In fact, the image of Zhong Lichun was a little mysterious at first.
Mo Mu's ugliness is abstract, and even the most admirable person can't tell what beauty she has. The book doesn't elaborate on how ugly she is. The description of Zhong Lichun's appearance in The Story of the Shrew is also in place.
"Mortar head, deep eyes, strong, big joints, fat nose, throat, neck, less hair, bent back, chest out, if painted skin."
Forehead protruding, eyes sunken, nostrils upturned, head big, hair less, neck Adam's apple bigger than men's, waist hunched, chest huge, skin dark red. This is the kind of woman that Guo Da said in the sketch. I don't know whether it is a person or a demon. Men don't dare to look at it at all.
And Zhong Lichun also became a leftover woman because of her looks. At forty, no one dared to marry her. Later, Zhong Lichun was displaced and had no place to live, which was very pitiful.
However, Zhong Lichun is a brave woman, and she is still pursuing happiness.
Besides, Zhong Lichun does have a stunt. Later, she had a bolder idea. Since no one among the people wants to marry me, why don't I marry the king of Qi?
Crazy! An ugly girl who doesn't even want to marry ordinary people dreams of marrying the king of Qi.
And dreams often come true!
Zhong Lichun came to Linzi, and at this time, Qi Xuanwang is also making a list of recruiting talents. Zhong Lichun opened the list and said to the guard, "I am the best woman in Qi, and I am willing to manage the harem for the king. I hope the king will allow me. "
As soon as this statement came out, it quickly spread like today's explosive news.
The news soon reached the ears of Qi Xuanwang. Although Qi Xuanwang is a woman, she dares to say such a thing. She is by no means an idle person. So Qi Xuanwang set a banquet on the stage, ready to meet the woman.
When Zhong Lichun entered Qi, Qi Xuanwang was made to laugh by her appearance, not because she was ugly, but because she didn't know herself.
Everyone thought that she was fighting for what kind of beauty a queen was, but in fact she was ugly. How strange! This is the first time for such a woman.
And Qi Xuanwang still summoned Zhong Lichun. From beginning to end, we didn't see Qi Xuanwang's disrespect for this woman. Qi Xuanwang just wanted to politely refuse this woman's request to be queen.
"At the beginning, the first king had married many concubines for me, and now the seats of concubines are full. Now even the folk men in the girl (Lady in the legend of Woman Xia) don't want to marry you, but you want to be the master of my harem. Are there any wonders? "
Qi Xuanwang obviously didn't want to hurt Zhong Lichun's self-esteem and make her back down.
However, Zhong Lichun's self-esteem has long been afraid of being hurt by others. She boldly said, "I don't have any special talent, but I admire the king's lofty righteousness."
Qi Xuanwang had no choice but to continue to deal with her and asked, "What are you good at?"
Zhong Lichun said: "I am good at invisibility!"
This statement, Qi Xuanwang immediately to the interest, invisibility? Are you kidding?
"Invisibility has always been my wish. Can you try it in front of me? " (The Legend of Woman hides my wishes, so try it. )
Qi Xuanwang haven't say that finish, Zhong Lichun suddenly disappeared. David copperfield and Liu Qian got angry. Compared with Zhong Lichun, they were just pediatrics. Zhong Lichun disappeared without any props.
Qi Xuanwang was very surprised that he couldn't find Zhong Lichun anywhere, which convinced him that invisibility really existed, but he quickly returned to his room, read his books on invisibility and followed them, but failed.
Qi Xuanwang finally knew that Zhong Lichun was a master. The next morning, he sent someone to find Zhong Lichun, and Zhong Lichun began her second performance.
Qi Xuanwang wanted to ask her about the secret of invisibility, but Zhong Lichun didn't guide her at all. She suddenly rolled her eyes, bared her teeth, patted her knees and said, "Danger, danger!" "
This action, in this case, Zhong Lichun repeated four times.
This startled Qi Xuanwang. He saw Zhong Lichun's special function yesterday, and today he couldn't believe what she said.
Qi Xuanwang trembled and said, "I want to hear it!"
Then, Zhong Lichun began her second feat, statesmanship.
"Today's qi, foreign west have qin, south have strong chu waiting for the opportunity. But in China, you are all traitors, and the people can't really attach themselves to you. Now that you are over forty, you have not made yourself an heir. I don't teach my son, but I spend all my time with women. If anything happens to you, Qi will be in civil strife, which is the first danger. The second danger is to gradually build a platform, towering into the sky, decorated with colorful satin silk, decorated with the king of golden beads, playing with things, making people lose their minds The third danger, the sage fled into the mountains, and the admonishers were not allowed to enter, which was unheard of. The fourth danger is that women enjoy themselves day and night. The palace is full of women's music, and there is no ceremony of governors outside, but the art of governing the country inside. Are these four dangers extremely dangerous? "
After listening, Qi Xuanwang broke out in a cold sweat. I didn't expect such an ugly woman to say so much.
So Qi Xuanwang sighed: "Alas! Few people listened to the salt-free girl today! "
Then Qi Xuanwang began to change himself. He gradually dismantled the stage, stopped the female music, retired the flattery, carved, chose the military and horses, made the real treasure, made the four public doors, called the truth, extended to the humble side, and chose Prince Hitachi.
The most surprising thing is that Qi Xuanwang agreed to Zhong Lichun's request.
Zhong Lichun succeeded in becoming the queen, which made many people in Qi stare at her eyes and almost didn't fall out. They just don't understand what the king thinks.
Please pay attention to one detail. Qi Xuanwang was the first prince, then the queen. In other words, this ugly queen is probably not born, and even if she did, her children would not inherit the throne.
And those mentioned at the beginning, Qi Xuanwang's habit of cultivating scholars, was actually realized after being inspired by Zhong Lichun. Qi began to be strong in his hands, which is actually a credit.
Of course, this story is still full of absurdity. Wang Chong also believes that this so-called invisibility does not exist at all. In fact, we don't have to take these bizarre plots seriously, because what really touched Qi Xuanwang was not the amazing magic, but Zhong Lichun's knowledge, practical observation and fearless moral courage.
She is a woman with rich political knowledge, so in her second conversation with Qi Xuanwang, she can hit the nail on the head and speak freely, which shocked Qi Xuanwang's heartstrings. Stealth is just a trick that Zhong Lichun deliberately used to attract Qi Xuanwang's attention.
And everyone has a question, why does an ugly girl in the country have so many skills?
Later generations have raised many questions about Zhong Lichun, a historical figure, but after further questioning, the common people don't want to abandon the image of this ugly queen, because this image has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and they think she is as cute as she is ugly.
Therefore, various scripts, novels and plays of later generations began to supplement some gaps before Zhong Lichun.
In the Yuan Dynasty, there was "After the ugliness, the chain was broken without salt" (Zheng Guangzu), and in the halls of the Qing Dynasty, there was "poem of spiritual pivot". There is no salt under your knees "(Xu Shanchang), while in Beijing Opera, there are Xiangjiang Club, Chessboard Club, Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, Zhong Wuyan, and even the contemporary Hong Kong film Zhong Wuyan (Sammi Cheng).
Now we see the image of Zhong Lichun, no longer an ugly girl who gnashes her teeth and is a queen, but a demigod who is both civil and military, can go into battle to kill the enemy and is proficient in the book of six roles.
When she was young, she also encountered many adventures. Her father was also a great man and taught her many skills. Of course, these are the masterpieces of later playwrights.
Even Degang Guo's stand-up comedy is The Ugly Queen. Recently, she watched the TV series Sun Bin and Thirty-six Strategies, which interpreted the love story of Sun Bin and Zhong Lichun. Zhong Lichun's story is getting weirder and weirder.
Therefore, Hu Yansheng, a poet of A Qing Dynasty, wrote "Nostalgia for the East". There is no Yancheng "to summarize the Zhong Lichun phenomenon;
"Where there is no trace of salt? The lingering tumor makes a bright future. It is not as hateful as what Qi Fei said today. "
Zhong Lichun's life span is obviously not long. In the Warring States policy. Qice, there is a story about the death of Mrs. Wang Qi. The original text is only a few dozen words.
"Mrs King Qi (Qi Xuanwang) died, and all seven obedient children were around. Gong Xue wanted to know what the king wanted to represent, but he provided seven ers, one of which was beautiful. Tomorrow, depending on where your sister is, I will advise you to be a concubine. "
Qi Xuanwang's wife died, and seven concubines were favored by the King of Qi. Xue Gongtian wanted to find out which beautiful woman would be named queen, so he presented seven pairs of jade earrings, one of which was specially made and the most beautiful. The next day, he saw who was wearing the most exquisite earrings, so he advised the king of Qi to stand behind.
I don't want to judge whether Qi Xuanwang likes the new and hates the old. I soon forgot the ugly queen Zhong Lichun.
I just want to analyze why Zhong Lichun, an ugly woman, has attracted so much attention from birth to death.
A few days ago, my mother and I watched the TV series "Ugly Woman Invincible" and saw Lin Wudi's ugly face. I finally understand why Zhong Lichun is so popular.
First of all, Zhong Lichun is no longer a historical image, but has evolved into a literary image, and ugliness is no longer that kind of appearance defect, but has become a literary symbol. For example, all the audience can see at a glance that Lin Wudi is an absolutely beautiful girl, but the makeup artist just painted her ugly.
If you really find an ugly person to play, it is estimated that the audience will not accept it.
And Qi Xuanwang's acceptance of Zhong Lichun, in a greater sense, is to regard her as his counselor, staff, and invisibility that he really wants to learn.
From the point of view that Zhong Lichun had no children before his death (probably because he didn't have sex) and Qi Xuanwang had a wife shortly after his death, there is actually no such love between Zhong Lichun and Qi Xuanwang as we once dreamed.
It sounds tragic and shocking, doesn't it?
But there is no way, this is real history!
In fact, there is no myth that ugly women are invincible. Men have aesthetic requirements for women's looks, and everyone has their own aesthetic limits for women. It's not a man's fault, it's human nature. (food color, sex also! )
Those who preach all day that they want to find a good wife, and having an ugly wife at home is treasure, in fact, how much they want to pursue beautiful women. It's just that the conditions of most men are limited, which reduces the appearance of women to their acceptable range.
I don't believe that a man will accept an ugly woman. Everything is actually evolved by later writers and playwrights to increase the strangeness in the drama.
And more people are ordinary, while most women are unattractive. They are more willing to pursue a better life and love like Cinderella and Prince Charming. This is also a woman's right, just like a man's lust.
This is why Zhong Lichun's story becomes more and more bizarre and unforgettable. Because this represents a pursuit of the public.
"Viewing History by Column" Contributor: Beard 20