If we rank the four ugliest women in our country, I wonder if Mrs. Huang Can of Zhuge Liang is suitable. A great celebrity married a peerless beauty, which is a legendary story, but I don't know that if there is an absolutely ugly wife, it can also be used as talk material, such as Hong Liang of the Eastern Han Dynasty and his wife Meng Guang. Hong Liang's masterpiece "Five Songs" has long been forgotten by later generations, but he used the light of his ugly wife to spread it with allusions such as being at home and quoting Qi Mei. Although, for Meng Guang, this kind of virtuous talk may not really be a good thing, especially after Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism was regarded as a model of female morality. Although she has been pushed to the altar and become a model of the Enlightenment, her appearance is still a loud, ugly, slave-like wife. Look at her Chai Jing cloth skirt, look at her Qi Mei case, look at her promise and respect. At that time, her husband Hongliang was just a long-term worker. Meng Guang's sorrow lies in this, even though she later became a god of ten thousand people. Moreover, the more dazzling the aura of this god, the heavier her servility.
According to legend, the patent right of wooden cow invented by Zhuge Liang originally belonged to his wife: when he was single, he went to Huang's house to play and saw Huang's daughter yelling at the wooden horse in the backyard, which was called housework. I think Zhuge must have been a good young man who loved science. He was surprised and kissed Master Huang at once. But this legend is obviously not there. There is still a muddle between Zhuge Liang himself and Mu Niu Liu Ma, and his wife is in a bad situation. As for Mr. Luo Guanzhong, the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in order to highlight the perfection of Zhuge, he even praised Mrs. Wuhou for studying astronomy and geography. We can easily cope with the past with novels. After all, novels are all about the knowledge of Wuhou and the support of wives. But in the reflection, Chen Shou didn't know the existence of Mrs. Huang. Instead, Pei Songzhi quoted Xiangyang in his notes in the Southern Song Dynasty: When people thought it was fun, the village said,' Don't choose a wife for Kong Ming, you will get an ugly girl.' But there is no evaluation of Huang's talent. Therefore, it is impossible to talk about whether Mrs. Huang is a talented woman. Later generations are out of sympathy for Zhuge Liang who married an ugly wife-at the same time, this sympathy is also out of respect for Zhuge himself, because if Cao Mengde, the public enemy, unfortunately married an ugly woman, everyone will definitely applaud. -For no reason, many beautiful qualities were added to Mrs. Zhuge, and in order to highlight that she is Mrs. Zhuge's Excellence, especially different from ordinary three obedience and four virtues, she was endowed with unusual wisdom, making her the only talented woman in the Three Kingdoms period. .
So, the problem focused on the ugly girl of Mrs. Zhuge.
Look at the origin of this statement. It turned out to be a letter written by Huang to Zhuge: Wen Jun chooses a wife; Ugly girls with yellow heads and blackheads, but they are all worth matching. The old man was a famous Jing Xiang at that time, and wanted to marry his daughter to this rising star, so he proposed a kiss. At that time, the seven sages of bamboo forest were not yet born, and the world was prosperous. Mr. Huang studied in Chen Fan and the traditional school for the gentry, and it is his duty to educate the world. One of the most important things, which is also the virtue of the Chinese nation, is modesty. Even if Miss Huang really looks like The Story Of Diu Sim, it's impossible for a father to brag about his daughter's confinement. What's more, the social atmosphere at that time was not as open as it is now. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Chen Shou asked a servant girl to send medicine to his father. Being seen walking on the road, he was immediately impeached and dismissed from office, not to mention the early years of Jian' an! As the daughter of a celebrity, Miss Huang Can can't appear in public. Therefore, it is unlikely that Nanyang locals will see Miss Huang. The only credible thing is that when Zhuge Liang was asked about his wife, or his fiancee, he replied with the same modesty and prudence as his father-in-law-he is famous for his modesty and prudence. Therefore, Kong Ming's rural proverb about choosing a wife was probably made fun of by friends in the celebrity circle at that time after listening to the answer. It is impossible for ordinary people to enter folk songs with the elegant word of choosing a wife, and it is impossible to directly refer to Huang Guweng's husband, who is closely related to Jingxiang's top management, as Kong Ming and Acheng.
According to the teacher's explanation, another possibility of this rumor is that the girls in Nanyang are very jealous when they see Miss Huang marrying such a nice guy. So there is no salt under slander. Although the statement is novel, it is not impossible. Besides, after listening to Kong Ming's self-modesty, he really thought he was ugly, and Yi Jia angrily made artistic creation.
If we look at Huang's family, we will find that his wife, Miss Huang's mother, is Mrs. Cai's sister, Liu Biao's stepmother, and then Jingzhou secretariat. Mrs. Cai's beauty and skill are equally fierce, otherwise Liu Biao would not be obedient to her, and even exiled her son in disguise, which made the influence of the Cai family expand unprecedentedly, thus leaving a bad test of mistresses in the history books. And since Mrs. Cai is a beauty, that big sister-in-law is not ugly. Huang was able to marry Miss Cai and become Liu Biao's brother-in-law. Apart from his celebrity status, his appearance and manners should never be obscene and vulgar. On the other hand, Si Mahui, also a big celebrity, married a nameless wife because of his ugliness. Therefore, with the guarantee of both parents' lineages, Mr. Huang is at best plain. As long as it is not a genetic mutation, it is impossible to be ugly and ugly, and it is more likely to be a beautiful woman in the Three Kingdoms.
On the other hand, if Miss Huang is really ugly, Zhuge Liang will marry her. Because the discussion has always been to expose how Zhuge Liang sacrificed his personal interests, married an ugly wife, and tried his best to win nepotism, thus taking the opportunity to enter the circle of celebrities in Jingxiang-of course, his lewdness is better than virtue, which can make the old sage feel very gratified. However, is it necessary for Zhuge Liang to break into the circle of Jingxiang celebrities? At that time, his elder sister and second sister had married local gentry: Kuai and Pang respectively, which proved that Zhuge family itself belonged to this class. Besides, if Zhuge Liang really wants to join the upper class, the strict access control of the cremation is far from his personal power to break. We can see that in the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan chose a concubine for the prince, and finally chose Jia's fierce and ugly daughter. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huan Wen was in full swing and proposed to the royal family of Gaudi. As a result, Wang Shu, commander of Lantian, scolded him: soldiers can't marry women! Before the middle Tang Dynasty, the clan power was extremely powerful, and sometimes it could even compete with the imperial power. As a result, the invisible gap between gentry became more unbreakable. Marriage may be a means to strengthen contact with local gentry, but it is by no means a breakthrough to enter the upper class. Zhuge Liang's family was originally from Shandong. After Zhuge Feng, a captain of the Han Dynasty, his father Zhuge and uncle Zhuge Xuan also held certain official positions. Zhuge is a considerable clan of Langxie. From the History of the Three Kingdoms, the Book of Jin and many notes at that time, we can see the activities of many people in the Zhuge family in the military and political arena.
As a branch of the family, Zhuge Liang's family moved to Nanyang, so that fame and prestige still exist. Moreover, at that time, Zhu Gejin, Kongming's eldest brother, had gone to Wu Dongdang as a long history. If the fate of this family is slightly gloomy because of the exile of the war, then Zhu Gejin's official career undoubtedly brings the hope of revival. So Zhuge's marriage with Kuai and Pang was successful. If Zhuge Liang is really as humble as he is, this noble family is absolutely out of reach. From this point of view, as a considerable portal, Zhuge and Huang's marriage are equal. With Zhuge Liang's heroic spirit, immeasurable talent and high self-esteem, it is impossible to get engaged to a famous local ugly woman purely for family. So, in the final analysis, only ugly girls are bad.
Once this statement is overturned, Mrs. Huang may be grateful to me, but she is disappointed after all. Celebrities don't deserve beautiful women, so ugly women are also good. They are either immortals or immortals, and what they fear most is the golden mean, which is the achilles heel of all celebrities. But because beautiful women and ugly women are always as scarce as celebrities, it is the unshirkable responsibility of later art creators and processors to share their worries for celebrities. Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, the two most talented representatives in the Three Kingdoms, were promised to an ugly girl and a beautiful woman respectively. -Zhou Yu's marriage can also be regarded as an example of the marriage between the emerging forces of Soochow and Sun Shi and the local gentry in order to consolidate their political power. And because he married a pair of sisters who are very good with Sun Ce, this dramatic legend is obviously in line with people's psychology.
However, although one is a national and the other is Ah Ch 'ou, these two extremes have not damaged the image of these two women and their husbands. Because they all strictly follow the perfection of virtue. In traditional orthodoxy, virtue is undoubtedly the origin of a wife, and talent and appearance can be attached. However, this bonus also takes up the celebrity's light, fearing that the mediocre wife will humiliate him. Therefore, if Mrs. Huang married a small landlord in Nanyang instead of Wolong, then even if she is 10,000 times smarter than Zhuge Liang, others will never write her down in history. Of course, if she marries Cao Cao, this is another matter. Because of celebrities, rumors of good things can be raging again.