How did Xi Shi Die cook "Fried Fish"? Why did the beautiful woman sink into the mystery of the bottom of the river

Xi, how about Shi Die? In the winter of 473 BC, Suzhou, the capital of the State of Wu, was attacked by a powerful Yue army. Wu perished. Shi's life track came to an abrupt end. Wu, a peerless beauty of her time and the darling of Baidu blog, did not seem to walk into that dark history with ashes.

Wu perished. Where did the stone go? How did she spend the rest of her life?

The evaluation of historical figures by later generations is often harsh and unfair. They only pay attention to their most glorious moments and ignore their lonely or peaceful years. History was thus "left out". Time in history seems to be just a flash in the pan, and more people's life trajectories are artificially ignored. When we try to restore a complete Xi, we will find it extremely difficult and find too many mysteries and ideas.

What impressed Shi's descendants most was her beauty. According to legend, when Shi was washing yarn by the stream, the fish in the water were attracted by her beauty, forgot to swim and plopped into the bottom. Therefore, later generations used "sinking fish" to describe the beauty of women, and together with Shi and Wang Zhaojun's Lost Heart Biography, they were called the four great beauties in ancient China and became the embodiment and pronoun of beauty. The four beauties all like the appearance of "closing the moon and feeling ashamed of flowers". Fish and geese are ashamed of flowers, and fish comes first; So it is the first of the four beautiful women. Now, going deep into history, we regret to find that among these four beauties, the other three can find evidence of existence in the official history at that time, while Shi has no historical records. She only exists in the records and hymns of later generations. Not to mention her landing history is her birthplace, life story and other important information. We can only sift through a pile of complicated old paper and accept it bit by bit.

The basic situation of Shi is: Shi, formerly known as Shi Yiguang, lives in Zhuluo Mountain in Zhuji. There are two villages in Zhushan. Shi Yiguang lives in the West Village, so he is called Shi. Is the daughter of Shi who lives in the West Village. Shi's father sells firewood and his mother sells huansha. She comes from a poor family and is indifferent, but she is born beautiful and really beautiful. Legend has it that the woman next door to the East Village also imitated her morbidness of frowning and caressing her chest. There is a joke called "the East has the same effect".

Young Shi Jing often takes a bath by the river. Beauty, gauze and purity are similar in the news in the context of Jiangnan, and are regarded as "imperial scenes" depicting the beauty of the world by future generations who lack creativity. When Li Shangyin, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, came to Zhuji to look for the site of Huansha, the villagers had already built a ancestral temple for repairing stones. Xizi Temple is quite large in scale. Since then, it has been repeated like this. At present, Zhuji Municipal Government of Zhejiang Province has simply integrated the historical sites such as Huansha Stone, Huansha Pavilion, Xishitan and Xishifang at the foot of Zhuluo Mountain and along the Shahe River into Xishi Temple Scenic Area covering an area of 5,000 square meters. If Shi spent his whole life in this stream and became a tourist card of his hometown for thousands of years, it would be a perfect life. Unfortunately, her beauty soon got her involved in cruel politics.

In the third year of Gou Jian's rule, Fu Cha defeated the Vietnamese army and was almost wiped out. Gou Jian retreated to Shaoxing Huiji Mountain, surrounded by Wu Jun, and made peace with Wu. Gou Jian took hostages and became Wu's slave. In view of the weakness of "the prince is lustful", he and his doctor obtained the "Zhuji Luoshan salaried stone" and gave it to Prince Fu Cha before going abroad. Shi resolutely defected from Yue State to Wu State.

Objectively speaking, the life in Suzhou, Wudu, may be the best, loveliest and noblest time in her life. When Five Blessingg loved her very much, she tried her best to make her live a luxurious life. She built a spring night palace in Suzhou, a big pool with a dragon boat in it, and played with stones for a long time. She also built a pavilion for her to sing, dance and hold banquets, and a hall for her. It is said that Shi is good at "ring dance", so Fu Cha specially built a "ring gallery" for her, and arranged hundreds of vats made of wooden boards for display. Wearing clogs, the skirt is tied with small bells, and the dancing bells are intertwined with the drums. Fu Jian was naturally lustful and preferred Xi Si Tong. Suzhou is Suzhou now. It is warm and beautiful, and it is totally worth giving to this beautiful woman. Now let's go back to the beginning. How did the stone fall to the ground in its previous life?

There are two main types of stories arranged by Shi in his later years, one is the story of wandering around the rivers and lakes, and the other is the story of sinking into the sea. The former is the most popular. It is said that the teacher's world is over. He went boating with a doctor. The earliest record comes from Yuan Kang's History in the Eastern Han Dynasty, saying that after Wu's death, he "returned to follow the Five Lakes". In the Ming Dynasty, Hu Yinglin enriched and processed this statement in Pan Cong, inferring that he was a lover and lived in seclusion after Wu's death. The most complete version of this story is Liang Chenyu's play Huansha Ji in Ming Dynasty. Liang Chenyu is a hermit in Kunqu Opera, and Huansha Ji is the foundation work of Kunqu Opera in its early days. In the play, You Chun met a woman stone playing with yarn by the stream and fell in love at first sight. Finally, he said that the two men had escaped the disaster. Finally, through my mouth, I said, "I am a golden boy in the temple and a jade girl in the heavenly palace." They were all given light sentences. Therefore, my destiny is to try winter as a slave stone: being robbed by dust as a concubine. If you continue to break the contract today, you must get married and get lost before you can return to the right path. "Besides, they are all immortals. They love each other because they are in heaven. This time, they are "practicing".

So what kind of heart does a person capture?

Fan Li, a native of Chu, was born in winter. Although he is a civilian, he has the temperament of Shi Kuang people. Generally speaking, such people are not suitable. The Chu people think that Fan Li is a madman, so his position in the Chu people's hearts is not good. He thinks that Chu can't use himself, so it's better to serve the country and can't leave grandpa here. Therefore, Fan Li invited his friends to leave Chu State and go to Yue State in the East to become the biggest ruler of Yue State. However, Fan Li found that Gou Jian was fickle, ungrateful and selfish, and he agreed with other languages. Scholars don't want to leave a successful career. I changed my name and surname and set sail for Qi. It is said that Fan Li went to Tao Di, started business and became a rich man named Tao Zhugong. Because there are good ways to do business, people regard Tao Zhugong as the God of Wealth. The teacher followed, a great man who pursued fame and fortune. He is sure that the rest of his life will not go bad.

Living with stones is the most common expression in literary works. Li Bai said: "Once the kingdom of Fuxi is broken, it cannot be returned." Su Dongpo wrote more clearly: "The five lakes asked, the boat returned, and the words were still written." Both great writers believe that Choi and his wife swam out of the five lakes in gondola. This is Mandarin about Fan Li's retirement. Historical records of Yu Yuehe. There is no mention of the Xi family in Betty Wong Goujian Family. Therefore, Shi Yu's love story is romantic, but it has no historical basis.

Recorded the fate at that time, later than time, not as loving and lucky as the end of life, but returned to the west. Mozi was born in 468 BC and died in 376 BC. His record of history may be the earliest historical record. Mosquito. The first chapter records: "Xi's poems are profound and beautiful." "God" and "God" are interlinked in ancient pre-Qin classics. Some people think that the word "Shen" here is the cause of stone death. Later generations quoted the saying that he fled in the "wuyue era" at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, saying that "after Wu's death, he floated and sank in the river, so it was easy." "Clothes" are the skin of a corpse. These historical materials prove that there is a great possibility that Wu will sink to the bottom of the sea and die after his death. So, who drowned the stone?

Said Shi was killed by Gou Jian's wife. Gou Jian returned from Suzhou in triumph and brought this stone back to Yue. Mrs. Shi thinks that "things that have perished in the country cannot be left behind." My wife was probably afraid that the stone would threaten her position, so she asked her subordinates to pull it out and tie a big stone to sink into the river. Here, stones are regarded as harmful to the beauty of the country and the people, ominous things in the regime, and can only lead to the fate of Shen Qiang being killed. The theory of "femme fatale" had a great market in ancient times. Many "gentlemen" and "doctors" who admire and covet the beauty of Xi often accuse Xi of hurting and killing this country. There is also folklore that Shi was killed by angry Wu people. After the downfall of the State of Wu, people pointed the finger at Shi, thinking that this fox from the State of Yue lured the King of Wu and led to the downfall of the State of Wu. So the Wu people wrapped her in brocade and sank into the hinterland of the Yangtze River. This is really another way of saying "femme fatale". Record: "There are mermaids in the Yangtze River, also known as stone fish." Life is changing, meat is delicious, and women can increase coquetry when they eat it. According to the records of the cloud system, it changed after sinking into the river. "It can be seen that the poem" God's Will "is widely circulated, and it also confirms the affirmation of the beauty of poetry from the opposite side. It also appears in many literary works. For example, Li Shangyin once wrote a sentence in Mozi, saying:

Miyai is still miserable, and Long Luan's death is endless.

The water outside the Wu Palace is broken and the mud is buried in the stone.

Later poet Pi Rixiu also wrote five poems from 0755 to 79000. The fifth is:

Knock and cut the golden steps of the corridor, take them from Pingshan, and continue.

I don't know where the water burial is today. Both the stream and the moon are working hard.

In addition to these two statements, there are many versions about the history of landing. Try one or two of the following methods:

Legend has it that Gou Jian, the King of Yue, was cruel and asked her to "sleep with her" on the night when Shi returned to China, that is, he took the stone for himself. Here I would like to add that Gou Jian, the King of Yue, is a very poor man in history, a villain who can only "endure hardships" but can't "share wealth". If Xi swears to be loyal to Fu Cha and has the spiritual motivation to avenge his country, now let Xi swear to sleep with him, just to meet Gou Jian's requirements. Shi Ziran didn't want to sleep with Gou Jian, and was finally punished by Gou Jian for "the crime of resisting Jun".

After committing suicide, Shi returned to his hometown of Zhuji and lived an ordinary life. Song Song, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty, said in his poem "Pro-History": "I was in my old capital, looking for my makeup; Birds are surprisingly fond of dreaming, but fish are afraid of lotus flowers. It is said that Shi, who went back to his hometown, accidentally fell into the water and died while washing yarn.

Regardless of Shi's fate, all kinds of statements about her whereabouts have left her endless thoughts and deep respect. The mysterious stone hanging on the body has transcended the mystery of individual life experience and become a phenomenon. Wang Wei's A Record of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in Tang Dynasty said:

Since beauty is glorious in the whole empire, how can Shi stay at home humbly? A short whip with a ring at one end that can be held.

Washing clothes in Nanhu at dawn, a big miss Gong Bei that night:

One day she was humble and different, the next day she was noble and everyone praised her.

She will never wipe her face with her own hands again. You can't help yourself.

The more the king loves her, the cuter she is, which makes him turn a blind eye to wisdom.

Don't drive the girl who used to wash silk next to you.

None of the girls near her home can imitate her beauty with a frown.

The essence of "Xi stone phenomenon" is how to evaluate the topic of "stone" and how to evaluate "stone". In the Tang Dynasty, Luo Yin wrote a poem "A Record of Foreign Bodies in Dongpo": "The rise and fall of a country has its own origin. Why do Wu people complain about Xi's poems? " . If the stone solves Wu's problem, who will be Yue's sworn enemy? Luo Yin's poems broke the saying that "Xi is a disaster". Why do Wu people complain about history when the country rises and falls? "The rise and fall of a country is the result of various complex factors. Wu's demise is the result of the intensification of contradictions in all aspects and should not be attributed to history. Restoring the decline of a country to personal beauty is an excuse to get rid of the responsibilities of conquered monarchs and subjects. " If Shi solves Wu's problem, who will end this country? "So, according to common sense, if it is loyal to Wu, who can be responsible for the fall of Yue? In the face of historical trends, the role of individuals is limited. Shi is a patriot. We can't list her as the leader of the country because of her beauty and her role.

Indeed, history has made great contributions to Vietnam. Later generations overestimated the historical role of Shi in wuyue's hegemony, as if Shi had become the number one father and the ace weapon to destroy Wu. This is a serious departure from historical facts. Stone is just a pawn in wuyue's overall situation of hegemony, and its role is limited.

At first, he regarded Yue's revenge plan as "nine strategies": First, he believed that God helped Yue, and he was bound to win. Second, a large amount of property was given to the prince of Wu, which not only made him trust Yue more and neglected to guard against it, but also made Fu Cha accustomed to luxury and lost his spirit. The third is to borrow food from Wu first, but pay it back with steamed otani. Fu Jian Gu Hou gave the farmers seeds. As a result, rice could not be produced in the second year, which led to famine in Wu. Fourth, give Fu Cha beauty, make him infatuated with beauty and ignore politics. Stone is favored by Fucha and given by Yue. The fifth is to transport skilled craftsmen, boulders and trees to Wu, to lure people to build palaces, and to consume the country's financial resources and manpower. Sixth, bribe the ministers around the king of Wu and undermine the state affairs of Wu. This minister is mainly a liberal arts student. Seventh, the relationship between alienation and loyalty. This loyal minister is mainly Wu Zixu. Eighth, Vietnam scrimps and saves food to enhance its national strength. Nine is forging weapons, training foot soldiers, and finding opportunities to attack and destroy Wu.

In the process of wuyue's hegemony, Zhong put forward a diplomatic program of seeking truth from facts and not being too frank, which was unscrupulous. A thousand years later, Machiavelli in Italy would think that if he could see the literary schools and Fan Li's thoughts and practices, he would find his ancient confidant. In this grand plan, giving up to a weak opponent is like Gou Jian tasting the shit of Fuzha tea against his will. This is just a small tactic.

So how big is the role of stones in fuzhou tea? Not to mention that Shi could not reveal the secrets of Wu to Yue, let alone manipulate Fu Cha to alienate the princes of Wu, but his role in confusing and softening Fu Cha was very limited. Fu didn't disclose the history of * * * to him, let alone let him participate in government affairs. After surrendering to Vietnam, he still maintained high political morale and capable political wisdom. Wu's international status is constantly improving. In 482 BC, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, joined forces with Jin Dinggong, Lu Aigong and other Central Plains governors in Huangchi. Huangchi, located in the southeast of Wu, was successfully manipulated by Fu Cha and gained the status of the world overlord.

Under the influence of the Nine-Language Strategy, the national strength of Wu has indeed declined, but the comparison between wuyue and China is not one-sided. The decline of Wu and the rise of Yue are almost the same in strength. From 482 BC, Gou Jian took advantage of the situation to invade, dominate the north, and build a nest to attract phoenix to attack Wu. Until 473 BC, the Vietnamese army occupied Suzhou with a long-term siege strategy, and wuyue's hegemony lasted for ten years. Therefore, it cannot be said that Yue's strength far exceeds Wu's. Vietnam is also difficult to win.

Politically, it is just a prop, which makes Focha mistakenly believe in Vietnam's loyalty and ignore its vigilance.

Beautiful, but hard to find. Lin Daiyu, who grew up in Shi Sheng, Xi, is also a wicked person. On one occasion, she wrote a poem "Jingyang Well", thinking that burial is the best destination for Xi Stone:

A generation of beautiful women, Wukong remembers Children's Home.

Don't laugh at the girls in the East Village. There is huansha beside Baixi.

In my opinion, Shi is not a legendary woman, but a girl next door who likes to bathe in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. It's just that this little girl can't control her own destiny because of her beauty, which has caused many questions about right and wrong and history. Weak women are not easy to become a historical phenomenon, and they are also very emotional.