1. Su Xiaoxiao
There have been many famous prostitutes in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times. The beautiful mountains and rivers of Qiantang have produced many beautiful and talented brothel beauties. Su Xiaoxiao from the Southern Qi Dynasty is one of them. one of them.
Su Xiaoxiao was born into a well-to-do family in Qiantang. Her family had served as officials in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After the fall of the Jin Dynasty, her family lived in Qiantang. The Su family used the gold, silver and jewelry they carried as capital to do business in Qiantang.
By the generation of Su Xiaoxiao's parents, they had become wealthy local businessmen. Su Xiaoxiao is the only daughter of her parents, so she has been regarded as the apple of her eye since she was a child. She was named Xiaoxiao because of her delicate appearance.
Although the Su family is a family of merchants, it has inherited the legacy of its ancestors' incense calligraphy. The smart and intelligent Su Xiaoxiao was deeply influenced by it. He was good at writing and poetry since he was a child, and his literary talent was outstanding. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. When Su Xiaoxiao was fifteen, her parents passed away one after another. Su Xiaoxiao lost her support and still lived in the old courtyard in the city. Seeing things and thinking about people easily aroused sadness, so she sold her house in the city. With his family fortune, he moved to the west of the city with his wet nurse Aunt Jia by the Xilang Bridge.
After the incident spread, officials, merchants, celebrities and scribes from Qiantang all came to visit the Sereng Bridge. However, Su Xiaoxiao fell in love with Ruan Yu, a famous young man, and the two were inseparable.
After all, the casual marriage lacked a foundation. Half a year later, Ruan Yu's father in Jiankang heard the news that his son was hanging out with prostitutes in Qiantang. He immediately sent someone to call Ruan Yu back and kept him under strict supervision. He was not allowed to go out even half a step at home.
After Ruan Yu left, Su Xiaoxiao stayed at home, looking up and waiting for her lover's return. A month has passed, but there is no trace of the lover; a year has passed, and there is not even a message.
Su Xiaoxiao went from longing to disappointment to despair, and finally fell ill in bed. At this time, he met a scholar, Bao Ren, who went to Beijing to take the exam, but was unable to make the trip due to lack of money. Su Xiaoxiao sold off her jewelry and donated all her money to help. In the spring of the next year, Su Xiaoxiao suffered from cold and could not be treated properly. Coupled with her melancholy, she died at the age of only twenty-four, with her soul floating in the sky.
At this time, Bao Ren had already named himself on the capital list and was ordered to be the governor of Huazhou. When he took office, he passed by Qiantang and rushed to the Xileng Bridge to express his gratitude to Su Xiaoxiao. Unexpectedly, he was just in time for her funeral. .
Bao Ren, dressed in white and wearing a white crown, held the coffin and cried loudly. Then he followed Su Xiaoxiao's instructions to Aunt Jia and buried her in a beautiful place not far from the Xileng Bridge. A monument was erected in front of the tomb with an inscription on it. "Su Xiaoxiao's Tomb in Qiantang."
Later, many literati and poets who came to Qiantang voluntarily paid their respects to Su Xiaoxiao's tomb, so the locals built a "Mucai Pavilion" in front of her tomb as a memorial to her. People who came to express condolences were shielded from the wind and rain, and a couplet was inscribed on the pavilion:
Thousands of years of fame have left monuments, and the charm of the Six Dynasties has been in Xileng
2. Xue Tao
There are three hundred poems in the Tang Dynasty. There are not many legends. The only one is called Xue Tao.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were many singing and dancing houses. For a weak woman, I don’t know whether the life in the singing and dancing studio is a kind of torture; I only know that "flowers bloom differently, and flowers fall differently, sad. If you want to ask where you miss me, when the flowers bloom and fall," the song is in my ears. Floating gently.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were many female Taoist priests. If you have never been a Taoist priest, that woman must be very shameless. Is it because of this that you became a Taoist priest? I don’t know. All I know is that the imperial concubine sets a precedent, and everyone is eager to follow her example; she is fashionable and popular, just like a flower on a branch.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were even more poets. The price of your poets will certainly not be too high. Just like today, some people are still saying that your poems are not many good, although many of them have been passed down. I don’t want to argue, no matter what, it’s good that it can be spread.
Xue Tao, now that poetry has become an abandoned wife, a young poet suddenly wants to chat with you. As a comrade, he doesn't want to be Tian Zhu, but knowing that you are holding a candle and talking at night, those days will definitely not be called days, but lingering happiness.
3. Li Shishi
The poem says:
The eyebrows and buns hang down from the green clouds, and the autumn water overflows into the bright eyes. The small bow of the phoenix shoes is half folded, and the oriole whispers sweetly.
Wear a blouse made from clouds and mist, with a slender waistband. The peach blossoms are the face and the jade are the skin, which cannot be described in any painting.
It is the beauty of Master Li that he is talking about.
In "Water Margin", Song Jiang went to Li Shishi to introduce him to the emperor Hui Song in order to recruit people, thus making Li Shishi as famous as the hundreds of heroes in Liangshanbo. Even though the common people know about Master Li, they don't know that there are heroes like Xiao Rang and Le He who are not as famous as Li Kui and specialize in killing, but are more proficient in playing, singing, carving, calligraphy and other artistic crafts than Li Master.
The above may just be material fabricated by storytelling artists to attract audiences, but it is true that Li Shishi fascinated Song Huizong. The Hui-Song Dynasty, who originally believed in Taoism and was obsessed with calligraphy and painting without being an emperor, had another hobby - visiting brothels (incognito and privately, of course), which eventually led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
It is said that Li Shishi also fascinated Zhou Bangyan, a court favorite and a master of Song poetry, so that Huizong became so jealous that he demoted Zhou Bangyan.
In addition, there are rumors that when Li Gang presided over the defense war in Tokyo, Master Li donated all his family wealth to help the Song army fight against the Jin Dynasty. So, if she is ranked fourth, no one will have any objections, right?
4. Liang Hongyu
Liang Hongyu was originally from Chizhou, Anhui, and was born in the first year of Chongning, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. , both his grandfather and father were military generals. Later, they were defeated in the battle of Fang La and were convicted and killed. Hongyu was reduced to an official prostitute. He met Han Shizhong, cherished each other, and got married. During the war between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, Liang Hongyu personally participated and provided suggestions. With a force ten times less than the enemy's, Jin Wushu was trapped in Huangtian for forty-eight days.
As a result, he became famous in China and became famous among the barbarians and the barbarians. Later, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Liu Jun made three expeditions to the north. Liang Hongyu led a team of female soldiers, who repeatedly defeated the Jin Dynasty and made extraordinary achievements. I would like to ask such a "great chivalrous man" who is as good as his men and serves the country and the people. Who else should be ranked first?
5. Chen Yuanyuan
, Chen Yuanyuan , although far less heroic than Liang Hongyu, she charmed Wu Sangui, Liu Zongmin, Dashun Dynasty, and countless men many years later with her beauty, which ranked her second among famous prostitutes. of me. Even if Li Zicheng loses to the Manchus, if Wu Sangui does not surrender to Dorgon, the Manchus will be at least a few decades late in entering the Pass.
So, Chen Yuanyuan changed history by influencing others with her personal charm. In the days that followed, Wu Sangui, who was known as a national thief, took Chen Yuanyuan as his spiritual support. From Shanxi, he crossed the Yellow River, entered Tongguan, conquered Xi'an, defeated Lichuang, settled in Yunnan, and drove Yongli. , made great contributions to the Qing court's unification of China.
6. Liu Rushi
A famous prostitute in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, she was born in 1618. Her real name was Yang Ai. When it comes to Yang Dynasty, she was named Yang Yinglian. When she was ten years old, she was sold into a prostitute due to family difficulties. The skills necessary for prostitution were the first chapter of her life. She was quite famous for her talent, intelligence, pretty appearance, and excellent poetry and painting.
Although Liu Rushi was a prostitute, she hated her career as a comedian. Liu Rushi fell in love with Song Zhengyu and Chen Zilong, the righteous people in Jiangnan. However, her love life suffered setbacks and was extremely unsatisfactory.
Later married Qian Qianyi, the leader of Donglin, who was a famous talent in Changshu. As early as the late Ming Dynasty, he was well-known in the literary world. His family had many mansions, thousands of hectares of fertile land, more than a hundred slaves and maids, and strong financial resources. He has been at home for twelve years since he was dismissed from his job due to accusations of bribery and fraud.
At that time, Qian was already sixty years old. In his early years, he was also a man who was very ambitious about fame and career. He was full of ambitions to help people and clarify the truth. However, his official career was bumpy and he suffered repeated setbacks, which made him depressed and decadent. After hanging around in the Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion, he got the nickname "Donglin Prodigal Son". At the beginning of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's peasant army invaded the Ming Dynasty.
This incident made Qian Qianyi more enthusiastic and actively participated in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. The family assets were almost exhausted. Qian Qianyi died at home due to poverty and illness at the age of 85. Liu Rushi was less than fifty at the time, so Qian Qianyi's funeral was handled by her.
But Qian Qianyi’s body was still cold, and the tribesmen were jealous of his fertile land and beautiful house. They even bullied Liu Rushi for being a prostitute, so they gathered together to cause trouble. The first wife, Mrs. Chen, had been out of favor for many years, and she had long hated Liu Rushi. She blocked the door every day and kept yelling and scolding her. Even though her thousand taels of silver were gone, everyone still gathered there as before.
Liu Rushi was so angry that she trembled. After arranging Qian Qianyi's funeral arrangements and punishing the troublemakers, he committed suicide by hanging himself from a rafter. This year, Liu Rushi was 49 years old.
After a generation of romance, the fragrance of the jade has faded. Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi were buried separately in Fushui Villa, their former residence in Yushan, Changshu. The two tombs were about 20 meters apart. Qian Qianyi’s tombstone said " The tomb of the old man Dongjian", and the stone tablet in front of Liu Rushi's tomb reads "The tomb of Lord Hedong". The tombs of Qian and Liu were buried in the third year of Kangxi, more than 330 years ago, and are now well preserved.
7. Dong Xiaowan
Compared with the two above, Dong Xiaowan's The reputation seems to be even greater. As the concubine of the famous celebrity Mao Pijiang, or the mother of Mao Huanlian in "Seven Swordsmen", this little bit of "capital" that has nothing to show off can be ignored.
As the number one heroine of the "Shunzhi Monk", one of the four major mysteries of the Qing Dynasty, it is rumored (the authenticity may not be less than the official history) that Dong Xiaowan was a concubine in the border area and was offered to Shunzhi as a concubine by Hong Chengchou . Later, Dong Xiaowan was ordered to die by the Empress Dowager, and Shunzhi turned negative and world-weary, and went to Mount Wutai to become a monk.
If this is the case, that is, if Shunzhi continues to reign, then he, who is young, willful, irritable, and very loving to his children, will make the decisive decision to abolish San Francisco and abolish San Francisco like his son Xuan Ye. Will it accept Taiwan and then listen to Shi Langku's advice and firmly not give up Taiwan? Will it take tough measures against Tsarist Russia, Huijiang, and Junggar to safeguard the unity of our multi-ethnic country and maintain its stability and prosperity? I don't think so. So, to put it another way and to put it more broadly, Dong Xiaowan changed history.
Of course, if there are any dissenters, they must think that his demeanor was normal in the morning, and his body was still healthy. The next morning, news of his death suddenly came out in the Yangxin Hall of the palace, and no ministers saw him until he was buried. If Shunzhi's body was found dead rather than a monk and had nothing to do with Dong Xiaowan, that would be a different matter. No matter what, Dong Xiaowan really became more famous through this
8. Li Xiangjun
Li Xiangjun has a petite figure and a complexion as white as jade. He is nicknamed "Fragrant Fan Pendant". Among the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai , she is not as gorgeous and charming as Gu Hengbo and Chen Yuanyuan, nor is she as talented in poetry and painting as Liu Rushi and Ma Xianglan. However, as soon as the biographical drama "Peach Blossom Fan" came out, she "used the feelings of separation and union to write about the feeling of rise and fall," Xiangjun Zhongzhen His reputation for staunchness is almost universally known, and he has won the highest reputation among the Qinhuai people.
She is loyal to love and determined to keep her chastity for Hou Fangcheng; her loyalty and righteousness surpass those of men, and she sang openly in front of Ruan Dacheng, the powerful minister of the Wei Dynasty, "The adopted son of Yu will be reused, and he will never be the descendant of the Wei family." She would rather not Teach men to be ashamed. Its awe-inspiring righteousness is like the proud plum blossoms in the cold winter, which is enough to rewrite Du Mu's famous saying "Shang girls don't know the hatred of the country's subjugation, but they still sing the flowers in the backyard across the river"!
9. Sai Jinhua
The charm of Sai Jinhua is that when Cixi, a contemporary of Sai Jinhua, sat in the temple and asked her ministers to kneel before her three-inch feet during the day, Sai Jinhua continued to lie on her side on the warm bed and let these people Continue to prostrate yourself under her pomegranate skirt at night. Even Li Hongzhang, the "upper beam" in the country, was not spared, and you can imagine the "lower beam" in other yamen.
Why did Dexiaofeng, the great feudal lord, fall in love with Sai Jinhua at first sight? How about Lishan, the Minister of Household Affairs, bought Sai Jinhua with a thousand taels of silver and said "the future will be long" and so on. However, Sai Jinhua's most important lover was Lieutenant Waldersee of the German Army in Russia, whom she met when her first husband and champion Hong Jun was on a mission to four European countries.
A few years later, when Wadesi, then the commander of the coalition forces, led the Eight-Power Allied Forces to invade Beijing, Sai Jinhua used her old lover’s identity to urge Wadesi to improve discipline, stop soldiers from committing lewdness and looting, and save a large number of soldiers. The lives and property of the people in Beijing have been protected, and the public security in Beijing has been maintained in good condition. So much so that there is a poem that goes: "Nine cities are famous for their popularity, and thousands of people are vying to hear about Sai Jinhua."
In addition, Sai Jinhua was particularly instrumental in the conclusion of the peace agreement at that time and the withdrawal of the Eight-Power Allied Forces from Beijing. As a result, it became clear that the changes in the political situation and the people's livelihood were not in the hands of the Gonggun princes, but in the hands of a prostitute. It is truly unprecedented and a wonder in the world.
Sai Jinhua married three people in her life: first to Hong Jun, the number one scholar in the Tongye period, then to Cao Ruizhong, the chief inspector of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, and finally to Wei Siling, a senator of the Republic of China government.
After Wei Siling's death, he was expelled by the Wei family and lived in isolation for more than fifteen years. After his death, people in his hometown raised funds for his funeral arrangements.
This is really: "Saving souls from the ruins, saving the country is like sinking, and having to sacrifice one's appearance and appearance as a last resort. His achievements are praiseworthy and his virtues are praiseworthy. He lacks the countryside and the huts that stand upright, so he is so miserable. Death of illness, no children to cry, no girls to cry. "
X. Xiaofengxian
Xiaofengxian was born in a poor family, with strong roots and a strong attitude towards feudal society and capitalism. She is born with class hatred and national hatred. In order to realize the lofty revolutionary ideal of green mountains and blue waters, she endures humiliation and devotes herself to the prostitute industry. Why, after spending her whole life as a peasant woman in the countryside, can she accomplish a revolutionary cause? No!
Xiao Fengxian also followed the torrent of revolution and came to Beijing at this time, and started working at "Yunjiban" in Shaanxi Lane, the eight major alleys in the red light district. The Bada Hutong was well-known in Beijing at that time. Although it was a red-light district, it was home to high-ranking government officials, and prostitutes had a very close relationship with high-ranking officials, including current high-ranking officials.
During the Hongxian monarchy, the "Prostitutes Petition Group" and the "Six Gentlemen Petition Group" were listed together, which is an example. Now you know, why did Xiao Fengxian go to Beijing to become a prostitute? It’s because she spent her whole life as a rural woman at home and could not see any big shots. She could only see them after becoming a prostitute. After Xiao Fengxian was listed as a prostitute, , I met General Cai E, the governor of Yunnan. It was better now. It is rare in life to know one's own friends, and it is the most difficult to find a friend throughout the ages. Playing the piano and flute, Xiao Fengxian was overjoyed to find the real revolutionary target.
Cai E went to Japan for medical treatment after the war and died. "Ninety thousand miles south of the sky, flying straight up, pity him for the rest of his life, meeting by chance becomes a dream: eighteen years of rouge in the north, self-suffering and falling, winning a heroic confidant, and the peach blossom color will last forever."
Little Phoenix Fairy sat quietly on the bow of the boat, angrily playing the Yao Qin and missing her close friend. "The mountains are green, the water is green, and the mountains and flowing water are full of charm. Every sound is like a hymn, a song, or a salute. It praises the general drawing his sword to the south. I am willing to be the battle flag that is surrounded by the wind." The little Phoenix Fairy wept, complained, and cried, and threw herself into the lake to commit suicide.