The Four Beauties are four ancient Chinese women, renowned for their beauty. They are said to be the the most beautiful Chinese women ever existed in China!To get more ancient chinese beauty, you can visit shine news official website.
Nobody knows if they really existed or not, and most of their life is shrouded in mystery and legend. During their existence they decided the fortunes or to the defeat of entire kingdoms and usually their life ended in tragedy 1 – Most Beautiful Chinese Women | Xi Shi Xi Shi lived somewhere between 7th and 6th century BC, during the so called Spring and Autumn Period. At that time China was composed by many kingdoms fighting with each other.Xi Shi’s hometown is Zhuji (in modern Zhejiang Province). Zhuji was the capital of Ancient Yue Kingdom. The kingdom of Yue and Wu were at war so the Yue’s king devised a plan to make the rival fall.
The Yue’s king sent our Xi Shi as a gift to the enemy king who was dazzled by her beauty and fell in love with her. The Wu’s king neglected the whole country because of Xi Shi beauty and his kingdom quickly fell. The plan was complete and had proven successful! Someone says Xi Shi lived happily for the rest of her life with her former fiancé. Another version says that Xi Shi eventually died from drowning in a river. 2 – Most Beautiful Chinese Women | Wang Zhaojun She was born in Baoping Village, Zigui County (in current Hubei Province). Wang left her hometown and entered the harem of Emperor Yuan. According to the custom in the palace, when choosing a new wife, the Emperor was first presented with portraits of all the candidates. It is said that because of Wang’s confidence in her beauty, she refused to bribe the painter as the other maids did. As a reprisal, he painted a very ugly portrait of her.
Moreover, because of that ugly portrait, Wang Zhaojun was never visited by the Emperor. Later, the chief of Xiongnu (Mongolia-northern China) made a request to become an imperial son-in-law, and wished to marry an imperial concubine. The Emperor agreed with the request but he didn’t want to give away any of his beautiful concubines. He sent our Wang Zhaojun instead, since she was the ugliest according to the portrait. When she was about to leave the Emperor realized what a terrible mistake he had just made. But it was too late, Wang Zhaojun crossed the Great Wall to Mongolia and married the prince. The artist who painted the ugly portrait was sentenced to death for deceiving the emperor. 3 – Most Beautiful Chinese Women | Diao Chan Similarly to what happened with Xi Shi, Diao Chan was used to overthrow the ruler of a kingdom, Dong Zhuo.
In particular she had a romance with the warrior Lü Bu and caused him to betray and kill his foster father, the tyrannical warlord Dong Zhuo. Her fate wasn’t fortunate either: someone says she was executed by Dong Zhuo’s followers, someone else that she was later executed with ther lover Lü Bu after he was defeated in a battle. 4 – Most Beautiful Chinese Women | Yang Gui Fei During a rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong and his cortege escaped from the capital Chang’an (today Xi’An) to Chengdu. The emperor’s guards demanded that he put Yang Gui Fei to death because they blamed the rebellion on her cousin Yang Guozhong and the rest of her family. The emperor initially declined but then reluctantly agreed. He ordered one of his attendants to take her to a Buddhist shrine and strangle the poor Yang Gui Fei to death.

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