There are generally more famous generals at the beginning of the emperor's expansion of territory, which is the so-called troubled times that produce heroes.

When the first-generation emperor was firmly established, famous generals would no longer be needed. The emperor began to take back military power to consolidate imperial power.

In order to prevent famous generals from usurping power, the emperor would punish the founding heroes (mainly targeting generals with military power) with various trumped-up charges after conquering the country. The mild cases ranged from demotion and exile to the severe ones, including beheading and confiscating their homes.

And "Since ancient times, beauties are like famous generals, and they are not allowed to grow old in the world." This sentence can be understood as: beauties, like famous generals, are short-lived.

Since ancient times, beauties have always had bad luck, and beauties are generally victims of politics.

The phrase "Beauties have been like famous generals since ancient times, and they are not allowed to see their bald heads in the world" comes from Yanxue's poem "Mourning for Lady Jin".

The whole poem is as follows: Don't stay when the time is passing by, it will be full of hurt and loss of romance under the forest.

Beautiful women have been like famous generals since ancient times, and they are not allowed to grow old in the world.

Extended information: The first two sentences of the poem start from the natural laws of life, old age, illness and death, discuss and express feelings of mourning, and closely follow the meaning of the title. The next two sentences take a different approach and express the sadness of "beautiful women have been like famous generals since ancient times, and they are not allowed to see their bald heads in the world."

sigh.

The so-called beauties have poor lives, and the so-called generals are like horses and corpses. Their lives are full of misfortunes, but they never end well. How many of them can end their lives well?

It is said that the author Zhao Yanxue was the concubine of Tong Zhancun, a scholar in the early Qing Dynasty. She was both talented and beautiful. Tongzhancun built Yanxue Tower, also known as Tong Tower, in Tianjin for her.

Because Jin Zhiyun, the wife of Cha Weiren, the owner of Shuixizhuang, died of illness, Cha Weiren wrote "Mourning for the Dead Concubine", and Zhao Yanxue's poem was sung with Cha Weiren's "Mourning for the Dead Concubine".