There are beautiful women in the north, and they are peerless and independent.
Take care of the city first, then the country.
I'd rather not know the whole city and country, and it's hard to get another beautiful woman.
"there are beauties in the north, and they are independent; Take care of the city first, then take care of the country; I'd rather not know the whole city and country, and it's hard to get another beauty. " Li Yannian's Song of Beauty in the Western Han Dynasty was used to recommend his sister Li Furen to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Li became the third pet after Wei Zifu and Mrs. Wang. Li Furen is not a simple woman, smart and beautiful. First of all, her appearance is not simple. The idiom "falling in love with the country" was first used to describe her. She was born with a beautiful face, graceful, especially proficient in melody, good at singing and dancing, but unfortunately she became a prostitute.
Since the northern beauties are so refined and lovely, what kind of beautiful charm should they have when they look around? It is not easy to show this. What's more, before Li Yannian, there were exquisite descriptions in many poems and songs. The ending of this song is also very chewy. It exaggerates the beauty of a beautiful woman, but in the end, it suddenly becomes a deep regret: "I would rather not know the whole city and this country?" Beauty is rare again! "Beauty often brings people the disaster of" falling in love with the country ". Is such an example rare in history? This seems to be a warning to the monarch. Remember the ancient lessons of cities and countries and don't be confused by "beauty." However, the next sentence follows closely: even if you are in the city or the countryside, don't lose the opportunity to get beautiful women-after all, beautiful women are once in a blue moon! These two words pretending to be in a dilemma have the beauty of "playing hard to get": the more you emphasize the inaccessibility of a beautiful woman, the more you see her beauty; And the more you regret beauty, the more you can urge people to get it quickly.
Li Yannian introduced it to the upper house with a beautiful and moving "new change of voice". This undoubtedly played a catalytic role in the germination and growth of literati's five-character poems in Han Dynasty.