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Zhong Wuyan in history is known as one of the four ugly girls.

Zhong Wuyan, also known as Zhong Lichun and Zhong Wuyan, is said to be a person from Wuyanyi (now Dongping, Shandong) during the Warring States Period, the wife of King Xuan of Qi, and one of the four ugly girls in ancient China. Zhong Wuyan's appearance was extremely ugly, and he was not allowed to marry at the age of forty, so he invited himself to see King Qi Xuan, stated the four points of the danger of Qi State, and adopted it by King Qi Xuan and made him queen. So he demolished the stage, boycotted the women's music, retreated from obsequicy, entered the outspokenness, selected soldiers and horses, and implemented the treasury, and the country was safe.

Zhong Lichun, also known as Zhong Wuyan, Wu Yan is an ugly girl. According to the historical records, "The compound surname Zhong Li's name is Wuyan (one says the name spring, the word Wuyan), and the reason why she is called Wuyan is because she is a native of Wuyanyi (now Dongping, Shandong)." Like Wu Zetian's mother, she only married after 40s, but the difference is that although she is ugly, she is determined to be a queen. There has never been a saying that Zhong Wuyan was called, this is the nickname given to her in the drama a few years ago.

In the early days of the reign of King Qi Xuan, he sang and danced day and night, and there was no Yan Jin after that, and it was not easy for the ancestors to open up the territory, and the mistakes of King Xuan were counted. King Xuan repented, in order to show his repentance, scattered the harem, set up Wuyan as the queen, showed that he was not greedy for beauty, and since then the diligent government reform, Qi has become the leader of the six countries! ”

Zhong Lichun's story was first seen in the "Debate Biography" in Liu Xiang's "Biography of the Daughters" of the Western Han Dynasty. She is a native of Wuyan County, Qi State, she has both ability and political integrity, but her face is ugly, she is forty years old and unmarried, and many ancient books say that "appearance is better than no salt", echoing with "appearance like Xizi". How ugly is it? The book shows that her forehead and eyes are sunken and dull and dry, the upper and lower proportions are out of balance, and the skeleton is very large, very strong, like a man, with a nose facing the sky, a very fat neck, an Adam's apple, and a forehead like a mortar, which is sunken in the middle. There were not a few hairs, and his skin was as black as lacquer.

You must know that the concubines in ancient times were all "mantis heads and moth eyebrows", and even like Wu Zetian's "square forehead and wide forehead, dragon eyes and phoenix eyes". Although Zhong Lichun looks surprising, he will not be able to sing and dance like other beautiful concubines, but only ask about politics. King Qi Xuan, who was in power at that time, was politically **, the state affairs were dim, and he had a short temperament and liked to boast, Zhong Lichun risked his life to invite himself to see King Qi Xuan, stating the four dangers of Qi State, and pointed out that if he did not restrain himself from the precipice, the city would be ruined and the country would be destroyed.

King Qi Xuan was greatly moved, and regarded Zhong Lichun as a treasure mirror for himself. His advice was adopted by King Xuan, and he became the queen, and the country was ruled from then on. And China also left two idioms: "ugly is better than no beauty" and "self-recommended pillow". Help King Xuan of Qi to revive the dynasty.

Physiognomy characteristics

"concave head", that is, "protruding forehead", "deep eyes", sunken eyes; "Long belly festival", I have never made love to people, but my belly is as big as if I am pregnant; "Raised nose", nose facing the sky; "Throat", the Adam's apple is larger than a man's;

"Fat top", that is, a ridiculously large head; "Less hair", close to baldness; "Skin paint", that is, very dark.

Later legends

The so-called "there is nothing to do, nothing to do in summer and spring", in fact, there has never been such a saying. Xia Yingchun is a casual fiction joke by contemporary people, and this statement is not circulating. In fact, Xia Yingchun is a beautiful concubine who can sing and dance, and she usually only sings and dances with King Qi Xuan, and does not care about politics. But Zhong Wuyan doesn't care about singing and dancing, she is especially able to endure hardships, she belongs to the type of king who can walk when she rides a car, and she only asks about politics. What kind of king Qi Xuan was in history also needs to be verified.

And there are stories about Zhong Lichun leading his troops to fight in folklore. By the Yuan Dynasty, Chinese opera had developed greatly. Zheng Guangzu, one of the four masters of Yuan Qu, wrote a Yuan miscellaneous drama called "Ugly Qi Hou Wuyan Serial" (also called "Zhiyong Dingqi"), which is about Qi Gongzi's night dream of Shuyue, and the doctor Yan Ying fulfilled his dream for him, thinking that the wife that Gongzi would marry was hidden in the countryside, and his luck was not passed, and suggested that he go out of the city to hunt and visit the lady and sage. Zhong Lixin's daughter is ugly but both civil and military, and she is very talented, and she meets Qi Gongzi who is chasing the white rabbit when she goes out to pick mulberry. Yan Ying saw that she was speaking well, so she persuaded Gongzi Qi to marry her. At that time, Qin and Yan both wanted to subdue the Qi State, and deliberately made it difficult with difficult problems, so that the Qi State sent people to untie the jade chain and play the Puxian Qin, Zhong Lichun solved these two problems with wisdom, and deliberately humiliated the envoys and provoked the two countries to send troops. Zhong Lichun led his troops to defeat them again, so that the Qi country would not have to worry about it.

Liu Xiang recorded in "The Biography of the Daughters": "Zhong Lichun, the daughter of Qi Wuyanyi, and the queen of King Xuan." He is also a person, extremely ugly, with deep eyes, long and strong joints, a skull nose and throat, fat and little hair, bent waist out of Hun (through the "chest"), and the skin is like paint. At the age of forty, the marriage is not for sale, and he confessed to the king of Xuan, raised his hands and knees and said: 'Woe! Woe to you! He said: "The country of the present king, there is the trouble of Heng Qin in the west, the strong Chu in the south, and the difficulty of the two kingdoms outside. Gradually, 10,000 people are gone, and this two are also dead. The sage is hidden in the mountains and forests, and the flattering person is stronger than the left and right, and these three are also dead. Drinking and indulging, night after day, not cultivating the courtesy of the princes outside, not adhering to the country's politics inside, these four are also dead. Zhong Lichun's failure to marry at forty is not picky, but that no one pursues her at all. It is different from Wu Zetian's mother who married after the age of 40.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, women's headdresses were popular, and there were clear depictions on Han portrait stones. The Eastern Han Dynasty's "flower hairpin system" wrote that the queen should insert six pipes on the high bun, that is, the "Book of Songs" sang: "deputy six pipes", "deputy six jia", the hairpin is the later hairpin. Zhong Wuyan will have six branches. The monster on Zhong Wuyan's head, called "women", was a popular wig at that time. Why wear a wig? Of course, it is a love of beauty, because there are many jewels and hairpins that can be inserted into the wig. Wigs also have the advantage of wearing them on your head in a hurry, which is equivalent to a hat, and you don't have to spend time combing your hair.

Women are exclusively for women, and later extended to be synonymous with women. Zhuge Liang, who also did not dislike ugly women, sent a woman to Sima Yi, ridiculing him for not fighting behind closed doors, like a woman. Mr. Zhuge Liang can forget that there are also women who do not let the eyebrows, and the first general woman recorded in history is a woman. Zhong Wuyan wore a top and bottom. The undergarment is a short coat, and the dress is a long skirt. The garment is two separate pieces of clothing from top to bottom, which are the same for men and women, except that the man's garment is worn outside the tunic and the woman's garment is worn inside the blouse. Both men and women wore skirts back then.

People often use "seemingly unsalted" to describe ugly women, this "unsalted" refers to the ugly girl Zhong Lichun in Wuyan County, Qi State (now the east of Dongping County, Shandong) in the Warring States Period, Zhong Lichun is also known as Zhong Wuyan, Zhong Wuyan, ancient books say that she is "forty unmarried", "extremely ugly and unparalleled", "concave head and deep eyes, long belly and big knots, high nose and throat, fat top and less hair". But he has lofty ambitions, reads poetry and books, and has the ambition to govern the country. At that time, the ruling King Qi Xuan's politics was sluggish, and the whole country was panicked and complained. I want to talk with more like-minded people about "The Sanction System of Glory of Kings", " ", talk about life, and find a confidant~