Since ancient times, China has been full of talented people and beauties, but do you know which famous talented women there are in history? They are famous in Chinese history and are admired by many people. These beauties really reveal one sentence - who said women are inferior to men! But the fate of every woman is not very good.
1. Cai Wenji
Cai Wenji, whose real name is Cai Yan, and "Wenji" is her cousin, is from Chenliuyu County (now south of Qixian County, Henan Province). She is knowledgeable, eloquent, and good at music. Her father, Cai Yong, was a famous scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and was good at literature, mathematics, astronomy and music. Cai Wenji's life was full of ups and downs and pain. She first married Wei Zhongdao from Hedong, but her husband died of illness soon, so Cai Wenji had to return to her natal home in Chenliu (now south of Qixian County, Henan).
Soon after Dong Zhuo rebelled in Beijing, Cai Yan was captured by Dong Zhuo's generals after Dong Zhuo's death. In the second year of Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (195), the Huns invaded the Central Plains, and Cai Wenji was captured by the Huns. However, compared to other captive people, Cai Wenji was lucky. Perhaps because of her outstanding appearance and extraordinary knowledge, she was favored by King Zuo Xian, the leader of the Huns second only to Shanyu, and became her His wife. Although she got married in a foreign country and gave birth to two children for King Zuo Xian, she could never forget her folks in the Central Plains.
In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207), Cao Cao was acquainted with Cai Yan's father, Cai Yong, and felt sad that Cai Yong had no heir. He sympathized with Cai Yan's plight and sent an envoy to send Cai Yan to Cai Yan with a large sum of money. He redeemed her and arranged for her to remarry fellow countryman Chenliu and Dongsi. "Wen Ji returned to the Han Dynasty" has also become a famous story in China.
Later, Dong Si became the captain of the army, and he was punished with death for committing crimes. Cai Yan personally interceded with Cao Cao. It was severe winter. Cao Cao was hosting a banquet for officials, celebrities, and envoys from far away, and introduced Cai Wenji to the guests present. According to historical records, Cai Wenji When he entered the palace, he "walked around with his head unkempt, kowtowed to plead guilty, spoke clearly and eloquently, and the purpose was very sad. Everyone wanted to change their appearance." Cao Cao finally agreed to pardon Dong Si's death penalty.
2. Li Qingzhao
Li Qingzhao, a native of Qizhou (now Jinan City, Shandong Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty, is the most famous female poet in Chinese history. Li Qingzhao's father, Li Gefei, was a well-known scholar in the Qi and Lu areas at that time, and he was a member of the Ministry of Rites. Li Qingzhao was smart since he was a child. Under the influence of his father, he was good at poetry, articles, good at painting ink and bamboo, and he could write very well.
In the first year of Jianzhong, 18-year-old Li Qingzhao married Zhao Mingcheng. After marriage, the husband and wife loved each other deeply and devoted themselves to the collection and arrangement of epigraphs, calligraphy and paintings, and together they witnessed the prosperous years of Bianliang, Tokyo. The Jin soldiers invaded the Central Plains, and the prosperity was shattered in an instant. The beautiful and peaceful family life of Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng was shattered, and they began to live in loneliness in the south for the rest of their lives. In the third year of Jianyan's reign, 49-year-old Zhao Mingcheng died of illness while wandering, leaving only 15 carts of ancient books and cultural relics and half of the unfinished "Inscriptions on Stone" to 46-year-old Li Qingzhao. Afterwards, Li Qingzhao lived alone, wandering around Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi.
In March of the first year of Shaoxing, he went to Vietnam (today's Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and his calligraphy and paintings were stolen overnight from the home of the native Zhong family. All the ancient scrolls collected by her husband and she were lost, which devastated her.
Li Qingzhao's later life was quite miserable. He once married an official, You Chengwulang, and Zhang Ruzhou, an official in the Audit Department of the Supervisory Army, but they divorced soon after and even went to court for it. In her later poems, she mostly wrote about missing her husband in her boudoir and about the loss of her country and her family. Her poems are filled with deep sadness.
3. Shangguan Wan'er
Shangguan Wan'er, also known as Shangguan Zhaorong, was born in Shaanxi County, Shaanxi Province (now Shaanzhou District, Sanmenxia, ??Henan Province). Her ancestral home is Shanggui, Longxi (now Qingshui County, Gansu Province). She was a female official, poet and imperial concubine in the Tang Dynasty.
According to the "New Book of Tang", when Wan'er was about to give birth, her mother Zheng dreamed of a giant and gave her a scale, saying, "Use this to weigh the people in the world." Shangguan Wan'er After his grandfather Shangguan Yi was convicted and killed, he was married to his mother Zheng and became a maid in the inner court. In the second year of Yifeng, Wu Zetian summoned Shangguan Wan'er and asked her to take the exam on the spot. Wan'er's answers were fluent, and the article was written in a moment. Empress Wu liked it so much that she removed her status as a slave and made her in charge of the imperial edicts in the palace.
Shangguan Wan'er became the "uncrowned queen" in the prosperous Tang Dynasty in a turbulent era. These are enough to show Shangguan Wan'er's wisdom, aura, talent, etc. It is also because of these that Shangguan Wan'er shuttled among the important officials in the court. Known as the "Women Prime Minister". Later, because Linzi King Li Longji raised troops to launch the Tang Long coup, Shangguan Wan'er and Queen Wei were killed at the same time.
4. Zhuo Wenjun
Zhuo Wenjun, formerly known as Wenhou, was from the Western Han Dynasty. She was the grandson of Zhuo Wang, a wealthy businessman from Linyi, Sichuan. She was beautiful, proficient in music, good at playing the piano, and had a literary name. She got married when she was sixteen. A few years later, her husband passed away and she returned to her natal family to live as a widow.
Sima Xiangru went to Zhuo Wangsun's house for a banquet. When he learned that Zhuo Wenjun was a new widow, he played a song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" to express his love. After Wenjun listened to Xiangru's piano, he eloped with Xiangru that night and fled to Chengdu.
"Miscellaneous Notes of Xijing" records: "The color of the eyebrows is like the distant mountains, the edges of the face are often like hibiscus, and the skin is as smooth as fat."
When they were in Chengdu, the couple was destitute and had to return to Linmao to open a small hotel to make a living. Zhuo Wenjun sold wine and Sima Xiangru washed dishes. They lived a poor life.
After Zhuo Wenjun’s father, Zhuo Wangsun, learned about it, he supported them under the advice of his friends, which improved their lives. It is said that Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun later gave birth to a daughter, Sima. Call me Qin Xin.
But later, after Sima Xiangru was recommended as an official, he abandoned his wife and took concubines. But at that time, Zhuo Wenjun saved her husband with a song "The Legend of the Resentful Man", and finally all the hardships came to an end.