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In ancient times, men came to the door to propose to them, if they looked good and the girl was satisfied, they would say with a shy face: "The major events of life depend on the parents."
If the man is ugly, he will say, "The daughter still wants to honor her parents for two years."
Parents: "Must marry!" ”
Daughter: "I don't live anymore..."
In ancient times, the hero saved the beautiful woman, if the hero looks handsome, the beautiful woman will say with a shy face: "The hero saves his life, the little girl has no way to repay, only to promise with her body." 、
If you are not handsome, you will say: "The hero's life-saving grace, the little girl can not repay, only in the next life to be a cow and a horse, to repay this great favor."
But if the woman is good-looking, the hero will say: Is the girl serious?
If the woman is ugly, the hero will say: The girl must not...
As this passage says, in ancient China, many times, appearance is justice.
It's not your fault to be ugly, it's your fault to come out and want to be an official. That's right! Many times, it is important to look like an official.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked ugly, but he started his own business as the boss and successfully went public. If you look spicy and ugly, and you don't have Zhu Yuanzhang's skills, it is really difficult to succeed in the official arena.
Take Han Yu, for example.
After Han Yu was admitted to the Jinshi, because of his bumpy looks, he couldn't be an official. The third time he passed the examination, he wrote to the prime minister three times, but because his appearance was too different, Han Yu, a leading figure in the future literary world and a generation of literary heroes, could not even be a petty official.
Song Shenzong actually promoted the male dramatist to be a high official, because of his high appearance.
This handsome guy is called Wang Yuan, but the person is not at all good-looking, quite handsome. "Looking at The Han Jade, the gods condensed the autumn water, the posture is very beautiful", people gave the nickname "Qijun Wang Jialang". Wang Jialang was not only handsome, but also good at singing and dancing, and was a well-known singer at that time, and was the pillar of the Royal Song and Dance Troupe. But it has not yet reached the point of virtue and art, because the character is relatively poor, and there is more criticism in the street.
Even so, the chancellor Cai Did vote for the emperor and recommended him as a supervisor and a discipline inspection official. As soon as Song Shenzong heard "Wang Jialang", he gladly agreed.
Interestingly, it was still this prime minister Cai Qing who recommended an extremely talented ugly man to Song Zhezong, named Yuan Yingzhong. Learn rich five cars, only eight buckets tall, but not only full of numbness, shoulder blades grow a little crooked, shoulders are always oblique.
Song Zhezong looked at it, Emma, so bumpy, I can still eat in the future, the key is sorry for the audience! Without saying a word, he directly waved his hand and let the ugly man retreat.
To say that the most favored to take people by appearance is none other than Yongzheng. Yongzheng not only looked at the face, but also carefully looked at the eyes and figure. He firmly believed that when a person was over forty years old, he was responsible for his own appearance. Jin Yong's ancestor Cha Siting was disgusted by Yongzheng because of his "wolf gu appearance". Yongzheng believes that the phase is born from the heart, and the wolf cares about the phase must be wrong. Therefore, Zha Siting did not work in the Yongzheng Dynasty for a few years, and he was killed by Yongzheng. Therefore, Jin Yong especially hated Yongzheng and often avenged his ancestors in novels.
There is also the examination of the yuan, just study well is not enough to drip, but also to grow well. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a candidate named Wang Geng, who originally passed the examination, but because of his poor appearance, he was finally ranked second.
There is also a legendary character, Zhong Kui.
It is said that Zhong Kui looks very ugly, leopard head ring eyes, iron face beard. It means that the eyes are like brass bells and protruding, the face is round, and the beard is full of faces.
Later, when Zhong Kui was examining the examination, according to the literary style, he was a talent of the yuan, but when the temple was tested, he was brushed off because his appearance was too bumpy.
Zhong Kui's title was gone, so he was very angry, and the consequences were very serious, and he crashed into the pillar of the Emperor's Golden Palace and crashed to death.
Because of his temperament and uprightness, Zhong Kui was worshipped by the common people as a god after his death, so as to ward off evil spirits and catch ghosts.
In ancient China, officials should look at their appearance, not the individual case of any emperor, but the relevant regulations.
In the pre-Qin dynasty, there was already a saying of "Weiyi". Elected officials must look intimidating.
For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the criteria for selecting officials added the standard of "body", requiring the officials to be "physically magnificent".
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, civil and military officials must be more outstanding in appearance. Even if you are talented, if your appearance is not good, or even if you have a disability, then the top three, the top three, and the top three, generally can't take your turn.
In ancient China, good looks were not only conducive to being an official, but also life-saving.
Han Xin, the god of war, had just defected to Liu Bang, he had no name, no money, and no power, and Liu Bang did not take him seriously and arranged for him to be a clerk. The clerk's name was "Lian Ao", and he was mainly responsible for reception and outreach, and he could not even see Liu Bang's face.
This little clerk, Han Xin, did not do a good job, I don't know what mistake I made, anyway, this mistake is not small, I want to behead the Fa. Thirteen people had already been beheaded by the offenders with him, and when it was Han Xin's turn, he shouted, "Doesn't the King of Han want to win the world?" Why kill a strong man? ”
Xiahou Infant was a supervisor at that time, and when he looked at Han Xin, he was strong and powerful, and his appearance was dignified. Oh, it looks so pretty, there must be a lot of power, so I let him go.
After talking to him once, I felt that this was a strange person and could not be stopped, so he recommended it to Liu Bang.
Liu Bang still did not put Han Xin in his eyes, looked at Xiahou Bao's face, and sealed Han Xin as a lieutenant. The commander of the zhisu capital is equivalent to the director of the production and construction farm, and is specifically responsible for the production of military grain. The production of military grain belonged to the logistics support department, and Han Xin knew Xiao He in his work. Xiao He chatted with Han Xin several times and felt that this was a talent and had to be kept for Liu Bang.
After Liu Bang was made the King of Guanzhong, Han Xin followed suit, hoping that Xiao He would persuade Liu Bang to make him a high official. But after waiting for more than ten days and not moving, Han Xin understood that there was no hope in Liu Bang, so I changed the master again.
When Han Xin left, Xiao He was in a hurry, and forgot to tell Liu Bang a sound, and he went to chase after the horse. Xiao He chased After Han Xin, others did not know why he went, as soon as he saw Xiao He riding away, someone immediately made a small report to Liu Bang, Your Majesty, you see Xiao He is not willing to suffer with you in Hanzhong, he ran! Then the logistics he managed, is it handed over to me! Well, playing a small report this, like Han Xin, is also an official fan!
Xiao He ran this way, but Liu Bang was angry. Why? Xiao He was in charge of money and grain, and no one was at ease in handing this matter over, and Liu Bang could only manage it himself. At this time, Liu Bang could not drink any wine, and the newly acquired concubines were also hanging out, busy in various piles of official documents.
On this day, Liu Bang was drawing in the pile of official documents, and Xiao He returned. Liu Bang's tears were about to come down, and his heart said that if you don't come back, my concubines will definitely steal the man, and you can save your old life when you come back.
But I was happy in my heart, and I had to pretend to be angry on my face, scolding Xiao He, saying that you ran away, and what did you come back for? Xiao He said that I was not running, I was chasing people. Liu Bang said who did you chase? Xiao He said that I was chasing Han Xin! Liu Bang was even more angry and said: Flicker, then flicker! Since the beginning of the fight into Hanzhong, there have been dozens of running generals, and you don't chase after it, you say you go after Han Xin, this stinky boy, you are not fooling around and what it is!
Xiao He solemnly recommended to Liu Bang that Han Xin was not an ordinary person, and those generals you ran tied up together could not catch up. If the Great King wants to fight with Xiang Yu for the world, then you must reuse Han Xin.
Liu Bang listened to Xiao He say so seriously, said yes, look at your face, seal Han Xin as a general, this is always OK. Xiao He said no, if you want to keep Han Xin, you must make him the Grand Marshal of the Han Terracotta Army!
Liu Bang pondered, I don't have any capable people under my hands, so let Han Xin try it. Only then did he set up a starting point and worship Han Xin as a great general.
By looking good, he saved his life, and Zhang Cang.
After Zhang Cang followed Liu Bang in rebellion, the glory and wealth were not in order, did not know what to do, committed a capital crime, and wanted to behead.
Zhang Cangdu was pushed onto the guillotine, and when he took off his clothes and climbed on the torture device, his body was tall and large, and at the same time, he had a white and tender skin. Seen by a high official, Wang Ling, wow, this man is too good to die. Shout, leave someone under the knife.
After Zhang Cang picked up a small life, the official Yun Hengtong served as a minister for more than ten years.
You see, in ancient China, how important it was to look good.
In the era of looking at faces, ugly people really can't hurt.
The most typical example is pang tong, who was equally famous with "Wolong" Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period.
Although the two were equally talented, they were treated completely differently. Zhuge Liang was treated with courtesy by Liu Beisan's Gu Maolu, and as soon as he came out of the mountain, he was Liu Bei's number one adviser and dominated the politics and military of Liu Bei's side.
Pang Tong's treatment was very different from Zhuge Liang's. Pang Tong was shorter in height and ugly in appearance, and originally wanted to defect to Sun Quan in Jiangdong, but he was turned away because of his ugly appearance. In desperation, he could only go to Liu Bei, who was weak and weak, but he was also sent to be a county order because of his ugly appearance. In the end, it was Zhang Fei who fished him out, so that he had a chance to show what he had learned in his life.
But it is not right to judge people by their appearance.
For example, the famous Yanzi Yan Baby. Baby Yan is a dwarf, and her looks are not much better. Once, when he was on an envoy to the Chu Kingdom, the King of Chu looked down on him, so he opened a small door by the gate and let him enter. Baby Yan said, Oh Mom, I'm on a business trip to the dog country, why can I drill a dog hole? With the whole face of the King of Chu, he had to open the gate and invite Yan Bao to come in.
Yan Bao served as a grand master in the State of Qi, successively serving as the Duke of Qiling, the Duke of Zhuang, and the Duke of Jing, and assisted the government for more than fifty years.
During Yan Bao's reign, he was known for his political foresight, diplomatic ability, and simple style, and defended the national character and prestige of the State of Qi.
Ugly and talented, there are many more in ancient China.
Let us remember their names: Concubine, Yan Bao, Wu Salt, Zuo Si, Han Yu, Liu LuoGuo...
Finally, there is Bao Qingtian!
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