1. How beautiful is Xi Shi?

Xi Shi, known as "sinking fish", was a beauty of Yue State in the Spring and Autumn Period. Originally named Shi Yiguang, she was honored as "Xizi". She was born in Zhuyu Village, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. Her father sold firewood for a living and her mother washed yarn.

It can be seen that Xi Shi is actually a village girl, but she is naturally beautiful, charming and looks like a fairy, and is regarded as the first of the four ancient beauties.

So, how beautiful is Xi Shi?

It is said that since she was a child, she went to the stream to wash the yarn with her mother, and the fish in the water were attracted by her beauty, so they were shocked and sank to the bottom with a thump. Therefore, Xi Shi was named "Shen Yu", and the stream of laundry was called "Huanshaxi".

Song Zhiwen, a poet, once praised her, "Birds are startled by pineapples, but fish are afraid of lotus flowers." Su Dongpo, a great writer, compared it: "If the West Lake is compared to the West Lake, it is always appropriate to make up lightly."

There is also a saying that beauty is the best in beauty: "If you increase your score by half, you will lose weight." It is also said that there is an ugly woman in the east village who wants to imitate the beauty of Xi Shi, so she always imitates her walking state, but she can't be beautiful, leaving a joke that "Dong Shi works well". Second, Xi Shi's "Singing Dance"

Xi Shi lived in a time when wuyue was striving for hegemony. At first, Gou Jian was defeated by Fu Cha, the king of Yue, so he had no choice but to bow his noble head and be a slave to the king of Yue. Thanks to the advice of Fan Li, a counselor, Wen Zi, he widely selected beautiful women to present the king of Yue, thus confusing Fu Cha, the king of Yue, to waste his state affairs.

this honey trap really worked.

The chosen beauty is Xi Shi, who was selected by Fan Li to be a well-trained stunning maid-in-waiting in Yuegong and sent to Fu Cha, the king of Wu. When the Prince of Wu saw the beauty of Xi Shi, he didn't like it very much. He built spring night Palace for her, as well as pavilions, mourning halls and other places to indulge in debauchery.

Because Xi Shi's feet were big, he often danced in long skirts to cover up the defect at that time, and thus invented a beautiful dance, namely Xi Shi's "ring dance".

Fu Cha, the king of Wu, had the underground of a long corridor in the imperial garden of the harem hollowed out, then put it into hundreds of vats, and covered it with excellent wooden boards. Xi Shi danced on the board in a long skirt (with small bells on the skirt) and special clogs.

With the rhythm and graceful dancing, the echo of "Ding-Ding Tata" sounded at Xi Shi's feet, interwoven with the crisp and melodious sound of the little bell "Ding-Ding Rinrin", which was particularly pleasing to the ear.

Fu Cha, the king of Wu, was fascinated by the graceful demeanour displayed by the long skirt fluttering and the beauty Xi Shi swinging from side to side. He was charmed and gradually sank into womanhood, ignoring the state affairs. Later, he killed Wu Zixu, the pillar of the DPRK, and the State of Wu went downhill. Iii. Xi Shi went boating on Taihu Lake with Fan Li

Because Xi Shi often blew a pillow wind to Fu Cha, the king of Wu, saying, "Let Gou Jian, who is timid and incompetent, go back to China to show the wisdom and virtue of the king" and other sweet words. After three years of hard labor for slaves in the State of Wu, Gou Jian was finally able to return to China, so he stepped up his development and secretly restored his national strength. The time was ripe, that is, he set out to conquer the State of Wu. At this time, the state of Wu had declined, and Fu Cha, the king of Wu, was no match, and soon he was defeated and committed suicide. This is the story of "three thousand more armour can swallow Wu".

After Gou Jian returned to China, Xi Shi, who had made great contributions, quietly left with his doctor Fan Li, and they went boating in Taihu Lake and lived in seclusion.

It turns out that as early as when Fan Li chose Xi Shi for training, they fell in love at first sight and became lovers. However, for the sake of revenge, Fan Li reluctantly arranged for Xi Shi to go to Wu to implement the "honey trap".

Now that the plan is successful, the two of them will retreat bravely in the torrent, and they also advise Wen Zi to leave together to avoid the fate of "the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked". However, the literary genre, which was deeply involved in fame and fortune, was reluctant to give up high office and high salary, and was forced to commit suicide the following year.

Only Fan Li and Xi Shi retired and went boating in Taihu Lake, and they ended well.

This is described in Yuejueshu: "After Xi Shi's Wu, he returned to Fan Li and went to the five lakes together." Su Dongpo also wrote: "The five lakes asked, Jiao Zhou went home, still carrying Xizi." Four, Xi Shi Shen Jiang

Xi Shi's "boating on Taihu Lake" with Fan Li is actually just a beautiful vision of people. More points to the bleak saying that "Xi Shi sinks the river".

according to the examination, it is said that beauty Xi Shi does exist, but she can't be Fan Li's lover, and she can't go boating on Taihu Lake with him.

Thus, there are various sayings about "Xi Shi sinks the river".

It is said that after the destruction of Wu, Gou Jian also intended to keep Xi Shi, who had made a great contribution, in the harem. However, influenced by the saying that "a beautiful woman is a disaster", he had to be wrapped in a cowhide bag and drowned. It is said that this is recorded in the Annals of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and Mozi also says, "The beauty of beauty lies in the beauty of beauty."

There is another saying: Yue was worried that Xi Shi would be taken into the harem by Gou Jian, the king of Yue, and in order to keep his position, he asked his men to tie a huge stone to Xi Shi's back and sink into the river.

It is said that "Xi Shi Shen Jiang" turns into a shell "sand clam", and when it is opened, it will spit out a small piece of white meat, which is edible and delicious like a tongue. Later, it became a delicious food "western alms". It is rumored that Zheng Banqiao talked about this seafood in "Ci of Bamboo Branches in Weixian County":

"There are even more delicious cities, and Xi Shi's tongue enters the jade plate."

In the past, beauty Xi Shi has been in blowing in the wind in the misty rain and fog that has been passed down for thousands of years. Whether it's boating or sinking into the river, it's just a specious legend. Only her feelings of home and country and peerless beauty, which are in a hurry to go, will always be engraved in the long history of years, and become immortal, which makes people feel grateful!

it's for remembering.