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How to use ancient poetry to euphemistically describe a person who is particularly ugly?

Today’s society is an era where faces are valued. As long as a person is good-looking and extremely good-looking. They will always be more popular and more likely to get favorable opportunities than those who look ordinary. Around us, when a person's appearance is not satisfactory, we will habitually call him ugly. But how did our ancients describe a person who was not good-looking? Let’s discuss it together.

Su Dongpo once wrote a poem like this: "Before three or five steps out of the courtyard, his forehead was already in front of the painting hall." This is a joke between Su Dongpo and his sister Su Xiaomei. What Su Dongpo meant was that Su Xiaomei hadn't walked out of the door yet, she had only taken three or five steps. Her forehead has reached the front of the painting hall. Su Dongpo used exaggeration to secretly laugh at his sister for being ugly.

Of course Su Xiaomei would not swallow her anger. She immediately countered Su Dongpo: "Last year, I shed a few lovesickness tears, but they have not reached my ears yet." Su Xiaomei's talent is evident. Writing poems to tease each other like this shows that the relationship between the two brothers and sisters is very good. What Su Xiaomei means is that Su Dongpo shed tears last year, but they have not flowed to the earplugs yet. This was used to mock Su Dongpo for having a long face.

There are many other poems like this from the ancients. Li Bai's "Ancient Style" said: "Ugly women come to imitate their frown, and return home to shock the neighbors." Sikong Tu's "Imitating Chen Zi'ang": "Ugly women compete for hairpin flowers, and the more flowers reflect them, the uglier they become." Wang Yan's "Foot Lady" ’s: “Ugly appearance is not charming, sitting still is not subversive.”. From these verses, we have to admire the wisdom of the ancients. They describe a person who is worried with both literary talent and elegance, which we cannot help but admire.