1. Wang Can
A famous minister of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. As the "Crown of the Seven Sons", Wang Can has the highest literary achievement. "The First Expedition", "Denglou Fu", "Huai Fu" and "Seven Sorrow Poems" are the essence of his works, and they are also representative works of lyrical fuss and poems in the Jian'an era. Wang Can was famous for his talent when he was young. He had a good memory and a photographic memory.
At about seventeen in the year of Wang Can, he came to Jingzhou to seek refuge with Liu Biao, his fellow villager and shepherd in Jingzhou. However, Liu Biao thought that "Wang Can's appearance did not live up to his name and his body was weak, so he was not very important." To put it bluntly, I felt that Wang Can was unattractive in appearance, weak in body, and informal, so I disliked him a little.
It is recorded in the "Three Kingdoms·Book of Wei·Biography of Wang Can" written by Chen Shou of the Western Jin Dynasty: "Cannian is young and weak, and his appearance is short and frightening." This means that Wang Can looks young and short in stature. The whole room was surprised.
2. Zhang Song
Zhang Song was originally a subordinate of Liu Zhang, the defender of Yizhou (Bashu) in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He was a resourceful counselor in the Yizhou area. Zhang Song is a man with a flexible mind, broad knowledge, and a photographic memory. He dedicated the "Topographic Map of Western Shu" to Liu Bei, in which he noted Yizhou's terrain features, dangerous mountains and rivers, as well as military secrets such as weapons warehouses and troop deployments, helping Liu Bei to conquer Yizhou and gain equal status with Cao Cao and Sun Quan. capital.
Zhang Song's appearance is that he has a narrow forehead and pointed head, upturned nostrils, and leaky teeth. He can't stand more than five feet tall and has a thin body. In short, he is extremely ugly. Moreover, he is arrogant, rude, and arrogant.
When Zhang Song met Cao Cao and expressed his intention to surrender, Cao Cao, who was already wary of defectors, was even more displeased with his dignified appearance. Zhang Song, who was sincere and sincere, was quite dissatisfied with Cao Cao's cold treatment of him. In the end, he had a verbal conflict with Cao Cao and was beaten by Cao Cao with a stick.
3. Zuo Si
A writer in the Western Jin Dynasty and the most outstanding writer in the Taikang period. The poems "Sandu Fu" and "Ode to History" are Zuo Si's masterpieces. Among them, "Sandu Fu", which took him nearly ten years of hard work to write, caused a situation of "Luoyang paper is expensive" that caused a headache for the government - due to the capital city The powerful families in Luoyang all rushed to copy "Sandu Fu", which caused the price of paper to rise.
Zuo Si was born in a Confucian family. History records that he was "sleepy in appearance and dull in speech", so he was not easy to socialize with but his words were magnificent. "Looking" means ugly appearance, and "speechless" means being clumsy in speech. Not only is he ugly, but he also stutters, and his speech is hesitant and not as smooth as his writing. Fortunately, he has a low self-esteem and is self-aware. He stays at home and writes books all day long, and the articles he writes are magnificent.
Liu Yiqing, a political writer of the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty, recorded in "Shishuo Xinyu·Rong Zhipian": Pan Yuemiao had a beautiful appearance and a good expression. When I was young, I took him to Luoyang Road. If a woman meets a woman, I will always hang on to her with my hand and penis. Zuo Taichong was extremely ugly, and he also acted like Yue Youyou, so the women all spit on him and returned exhausted.
It means that Pan An’s appearance, temperament and demeanor are both excellent. When he was young, he went hunting with a slingshot. Countless girls and young women were crazy about him. They forgot about etiquette and restraint in public. They surrounded the handsome young man hand in hand and threw fresh fruits at him. Pan Anren took a trip and returned home with a cart full of flowers and fruits. Zuo Taichong was so ugly that he imitated Pan Yue when traveling. As a result, a group of old women spat on him, and he had to come back dejected.
4. Wen Tingyun
Wen Tingyun is a descendant of Wen Yanbo, the prime minister of the early Tang Dynasty. He was born in a declining aristocratic family and is the originator of the Huajian School of poets. He is rich in talent and quick in writing and thinking. Every time he enters the exam, he rhymes with the official rhyme, and the eight-pointed hand forms the eight-pointed rhyme, so he is known as "Wen Baji" or "Wen Bayin". It is said that the eight-pointed hand can form an eight-pointed rhyme, that is, it can write 16 lines of poetry in the time it takes to raise the hand eight times. He can play and sing, and is proficient in musical instruments.
Zhao Ying of the later Jin Dynasty presided over the compilation of "Old Tang Book" and said that Wen Tingyun's appearance was more eye-catching. He was nicknamed "Wen Zhongkui" at that time, so that some people joked that hanging his portrait on the door could ward off evil spirits. .
It is recorded in Sun Guangxian's "Bei Meng Suo Yan" of the Song Dynasty: Wen Tingyun had a grandson who was an official and a regular attendant. He had no other merits but was good at secluded painting.
Later, he traveled to Sichuan and originally wanted to use his skills to become a disciple of Zhou Mu. However, he was rejected in person because he looked too much like his grandfather Wen Tingyun and was too sad.
5. Luo Yin
A famous poet in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, Luo Yin was well-known for his poetry in the late Tang and Five Dynasties. Some of his most popular poems were recited and became classics. In addition to poetry, his achievements in satirical prose are also very high, which can be called a wonder of ancient sketches.
There is an interesting anecdote about Luo Yin's talent and appearance: He Guangyuan, a scholar of the Later Shu Dynasty in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, mentioned in "Jian Jie Lu" that the daughter of Prime Minister Zheng Tian liked Luo Yin's poems and essays, and every time she read Luo Yin's " "Zhang Huaxen's words like Dan are not as good as a piece of writing from Liu Hou" (the words "from Luo Yin's "Ju"" means that getting a piece of personal letter from Liu Gong is better than ten ministries.), mentioned it in front of his father several times.
The Prime Minister saw that his daughter admired Luo Yin's talents. One day when Luo Yin visited the Prime Minister's Mansion, he deliberately kept him for a long time so that his daughter could take a closer look behind the curtain. Unexpectedly, I was so disappointed after seeing this that I never read Luo Yin's poems again. This prime minister's daughter is a talented person, and she is not a shallow woman. It can be seen that this gentleman's appearance is indeed too unremarkable.
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