Who are the four great beauties of ancient China?

The history of China has four beautiful people making the political life of the people praised with beautiful beauty, called the Four Great Beauty.

Their beauty is described by four famous rhetorical phrases, in order:

  1. "Aged fish" (fish sink deep into the water).
  2. "Lost" (terns fall to the ground).
  3. "Deadlock" (the Moon must hide itself).
  4. "Cultivation of flowers" (makes flowers shame).

According to the chronological order is the appearance of "great beauties"

The first one is Tay Thi

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Tay Thi is one of the four great beauties of China who looks enchanting.(Illustration).

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Tay Thi was originally a girl in the storage of Luo La silk (south of Zhuji, today's Zhejiang Province) in Vietnam. In 494 BC, the Vietnamese nation was defeated by Ngo's country, Viet Vuong was the Tien Tien offering Tay Thi to Ngo Vuong Phu Sai. She became an immortal being very charismatic. In 473 BC, Vietnam destroyed the country of Ngo, a legend that Tay Thi followed the Vietnamese deputy Pham Loi to Tay Ho.

The second great beauty is Vuong Chieu Quan

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Vuong Chieu Quan, a beauty man, is fluent in the instrument of the monks and four craftsmen, period, exam and painting.(Illustration).

Vuong Chieu Quan's real name is Vuong Tuong. She was a woman of Han Yuan De. In 33 BC, the lord of the Zen clan Hu Han Ta of the Hungarian clan requested peace with the Han court. Chieu Quan voluntarily asked to go away to get the Hungarian princess and was named Ninh Ho Yen Hung. For more than 60 years, Vuong Chieu Quan went to reconcile, Hungary and the Han court treated each other very well. Wang Zhaojun was the one who devoted a lot to national security and peaceful relations between the two peoples.

The third great beauty is Dieu Boat

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Dieu Bo is a smart and decisive woman.(Illustration).

A character in the famous classic novel She lives under the Han Dynasty (191 - 220 AD). The boat is a song in the government of the Prince Vuong Doan (the official of land and demographic management in the country). Because Thai monk Dong Trac specialized in ruthless ruthlessness, Dieu Boat wanted to contribute to eradicate Dong Trac who voluntarily offered to help Vuong Doan, using the joint plan to complete the relationship between Dong Trac and his adopted son Dai General La Dad. In the end, Dieu Bo borrowed La Bo's hand and killed Dong Trac.

The fourth great beauty is Duong Ngoc Hoan

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One of the four great ancient Chinese beauties - Duong Quy Phi.(Illustration).

Tang Dynasty In 745 AD, she was esteemed by the Tang Dynasty. Duong Ngoc Hoan did not really care about politics in the court, but because she was deeply loved by Huyen Tong Street, not only her sister and her sister were conferred a wife but also their brother. Her son's son Duong Quoc Trung could also manipulate the court. In 775 AD, An Loc Son rebelled to rebel Duong Quoc Trung. After Yang Quoczhong was killed, Yang Yuhuan was also hanged.

"Aged fish", "lost", " dead ", where does "flower cultivation" come from where people use these 4 rhetorical phrases to describe their beauty?

Aquilaria (fish deep in the water)

It was Tay Thi, who was so beautiful that even when she winced, it made people fall in love. One day, she and the other village women came to the river to wash, when she washed the clothes on the river bank, her shadow lit the transparent river water making her more beautiful. Fish saw her, infatuated to forget about swimming, gradually diving to the bottom of the river. From there, the people in the area confessed her as "Tram Ngu".

Swallow (terns fall to the ground)

Legend says that when Chieu Quan passed a large desert, her heart was filled with sadness and destiny as well as leaving his homeland. At the time of sitting on the horse sad and melancholy, immediately flocked "Export re-song". There was a goose flying over, listening to the resentment in the gut and breaking down and falling to the ground. then she was called "Lost".

Deadlock (The moon must hide itself)

Anecdotes tell that, when Dieu Boat out in the night of the moon, the clouds come to obscure the moon. Wang Doan thought it was strange and wanted to exalt the beauty of her daughter, so she said that the Sculpture of the Boat was so beautiful that the moon had to hide itself. Since then, she was praised by everyone as "Dead End".

Tu flowers (make the flower shame)

Legend has it that one day Quy Phi came to the flower garden to receive flowers for sadness, saw Peony, Nguyet Quy bloomed, thinking that she was locked in the palace, wasting her youth, her heart could not resist, let go of the lament: " Flowers, flowers! Every year, every year, when you bloom, when do you get it? " . The words have not yet finished, they have fallen, she has just touched the flowers, the flowers suddenly curled up, the green leaves rolled up. No doubt, she felt that it was a virgin flower (shame tree). At this time, there was a Russian bow to see, where the bow and arrow went to tell others about it. Since then, Duong Ngoc Hoan is likened to the phrase "Tu hoa".