Xi Shi and Dong Shi are related by Mo Yan.

Xi Shi, whose real name is Shi Yiguang, is a beautiful woman from the country of Yue. She is generally called Xi Shi, and later generations respectfully call her "Xizi". She was born in Zhuluo Village, Yue State (now Zhuluo Village, Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. She followed her mother by the Huansha River since she was a child, so she was also called "Huansha Girl". She is naturally beautiful and outstandingly charming, and is the embodiment and synonym of beauty.

Dong Shi is said to be the neighbor of Xi Shi, a beauty from the Yue Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is found in the idiom "Dong Shi imitates the frown", which first came from "Zhuangzi Tianyun". (It is said that the beauty "Xi Shi" is very beautiful, but she has a heart disease. Every time she has an attack, Xi Shi will frown. When her neighbor saw it, she thought it was very beautiful and imitated Xi Shi's frowning movements. Therefore, later generations called her "Dong Shi" . )