It is not that during the Three Kingdoms period, there was only a woman who became a painter, but that this female painter was the first painter to be recorded in historical materials.

Who is she?

She is one of Sun Quan's concubines, known as "Mrs. Zhao".

During the Wei and Jin dynasties of the Three Kingdoms, many outstanding painters appeared, and painters such as Wei Xie, Cao Buxing, Gu Kaizhi, and Lu Tanhui stood out, adding a lot of bright colors to China's art. In this group, there are no female painters, but they have not been recorded in historical materials.

Among them, Mrs. Zhao is the first female painter to appear in China's literature.

There are countless legends about her.

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There is no record of Mrs. Zhao's literature in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, and her deeds are scattered in a variety of other documents.

Zhang Yanyuan of the Tang Dynasty once recorded in the "Records of Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties" that Mrs. Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, was the younger sister of Zhao Da.

Zhao Da, a native of Nanjun (now Luoyang, Henan), studied the knowledge of "Nine Palaces" and "One Calculation" when he was young, and estimated the subtle gods.

After taking refuge in Koto, he became Sun Quan's Taishiro and was in charge of the calculation calendar.

His sister was deeply influenced by him, diligent, studious, well-informed, versatile, and possessed the "three great skills" that were incomparable in the world. This is recorded in detail in Wang Jia's "Collected Memories" of the Jin Dynasty.

From this account, we can know that Mrs. Zhao is a very intelligent woman.

She is not only erudite, but also good at drawing, and has a dexterous idea, which is unparalleled in the world.

She can use colored silk threads to weave vivid brocades, and there is no restriction on size, large brocades can exceed a foot, and small brocades can only be an inch. The palace people call this weaving method "machine unique".

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One day, Sun Quan chatted with the strategists, feeling that he lived in Jiangdong and was threatened by Wei and Shu from time to time, and hoped that in addition to the war, there would be a person who was good at painting to depict the surrounding mountains and rivers as a map for the marching soldiers. In this way, people can better understand the terrain through painting to make accurate decisions.

Zhao Da listened to Sun Quan's emotion, and said, "King Wu, I have a candidate who is the most suitable to do what you said." ”

Sun Quan said, "Where is this duke? ”

The "gong" that Sun Quan said means "sir".

Zhao Dashun joked, "It's not a male, it's a mother - it's my sister." ”

"Oh?" Sun Quan was very surprised, he said, "Your sister? Can she draw the military map I said? ”

Zhao Da said, "I see that she painted a section of the Yangtze River on a silk, the forests, mountains and rivers are the same as the real scenery, can't she draw the military map you need?" ”

Sun Quan was overjoyed and said, "You bring Ling Mei's painting to me!" ”

Zhao Da went home and brought his sister's painting and presented it to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan and the ministers unfolded the painting of Zhao Da's sister and admired it in court.

How long was a silk horse at that time? Anyway, it's quite long (doesn't it say that "a big brocade can be more than a foot"?) How can a silk not be more than a foot - don't take it too seriously, I said "a silk horse" uses an exaggerated figure of speech), Sun Quan and the ministers were looking around, looking at Zhao Xiaomei's paintings, and couldn't help sighing, saying, "Isn't this where and where?" There's a bridge here, and there's a big waterwheel, and it's all painted, even a buffalo that the farmer is driving! ”

Everyone was amazed.

Sun Quan said to Zhao Da, "You go back, let Ling Mei draw a picture of Jingzhou, it doesn't need to be so big, it doesn't need to be so thin, the mountains, rivers, lakes, roads, and farmhouses, just show it." You don't have to render, you just ......"

Zhao Da cut off Sun Quan's words and said, "King, I'm afraid that what you said will not be conveyed clearly, so I will call her, and you will tell her in person, okay?" ”

Sun Quan thought for a while and said, "Okay, you call Ling Mei's, and I'll personally say it." ”

Zhao Da called his sister over.

When Sun Quan saw Zhao Xiaomei, he couldn't speak a little, he thought that Zhao Da meant it, and Zhao Xiaomei said it again.

Zhao Xiaomei understood what Sun Quan meant, asked a few more questions, then wiped her cheeks and said, "Wang, what's wrong with my face?" ”

Sun Quan said, "No, I didn't ...... much."

Zhao Xiaomei said, "No, what are you staring at my face all the time?" ”

Sun Quan blushed and said, "Why do you look so good?" ”

Zhao Xiaomei's face also turned red, and she said, "Your Majesty, when you say this, the slave family is very embarrassed......

Sun Quan opened his hands and said to Zhao Xiaomei, "Come, you come here......"

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Sun Quan took this strange woman as his wife.

Sun Quan asked Madame Zhao to draw a map. Mrs. Zhao felt that the color of Danqing was easy to fade, especially when the wind and sun were blowing during the march and battle, and it was easy for Danqing to lose its original color and not be easy to preserve for a long time, so she said to Sun Quan, "The concubine is willing to depict the map in the form of embroidery." ”

Sun Quan said, "Can you still embroider? ”

Mrs. Zhao said, "Yes." ”

Therefore, according to Sun Quan's description of the landform, Mrs. Zhao drew rivers, lakes, mountains and other landforms in detail on a square silk silk.

Sun Quan looked at the map, was very happy, and called her "a must in the needle".

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Mrs. Zhao's mastery is not only that, she also has a mastery called "Silk Jue".

Sun Quan lived in Shaoyang Palace, the weather was hot and humid in summer, Sun Quan was very irritable, and the palace people set up curtains in Shaoyang Palace.

When Mrs. Zhao saw it, she suggested: "This kind of purple night curtain can't dispel the damp heat."

Sun Quan asked if there was a better way.

Mrs. Zhao said, "The concubine should think exhaustively, so that the silk curtain can be lowered and the breeze can enter freely, and there is no obstacle outside." The attendants around me also felt cool, as if walking in the wind. ”

Sun Quan was very surprised when he heard this, and he said, "I have never heard of such a curtain. ”

Madame Zhao found some strands of hair, disassembled them, and then glued them together with a kind of foreign tribute.

This kind of glue is generally used to bond broken strings on bows and crossbows, and has a strong adhesive force.

Madame Zhao weaves these bonded strands of hair into a hú (ra) and cuts the rabu into a curtain. Because the silk threads are very small, the drapery moves, and the room feels like a breeze fluttering, which feels very cool.

Sun Quan likes this curtain very much, even if he is marching and fighting, he has to carry this curtain, the curtain is opened and there are several zhang, rolled up and can be placed under the pillow, it is very convenient, people call it "silk".

The state of Wu has these three uniques, and the other treasures in the world are much inferior to them.

Mrs. Zhao has always been very favored by Sun Quan because of these three stunts, and the other concubines were very jealous of this, and said in front of Sun Quan that Mrs. Zhao likes to show off herself in front of the monarch, and often speaks ill of Mrs. Zhao.

Later, Mrs. Zhao lost Sun Quan's favor.

I don't see any record of her giving birth.