At least as far as I know, Juicy Zuo, a talented woman in the Western Jin Dynasty, was Sima Yan's "little secret" at that time.
The name Zuobang is unfamiliar to most people. But if her brother Zuo Si is mentioned, everyone will suddenly realize that this is the writer who wrote Sandu Fu! Zuo Si was brilliant, but when God opened a window for him, he quietly closed a door. Speaking of it, Zuo Si's face value is completely out of proportion to his writing style.
As Zuo Si's sister, Zuo Ba's face value is not outstanding because of family genes. However, Juicy Zuo, like his brother, studied hard since childhood, and quickly became famous as one of the "first sisters in poetry" with his eloquent literary talent in adulthood.
Sima Yan was an emperor with a strong desire. At that time, all celebrities were brought into the harem and became the exclusive territory of Emperor Sima. Over time, Sima Yan has become accustomed to beauty, and there will inevitably be some aesthetic fatigue. I heard that there was a talented woman among the people, Juicy Zuo and Sima Yan, who had a strong taste and immediately threw herself into the palace.
Because Zuo Bang is "ugly", he is an out-and-out ugly woman.
I have to admire Sima Yan's taste. Nevertheless, his father took Zuo Zhuo as his concubine. As a matter of fact, it is still unknown whether Sima Yan will have any good luck in Zoba.
According to the Book of Jin, Juicy Zuo was disliked after he entered the palace, and "dwelling in a humble abode" was like being in a cold palace. At this point, we can see what medicine is sold in Sima Yan gourd. He is only Zuo Zhuo's talented opponent. He intends to pursue fame and fortune and prove to the world, especially the literati, that he is an emperor with taste.
Friends who are familiar with history know that there are so many beautiful women in Sima Yan's harem. During the period of pacifying Dongwu alone, Sima Yan received 5000 ladies-in-waiting. Thousands of beautiful women, in order to compete for love, "court officials compete to insert bamboo leaves at home and sprinkle salt juice to attract the emperor's car", and various tricks abound. Obviously, the harem of the rulers is not so easy to mix. Juicy Zuo, with a simple mind and no capital, was unpopular in the harem.
Juicy Zuo, a strange girl, has her own way. She showed Sima Yan her talent through several "accidental" performances.
One day, Sima Yan was bored and thought that life was a very boring and painful thing, so he asked Juicy Zuo to write a thesis. This is Juicy Zuo's specialty. He wrote it three times, and after five divided by two, Sima Yan was full of praise:
Coquettish coquettish, frost court. The sun is warm and dim, and chestnuts are crisp and refreshing. From scratch is full of sadness and tears. Yesterday, Xi, the tomb of Apollo, wore colorful clothes to entertain relatives every day. Mourning today's lovely separation, I choose my family as my soul mate. Whether the cloud is far away, I haven't looked for it either. He Gongjin's clarity and urgency made him want to see it. Yang Hang came to the table with colorful clouds, tears streaming down her face and a towel on her face. In this poem, we can not only see allusions such as "treating guests with colorful clothes", but also appreciate the sadness of women in the deep palace.
It can be said that this is the first work with the theme of "palace resentment" in history.
Zuo Zhuo evaluated himself from the standpoint of a woman and found that he was neither favored by the Ninth Five-Year Plan nor accompanied by a husband like a woman. If you judge yourself from the standpoint of a poet, you will find that you have lived in a palace for a long time and cannot appreciate the world. Your creative freedom is limited, and you can only write some propositional compositions to the emperor every day.
This kind of "double pain" is vividly displayed in Zuo Ba.
Sima Yan praised: "When it comes to the meaning of words, listening to Tsinghua and listening to the left and right is not called beauty." From then on, Juicy Zuo became the exclusive secretary of Sima Yan. Whenever the palace encounters large-scale etiquette and weddings, Zuo Ba will be invited to write a paper. From then on, Juicy Zuo was more like a royal scholar trained by Sima Yan than a concubine.
Cai Dongfan even commented: "Everyone in Cao Shi often continues his history, and Zuo Jia's sister revived his prose. From knowing how to do big business impartially, it is easy to know how many women there are. Zuo Gui's words are not enough to win the trust, but enough to make women sweat. "
In 290 AD, Sima Yan died in Luoyang after eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and Jiangshan was in charge of the shrewd daughter-in-law Jia Nanfeng. Jia Nanfeng is comparable to Lv Zhi. He is very vicious and often kills women around the emperor by bloody means.
In 300 AD, Juicy Zuo died. In April of the same year, she was buried in Yang Junling West Road, which was not mentioned in the historical materials. However, judging from the year of her death, she still lived in the Jin Palace for ten years after her death and was not persecuted by Jia Nanfeng. After all, Zuo Ba is ugly, old and weak, and poses no threat to Jia Nanfeng.
It can be said that from ancient times to the present, Juicy Zuo is the only woman who can gain a foothold in the harem by virtue of her low value. If Zuo Ba lived in the present age, she would probably become a petty bourgeoisie writer. Although her life is not as comfortable as when she served Sima Yan, she is free.