Xi Shi, whose surname is Shi (born on September 19, the twenty-fifth day of the eighth lunar month, 503 BC - 473 BC), whose real name is Shi Yiguang, was a beautiful woman from the Yue Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period, generally known as Xi Shi, and later generations respectfully called her "Xizi"
, was born in Zhuluo Village, Juwu, Yue State (today's Zhuluo Village, Zhuji, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. She followed her mother by the Huansha River since she was a child, so she was also called "Huansha Girl". She was naturally beautiful and captivated the country.
It is the embodiment and synonym of beauty.
After King Gou Jian of Yue was defeated in the war against Wu, he adopted the fourth of the literary genre "Nine Techniques to Defeat Wu (One Says Seven Techniques)" "The beauties left behind to confuse their minds and disrupt their plans", and found Xi Shi at the foot of Zhuluo Mountain. Zheng
The two of them built a beauty palace in Tucheng Mountain, taught singing and dancing etiquette, decorated with Luo, and taught how to walk. They learned in Tucheng and came to the alleys of the capital. After three years of study, Fan Li was presented to the King of Wu. The King of Wu
The husband was so happy that he built the Gusu Terrace, the Guanwa Palace, and placed his two daughters in the Jiaohua House. He indulged in wine and sex, and wasted on state affairs, especially doting on Xi Shi. After Gou Jian destroyed Wu, Xi Shi followed Fan Li across the five lakes.
, where he ended up unknown. One said he sank into the river and died, while another said he returned to Huanjiang and ended up in the mountains and forests.
Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan, and Yang Yuhuan are known as the "Four Beauties in Ancient China", among which Xi Shi ranks first. The four beauties enjoy the reputation of "the appearance of sinking fish and falling geese, and the appearance of the moon that shames the flowers". Among them, "Sinking Fish"
The word "Xi Shi" tells the story of "Xi Shi Wan Sha". Xi Shi is a woman with good facial features, pink face and peach blossoms, and an extraordinary appearance. When she was washing yarn by the river, the clear river water reflected her handsome figure.
It made her look even more beautiful. According to legend, when Xi Shi was washing her gauze by the stream, the fish in the water felt that Xi Shi was so beautiful that they sank to the bottom of the water in shame and did not dare to come out.
"If we start from Xi Shi, then collecting the souls of these four beauties is a huge project, which takes at least 1,500 years of history." I continued.
"This is just one of them." Ning Tutu smiled.
"Oh?" I looked at him doubtfully, "Is there another one?"
"Before this picture of a lady, there were several similar ones."
"besides?"
"Yes, it can be seen that this is a systematic and continuous project." Ning Tutu said, "You just said that this is not something that can be done by one person. I am afraid that there is a hidden person behind these pictures of ladies.
Organized gang."
I nodded, agreeing with Ning Tutu's point of view.
"Why are these people collecting the souls of four beauties? Do they want to resurrect them?" I raised a question, "But even if they can resurrect their souls by borrowing corpses, relying on this residual soul is not enough. They must ensure that the corpses do not rot.
, you must have a nearly complete soul."
"Painted skin!"
"Painted skin?"
The story of "Painted Skin" comes from Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". In the late Ming Dynasty, there was a scholar named Wang Sheng in Taiyuan. He accidentally met a homeless girl on the road. The girl was young and beautiful, and Wang Sheng was attracted by it.
When he felt like it, he took the woman home and hid it in a secret room every day. Unexpectedly, the woman was transformed by an evil spirit that specializes in eating people's hearts. In fact, she had a green face and teeth as sharp as saws. She spread human skin on the couch and held it in her hand.
Painted with a colored pen. Then he threw the pen, held up the skin like shaking clothes, draped it over his body, and turned into a woman." Later, the demon was spotted by a Taoist priest, but the Taoist priest was kind-hearted and thought, "This thing is also good, so just
If I can find a replacement, I can't bear to hurt her life." I asked Wang Sheng to hang a fly whisk at the door of her house to scare her away. Unexpectedly, the goblin was more concerned about face, so she got angry and dug out Wang Sheng's heart before running away.
The Taoist priest was furious and said, "I pity him, but the devil dares you!" So he used magic to kill him easily. In the end, Wang Sheng was also there.
His wife Chen came back to life through the efforts of his wife.
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", also known as "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and commonly known as "The Legend of the Ghost Fox", is a work by Pu Songling, a famous novelist in the Qing Dynasty of China. "Painted Skin" is the 40th chapter of the first volume of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and is a descriptive novel
It writes a story between humans and ghosts. The original text of "Painted Skin" is less than 2,000 words. The reason why it is so widely circulated is first of all the erotic elements in the story. The story of Qing Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" by Qing Pu Songling, a beautiful female enchantress, is so widely circulated.
There has always been a market among the people. Although there is not much description in the original text, the words between the lines leave readers with a lot of room for imagination. Secondly, there is a character who is not mentioned much but is very outstanding in the story, Wang Sheng’s wife.
Mrs. Chen, she knew that her husband was attracted to another woman, but she still helped to keep the secret while trying to persuade her. Later, in order to save her husband's life, she endured all kinds of humiliation and even ate the thick phlegm of a beggar. She was a touching figure.
The model wife of the earth; finally, "Painted Skin" has a profound meaning. At the end of the original text, there is such an impassioned speech by an "angry young man", "How foolish the world! What a fool! What a fool! What a loyal man!"
That's why I think it's delusional. But if you love someone's lust and fish for it, your wife will eat someone's saliva and enjoy it." Reasoning from Wang Sheng's point of view, the first half of the sentence actually doesn't make sense, because he didn't know that the beautiful woman was a goblin at first.
, and he immediately sought a way to protect himself after learning the truth. He is not a guy who wants sex over his life. However, the second half of the sentence can be called an enduring warning. In today's era, it is easy for us to understand when reading this story.
Comparing the goblin to some mistresses whose eyes glow green, and comparing Chen to those poor wives who have been married for many years, although there are many complicated specific situations in morality and reality, this general comparison can still make people feel happy.
The story of "Painted Skin" has certain universal value in the new era.
"You mean the female ghost peeled off their human skin?"
Ning Tutu shook his head and said with a smile: "What are you thinking? You have watched too many movies. The painted skin I am talking about is not some female ghost who is jealous of beautiful women and skins people to put on her body. This painted skin is about the human heart. Some people have seen it.
Sex makes people jealous, and some people forget their true meaning when they see sex. In the final analysis, it’s all because of this piece of skin.”
"You mean...someone is interested in sex?"
Ning Tutu nodded and said: "Since ancient times, heroes have always been saddened by beauty. What's more, these four beauties are the most stunning beauties in the past and today. I don't know how many people are fascinated by them. Think about it, beauty is easy to pass away, and years are easy to grow old.
To today's people, the four beauties are nothing but legends. Who can see their peerless looks? It is human nature to love beauty, and it is a man's nature to love beauty. I want to draw this "Picture of Ladies"
She should be a man who is extremely passionate about beautiful women, to the point of being perverted."
"Yes, you are right. People will grow old, sick, and die. If someone doesn't want people to die, they will take some extreme measures, such as using formations to preserve the body, or using seals to lock the soul until the time is right.
Let’s borrow the corpse and bring it back to life.”
"Then the question is, what is the explanation for the remnant soul in this painting of a lady?"
I didn't know how to answer for a while, so I turned my attention to Wang Qiang, hoping that she could explain it to me.
Wang Qiang frowned, thought for a moment, and said: "This painting may be used to collect souls. Boss Ning also said just now that there is more than one painting. If I guessed correctly, there are at least ten paintings, divided into three souls."
Seven souls, each painting should contain one soul or body of four people."
"It makes sense." Ning Tutu nodded.
"If this is the case, it will be difficult for us to determine whether they have successfully collected everyone's souls.
."
Wang Qiang shook his head and said: "There is only one soul missing from my body. It is in this painting. I can feel that the souls of the other three sisters are also in this painting."
"But this can only be used as evidence that he has collected souls. It does not mean that everyone's souls have been collected, or that it has been successful before, but it is unknown whether there are still souls."
"Okay..." Wang Qiang lowered her head in disappointment.
"Qian'er, you said you were killed by Shen Jiu. Did anyone come before your death or while you were sealed?"
Wang Qiang shook his head and said: "Except for that person who appears regularly, no one comes here again."
"Could it be him?"
"I don't know, but he never extracted my soul."
"That's strange. When did you lose your soul?"
Wang Qiang still shook her head. It seemed that she didn't know when she lost her soul.
Soul: used to refer to the spirit that can exist without the human body; Po: used to refer to the spirit that appears attached to the body. In Taoist language, it is said that the human soul is composed of "three souls and seven souls". Taoism says that people have three souls: one is the fetus Light, the second is Shuangling, the third is Youjing, see Volume 54 of "Yunji Qizhuan". Confucianism says that people have souls. "Zuo Zhuan. Zhao Gong Twenty-Five Years": "The essence of the heart is called the soul." "How can it last long after the soul is gone?" "The Seventh Year of Zhaogong": "The beginning of life is called soul, that is, the soul is born, and the yang is called the soul. The more refined things are, the stronger the soul will be." Kong Yingda Shu: "The soul is the name of the god. The essence comes from the form and energy; the form and energy are different, and the souls are different. The spirit attached to the form is the soul, and the spirit attached to the energy is the soul. The spirit attached to the form refers to the ears, eyes, mind, movement, and cry when you are first born. The call is a sound, which is the spirit of the spirit; the spirit attached to the spirit means that the spiritual consciousness is gradually becoming aware, and this is the spirit attached to the spirit."
Taoism says that people have seven souls, each with its own name. The first soul is called Corpse Dog, the second soul is called Fu Ya, the third soul is called Que Yin, the fourth soul is called Swallowing Thief, the fifth soul is called Fei Du, and the sixth soul is named To eliminate filth, the seventh body is called the smelly lung, see "Yunji Qizhu" Volume 54.
"Xu Zi Bu Yu" by Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty also records: It is a custom in Hangzhou that when a bride gets married, she must hold a treasure vase with grains in it, exchange it after entering the groom's house, and then put it in a rice cabinet. One day, a bride of the Liang family held a treasure vase. When Aquarius passed the city gate, he was frightened by the noise made by the gatekeeper asking for money, and immediately fell into a trance. After drinking a bowl of talisman water, he regained his composure and said to people: "I have three souls. One soul was lost outside the city gate, and the other was lost outside the city gate." The soul is lost in the vase and must be retrieved from two places." The family did as they were told. The bride said: "The soul has returned outside the city gate. In the vase, the soul is pressed by the rice cabinet and cannot come out. What can I do? ?The family members followed their instructions and the bride recovered from her illness. This was frightening and she lost her soul.
Chapter completed!