Flirting with history:How ugly were ancient literary talents?

Nowadays it is very popular to have a new term called face value. For example, people with good-looking faces can be called face value. On the other hand, those with bad looks will inevitably be said to have a face of disdain, negative values and ugly men. Interestingly, the name ugly man, if moved to ancient times, is not exclusive to big and thick barbarians and powerful ministers. In cultural circles, for example, it was also prevalent. Among the many literary artists, Pang Tong should be considered one of the ugly and famous ones. Of course, thanks to Luo Guanzhong's propaganda. This describes Pang Tong's looks: thick eyebrows, bulging nose, black face, short beard. Sun Quan and Liu Bei didn't like it at first sight. It is interesting that such ugliness, which defies the conventions of human research, is not recorded at all in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. If it is, it is also the saying: when you are young, you are foolish and ignorant. Of course, if blandness is also a kind of ugliness, I'm afraid that most contemporary wooden geeks would be crying in the toilet. On the contrary, Chen Shou, the author of the Three Kingdoms, gave the comment that he was elegant in the crowd and thoughtful in his reading. Undoubtedly, this is a positive sound to the effect that Comrade Pang Tong is a romantic and talented man.

But why is the elegant and busy Pang Tong ugly in Luo Guanzhong's works? It probably has something to do with his namesake Zhuge Liang. It should be well known that the winner can win the world, Crouching Dragon, Phoenix Chrysanthemum. And between the lines, we can also keenly smell the subtle rivalry between Wolong and Fengdaisy. But Wolong's teacher, Zhuge Liang, was the real hero of the Three Kingdoms era. Pang Tong's IQ, between this and Kong Ming Zhongbo, if he looks handsome, will not steal the lead? So Luo Guanzhong big brush, there is the aforementioned thick eyebrows rhinoplasty and other tragic. So it looks like Pang Tong is sitting on the throne of ancient uglies, but it's actually quite unjust.

If Pang Tong was wrongly accused, then the next one will certainly not be. This person's name was Zuo Si. As for Zuo Si's skin looks, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms gave him a few lines to make him look good. It probably means, this look is bad, I can't handle it. What's more interesting is that Zuo Si lived in the Western Jin Dynasty. People of this era focused on the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and were often courted by some elegant and handsome characters. For example, Pan An, the beautiful man of the time, had many records of flirtation. Of course, the handsome man's tawdry beauty needs someone to be the background, and Zuo Si was just depressed to be chosen.

There is such a record: Si ugly Si weak, do not stick to the decorations, but also return to Yue for a long time, so a group of people are chaotic spit its words, bear the pain to return. That is to say that Zuo Si, this brother, when he was young and foolish, he also put up an ugly front, so here I am, imitating Pan An's flaunting in the neighborhood. As a result, he was surrounded by a group of square-dancing amazons and fled in distress. See, even if you're ugly, you still run out to scare your aunt. Zuo Si, should be called death?

I don't know if it is struck by this incident. Since then, Zuo Si Nasa tattoo developed the habit of making bad friends. Of course, just because of his ugliness, he can not stay in the history books. It is not easy to make friends. For Zuo Si, it was actually good. This lonely dude had a chance to think about life in peace and finally had an epiphany. He published a masterpiece, Shishu Xinhua, which caused thousands of fans to rush to buy it. It was an instant Loyalist. But it's hard to say whether Zuo Si would have made the same mistake of wandering the streets at a readers' meeting as a teenager if there had been a book signing.

Interestingly, Zuo Si Ugly is not unique among best-selling authors. At the very least, Moon, the leader of the Tang dynasty's flower school, is qualified to do battle. The name Wen is full of literary flavor at first glance, and coupled with the aura of being the head of the Flower School, I'm afraid that he has to exude a mesmerizing literary aura from the hairs of his nose to the tips of his toes. What is a spring dream, the light in the mirror at the cicada temples is at your fingertips. So imagine, it must be a romantic guy like Chu Liu Xiang.

Jin Shu, this literary icon's looks are not very highly rated: slovenly. slovenly is a word that is also commonly used in modern times. Presumably, it refers to slovenly behavior, such as bathing once every three months and shaving once every six months. You see, these images are naturally no match for the consistently well-proportioned, godlike-looking literary counterparts of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, this Wen listen to the cloud ah, Chu Liu Xiang or forget it, the old stinker can be fooled.

In fact, Sandu Fu is polite, the record in the old Tang book is simple and rough, directly to Wen Zhongkui seal. Zhong Kui who? Ghost catcher. You see, it's really scary when young artists look like this. Imagine, if Wen long in the contemporary, even if you write such a mountain overlap gold disappearance, sideburns want to smell the snow of the cheeks of the beautiful sentence, I am afraid that it is difficult to be popular. Why? - To watch you die. To watch you die. The girl does not like.

Text: white horse Junyi