is to take the round bye-bye. Wu Sangui was persuaded by his father, who supervised the imperial camp, to leave Yuanyuan in his capital residence to prevent his peers from inviting right and wrong for the emperor to know.
After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Wu Sangui's father surrendered to the rebel army, and Chen Yuanyuan was plundered by Li's men. When Wu Sangui promised to surrender to Li Zicheng, Wen Yuanyuan has been occupied by Li's generals, the crown of anger, shouting "a man can not protect his own room what life for?" So he surrendered to the Qing army and went to war with the peasants. This is Wu Meicun in the "round song" in the said: "mourning the six armies are onyx, a crown of anger for the red face".
Li Zicheng, after the defeat, will Wu's father and his family of 38 mouth all killed, and then abandoned the capital out of the country. Wu Sangui holding the killing of his father to take his wife, day and night to chase the peasants to Shanxi. At this time, Wu's generals in the capital searched for Chen Yuanyuan, fly riding transmission, since the introduction of Wu Sangui with Chen Yuanyuan from Qin into Shu, and then monopolize Yunnan. Shunzhi, Wu's into the title of King of Yunnan, want to Yuanyuan as the main consort, Yuanyuan resigned for some reason, WuSanGui don't marry. Don't want to marry the main consort of fierce jealousy, Wu's love of Ji more framed wrongly killed, Yuan Yuan then live alone in a separate house. Yuanyuan lost favor with Wu gradually centrifugal, Wu had plotted to kill her, Yuanyuan learned, so begged to cut her hair as a nun, from now on in the Wuhuashan Huaguo Temple long fasting embroidered Buddha.
Later Wu Sangui declared independence in Yunnan, the Kangxi Emperor's troops in Yunnan, the winter of 1681, Kunming City, Wu Sangui died, Chen Yuan Yuan also sunk in the temple outside the Lotus Pond, died and was buried in the side of the pool. Until the end of the Qing dynasty, the temple also hides Chen Yuanyuan small shadow two frames, the pool left a stone poem.
Six, Mrs. Huarui
Mrs. Huarui is a description of the woman born very beautiful, "flowers are not enough to imitate its color, the stamen is poorly described its face." Mrs. Hua Rui is after Shu after Lord Meng Chang's Fei Guifei, a song * origin of Guifei. After the death of the former Shu, after the Tang dynasty Zhuangzong Meng Zhixiang for the two Chuan Festival Minister, Meng Zhixiang to Shu, after the Tang dynasty, internal strife, Zhuangzong was killed, Meng Zhixiang ambition, training armor, to the Tang dynasty Mingzong died, Meng Zhixiang arrogated to himself the emperor's name, but not a few months and died, Meng Chang succeeded to the throne. Meng Zhixiang, day and night hard work created by the situation, passed to the hands of Meng Chang, ten years do not see the peak of the fire, do not hear the dry, five each rich, bucket of rice three money, all under the ladies, do not distinguish between peas and oats, the scholar and the people pick orchids to give the Fen, to buy a smile and find happiness, the court is the day, night and night, the wine, the Church song *, the words of the ministers of apathy, decorated with a picture of peace and happiness.
Meng Chang is a very know how to enjoy the people, he widely recruited Shu beauty to fill the harem, concubines, in addition to the other twelve levels, which the most favored is the "Mrs. Rui" Fei Guifei. Meng Chang every day upside down in the courtesan team, every banquet after the song, a little leisure, will be with the flowers with Mrs. Rui, will be the harem service Li called to the Royal Palace, personally selected, pick that shapely, capital handsome, plus the number of the title, take turns into the Royal, its rank than the Secretary of the scholar and scholar, the monthly powder of the capital, all by the internal supervisor of the special department, known as the head of the month. To the time of pay, Meng Chang personally monitor, that the Palace has thousands of people, sing the name to send, each person in the Royal bed before going over, hand to collect, called the support to buy flowers.
Mrs. Rui's favorite flowers were peony and red mast, so Meng Chang ordered the government and people to plant peony in large quantities, and said, "Luoyang peony is the best in the world, and in the future, Chengdu peony will be made to be the best in Luoyang". In addition to sending people to various places to buy the best varieties of peonies, Meng Chang opened the "Peony Garden" in the palace, and in addition to spending time with Mrs. Hua Rui under the flowers day and night, Meng Chang called his ministers to enjoy the peonies in a feast. The red mast flower was said to be offered by the Taoist priest, Shen Tianshi, with only two seeds. When it bloomed, its color was speckled red, its petals were six in number, and the fragrance was fresh and fragrant. Because it is rare, there are people imitating the style of the flower painted on the fan, and it has become a trend. Whenever the hibiscus bloom, along the city forty miles away, are like paved with brocade, near the mid-autumn festival, after the Lord ordered to drive to tour the Raccoon River, Lorelei water frolics, a warbling and swallows, the mouth called long live, is really a sleek son of God, the event of the ages.
However, in the Shu Lord Meng Chang and Mrs. Huarui do not say that the flow of years hostage bomb riding, swim feasts looking for poetry, the Central Plains area of the Zhou Quide Army Festival Minister, check the school of the lieutenant, before the Palace of Justice Zhao Kuangyin follow the example of Guo Wei, play a scene of "yellow robes" farce, to replace the Zhou and the king of the world, the country's name is Song, changed to build the whole army of the military, the military, the goal is gradually pointing to the south and north, the goal of the war is not only to the world. South and north, the goal is gradually pointed to the latter Shu. Mrs. Hua Rui repeatedly advised Meng Chang, Meng Chang always think Shu mountains and rivers are dangerous, not enough to worry about.
Song Taizu Qiande two years in November, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin ordered the Zhongwu Festival Minister Wang Quanbin led an army of 60,000 to the Shu attack, 140,000 guards in Chengdu, the Shu soldiers actually routed without a fight. Meng Chang said to Mrs. Hua Rui: "My father and son have been raising soldiers with good clothes and food for forty years, but once we meet the enemy, we can't even send a vector eastward!" Qiande three years just after the Lantern Festival, Sikong Pingzhang Li Hao draft table, Meng Chang self-bound out of the city to surrender, since Wang Quanbin troops from the date of counting, only sixty-six days after the fall of Shu, compared to the former Shu Wang Diffracted by the destruction of the latter Tang is also faster than the two times to draft the surrender table are Li Hao, so there is a mood of loyalty and indignation in the evening in the door of the home of Li Hao, wrote: "Shixiu surrender table Li family ".
When the green willow was only yellow, Meng Chang, Mrs. Hua Rui and Li Hao were escorted to Bianliang with a group of thirty-three people. After arriving at Bianliang, Meng Chang was made Duke of Qin, and was appointed the inspector of the school, and the commander of the Central Committee. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin so well treated Meng Chang, only because he had heard that the Lady Rui Huayi stunningly beautiful, want to see the color, in order to soothe the thirst, and inconvenient to specially summoned, for fear of discussion, they came up with this idea, heavy reward Meng Chang, even his attendants and family members are also - a reward, I expect they will certainly go into the palace to thank the grace, you can see Lady Rui Huayi. Indeed, that day, thank you, Meng Chang's mother, Mrs. Li is after Mrs. Huarui. Taizu extra attention, think she just to the seat, there is a fragrance into the nose, intoxicating, carefully examined, only feel a thousand charming, difficult to describe, until Mrs. Huarui said Concubine Fei's see driving, may the emperor's holy life without boundaries, that a piece of the sound, such as the warbler, Niko can be listened to, only then the soul of Taizu called back, but the two eyes, is still shot at the flowers of Mrs. Huarui on the body, a blinking. Mrs. Hua Rui also some feel, then looked at the father of a glance, bowed his head and convergence of hair and retreat. This is going to the turn of the autumn wave, is more seductive, straight to the Song Taizu to get the heart. Seven days later, Meng Chang died of a sudden illness at the age of forty-seven, and historians believe that he was poisoned to death.
Tai Zu heard Meng Chang has died, drop out of the five days of the dynasty, published in plain clothes, contributing to the funeral of a thousand pieces of cloth and silk, funeral expenses by the government to give, posthumously named Chu Wang. Taizu see Mrs. Huarui full body onyx, the more seemingly bright-eyed white teeth, jade bone ShanShan, will take this opportunity, she stayed in the palace, through the order of the service banquet. Mrs. Hua Rui at this time, body can not help, only to be just like from the order, drinking in the middle, the emperor knew that Mrs. Hua Rui can poetry, in Shu, had made the palace lyrics of a hundred, to her poetry, to show talent, Mrs. Hua Rui chanted:
First away from the heart of the Shu Road will be shattered, hateful and continuous, spring is like a year, right away, when the cuckoo heard. Three thousand courtesans are flowery, *** Doo Canyuan, bun learning towards the sky, who knows today is a prophecy.
Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin listened to a long time, even drink three cups, said you do a new one. Mrs. Hua Rui pondered for a moment, and then opened her lips:
The king's city tree flag, concubine in the palace which know; 140,000 people are disarmed, and no one is a man.
Song Taizu is also a hero: when thousands of miles to send Jingniang, when a stick to beat the eighteen military state. At this time, the feeling of Mrs. Huarui's thoughts of the deceased country, the pain of the deceased country, and even deeper to Mrs. Huarui's heart of adoration. After drinking a few glasses of wine Mrs. Huarui, red clouds on the cheeks, more charming and charming, too Joe with Mrs. Huarui's hand, with the bedchamber, soon sealed Mrs. Huarui for the Consort. Since then, the emperor must go to Mrs. Huarui every day after the court, drink wine and listen to music.
This day, slightly early retreat, the path to Mrs. Huarui there, step into the palace, see Mrs. Huarui is hanging there with a portrait, light incense and candles, kowtow to worship. Taizu did not know what she is for the portrait, that is, to the portrait to look at, only to see a person sitting on, between the eyes as if in what place I have seen in general, eagerly, and can not think of, I had to ask Mrs. Huarui. Mrs. did not expect too suddenly, was he saw his own secret, the heart was panicked, see too much asked, quickly calm down, slowly answered: "This is the common rumor of Zhang Xian like, piety can be heir." The Great Ancestor heard so, laughed: "Consort so pious, I expect Zhang Xian must send heir to the. But although Zhang Xian is in charge of sending things, is a deity, appropriate in the quiet room, incense and flowers treasure cabinet offerings, if provided in the bedchamber inside, not to mention the profanity of the immortal spirit, the opposite of the crime." Mrs. heard the words of Taizu, hastened to thank. In fact, Mrs. Hua Rui is not provided by Zhang Xian, but the Lord of Shu Meng Chang. She was very loving with Meng Chang, since the death of Meng Chang died of a sudden illness, she was forced by Taizu Palace, because of fear of death, reluctant to accept the rain, although by Taizu's favor crown six palaces, the heart is always thrown Meng Chang's former kindness, so hand-painted her like, behind the backs of the people, private worship, I did not expect to be Taizu bumped into it, had to lie that it was the immortal Zhang. Pity those concubines in the palace, heard that the worship of Zhang Xian can get a child, they are to the lady's palace to draw a picture of the same, worship up, hoping to give birth to a son of the emperor, and henceforth rich and powerful. Soon, this fairy send son's portrait, even from the forbidden spread, even the folk women want to have a child to hold a child, but also painted a shaft of Zhang Xian, incense and flowers to salute, so far not bad. In this way, Meng Chang nine springs know, will also be very grateful to Mrs. Huarui, descendants of some people chanting this matter:
Spirit said that the spirit of the gods, a little bit of infatuation is not dead;
Thousands of years of hardship, but a death, sadness is not the only rest of the lady.
Seven, Queen Xiao
Queen Xiao is the daughter of Emperor Ming of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, Tianbao twenty years February 19th at dawn was born in Jiangling, the capital of the latter Liang. This woman was born beautiful, charming and charming, as to what extent she is beautiful, it is by no means with words can be described, from her life experience, we may be able to roughly appreciate the charm of the country to her. Empress Xiao was born to be a human creature, when she was born, the then famous soothsayer Yuan Tiangang was amazed by her appearance, carefully projected her birth date, and finally came to the conclusion of eight words - "mother of the world, with peach blossom life." Xiao Huang's later life experience seems to confirm these eight words. Since she was thirteen years old as a Jin Wangfei, then began to be forced to change identity, through the Sui emperor's empress, Yu cultural and Shu Fei, Dou Jiande's concubine, two generations of Turkic Fans Wangfei, and finally became the Tang Emperor Li Shimin's harem of the Zhaorong. Thousands of vicissitudes, ten thousand kinds of flow, all dissolved into her dozens of years of life, so that she became a woman with a strange fate, which is her destiny, "peach blossom robbery" it.
In order to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan, Emperor Yang ordered the chiseled through the Grand Canal and Suzhou-Hangzhou, and then led the Xiao Huang and many beauties to tour Jiangdu. Emperor Yang down south, only to see the canal sampan bow connected stretches more than two hundred miles; cavalry along the coast guard, flag my wild; dragon boat sculling pulling the fiber are young women, willow waist style swing, posture delicate, so that Emperor Yang feasted on the eyes, called "beautiful to eat '; and the courtesans wash down the powder flowed all over the canal, the aroma of a few months are not dispersed. Daye six years, Yangzhou's magnificent Palace completed, Emperor Yang together with Empress Xiao once again traveled to Jiangdu, Emperor Yang also wrote the famous "Spring River Flower and Moonlit Night" poem;
Twilight River is not moving, full of spring flowers are in bloom; the flow of waves will be the moon to go, the tide with the stars.
However, this kind of gorgeous and extravagant enjoyment, I do not know how much of the people's fat and wealth, leading to public anger. Thus, daiye twelve years in the fall, sui yang emperor is ready to accompany xiao huang third tour of jiangdu, the ministers of the bitter advice: "if you indulge in fun, the world is afraid of change!" Emperor Yang was absent-minded in said: "life since ancient times who have no death, over half a hundred years is not for the day". He felt that he only need to enjoy all the prosperity, even if the country is not enough to regret.
Eighth, Zhuo Wenjun
The story of Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun can be said to be a household name. Sima Xiangru was a famous rhetorician and musician in the Western Han Dynasty. After his parents died, he lived in the house of his good friend Wang Ji, a magistrate. Zhuo Wenjun's father, Zhuo Wangsun, was a local tycoon. Wenjun Zhuo was only seventeen years old at the time. Books described Wenjun's beauty: "Her eyebrows looked like mountains from afar, her face often looked like hibiscus, and her skin was as smooth as grease", and she was also good at the qin, and her literary talent was also extraordinary. She was originally promised to a certain grandson, but the grandson was short-lived and died in a hurry before the marriage was consummated, so Wenjun was considered a widow at home at that time.
Wang Sun Zhuo and Wang Ji had a lot of dealings. One day, Wangsun Zhuo invited Wang Ji to a banquet at his home, and Sima Xiangru was also invited. The two of them were invited to a banquet, where they were invited to play music and make music. Sima Xiangru learned that Zhuo Wangsun's daughter, Wenjun, had extraordinary beauty and literary talent, so he played a song "Phoenix". Zhuo Wenjun also long admired Sima Xiangru's talent, so hide behind the curtain to eavesdrop, piano in the courtship of how not to hear. The two people were in love with each other. However, they were strongly obstructed by Zhuo Wangsun, so they had no choice but to elope. After returning to Chengdu, life is difficult, Wenjun will own headdress as. The news reached her father's ears, and Zhuo Wangsun had no choice but to send them a large sum of money as face was still important.
Later, Sima Xiangru became more and more famous, and wanted to take a concubine. According to the "Miscellany of the Western Capital", "Sima Xiangru would hire a woman from Maoling to be his concubine, and Zhuo Wenjun made the "White Heads" to cut herself off, and Xiangru was stopped". However, the examiners say that this poem is a folk work. Sima Xiangru had a thirst-quenching disease (i.e., diabetes), but he coveted Wenjun's beauty, and later died of this disease. Wenjun wrote a eulogy, which was circulated in the current world.
Nine, Zhao Feiyan
Zhao Feiyan, formerly known as Yisheng, is a famous dancer in the Han Dynasty, because of its dance posture as light as a swallow flying phoenix dance, so people call it "Feiyan".
Zhao Feiyan's family had a hard time when she was a child, and she was abandoned by her parents at birth, but after three days she was still alive, and her parents thought it was strange, so they began to nurse her. When she was a little older, her parents died, and she and her younger sister were sent to Chang'an, where they became servant girls, and then were sent to Princess Yang'a's residence, where they began to learn to sing and dance. She was very talented and learned to play the zither very well, and her dancing was even more outstanding, and she became very famous in Chang'an.
Chengdi Liu likes to play, often with the Fuping waiter Zhang put out to have fun, he saw Zhao Feiyan in the Princess Yang's house, greatly pleased, called her into the palace, was named Jieyu, extremely favored, and then abrogated Queen Xu, set Feiyan as a queen, Zhao Feiyan's sister, Heide, was also set up as a Zhaoyi, two sisters exclusively favored the harem, the illustrious for a while.
After the death of Emperor Cheng of Han Dynasty, Zhao Feiyan's sisters were childless, and Liu Xin, the King of Dingtao, became Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty, and Zhao Feiyan was honored as the empress dowager, who died within a few years, and Liu Yan, the Emperor of Ping of Han Dynasty, became Emperor Liu Yan, and Zhao Feiyan was relegated to be the Empress of Filial Piety, and then Zhao Feiyan was relegated to be the commoner, and given the gift to commit suicide after the death of the Emperor's son.
There was a nursery rhyme circulating at that time: "Swallow Swallow's tail is salivating, Mr. Zhang, when we meet. The wooden door of Cang Luang, Yan flew to peck the royal grandson, the death of the royal grandson, Yan pecked the vector." The story is about Zhao Feiyan (赵飞燕), her beauty, and the fact that she is going to be the queen.
About Zhao Feiyan's dance art, "Zhao Feiyan biography" has this description: "Zhao after the waist bone is particularly slender, good walk alone, if the person holding a flower branch trembling, others can not be learned." "Walking alone" is Zhao Feiyan original skills, first seen in history, visible in its dance skills, and can control breathing. Zhao Feiyan was "good at traveling in the air", and legend has it that she was "as light as a swallow, able to dance on the palm of her hand", which shows that she was very good at lightness of being, and it is possible that she was already able to do difficult tricks in the air, which were light and airy and easy to move around freely.
Zhao Feiyan was not only a dance artist, but also an excellent zither player, and she had a zither named "Phoenix Treasure Qin". At that time, there was a young musician named Zhang Anshi in Chang'an, practicing piano since childhood, at the age of 15 will be famous all over the world, and then went to the palace for the Emperor of Han Dynasty and Zhao Feiyan played a "double phoenix away from the luan song", its excellent skills and beautiful music to the emperor and his wife intoxicated, Zhao Feiyan especially excited, people to fetch her zither to play a "return to the wind to send the far", floating and free, so Zhang Anshi marveled at it. Zhao Feiyan loved Zhang Anshi's talent, and begged Emperor Cheng to allow him to come and go as he pleased, and gave him a post as an attendant, and also gave him many gifts, including two expensive zither, one is called "Autumn Words and Sparse Rain", and the other is called "White Crane".
Ten, Princess Xiang
Qing Dynasty Qianlong years, the capital has been legendary in the distant foothills of the Tianshan Mountains there is a strange woman, she not only looks beautiful, and the body exudes a kind of seductive