How to compliment someone's good looks in a civilized way?

Regarding the title of the question, my understanding of "cultured" is connotative and classical, so my answer is to describe it with a few allusions from ancient times.

First of all, of course, we are familiar with the allusions about the four beauties in ancient times, "the fish sinks and the wild goose falls" and "the moon is shy of the flower". Legend has it that during the Spring and Autumn Period, Xishi, a beauty from the Yue Kingdom, was washing her gauze by the stream. Her beautiful appearance made the fish at the bottom of the water so fascinated that they forgot to swim and sank to the bottom of the water; Zhaojun's departure from the fortress also made the geese forget to fly. It flapped its wings and fell down. The moon and the shy flower also describe Diao Chan and Yang Yuhuan respectively. I believe that such a vivid metaphor must be regarded as literate.

The second way to praise someone's good looks is from "The Peacock Flying Southeast", one of the three masterpieces of Yuefu. There are several lines describing Liu Lanzhi's poem, which I think are really well written. "The fingers are like peeling onion roots, and the mouth is like holding vermillion pills. The delicate steps are delicate and unparalleled in the world." Her ten fingers were as white as onions, her red lips seemed to contain red pills, and every step she took was slender and graceful. There was no other like her in the world. You see, just four sentences outline an extremely beautiful bride, not only her appearance, but also her irresistible temperament.

The third statement I recommend to the subject is a few lines from "The Book of Songs·Wei Feng·Shuo Ren", "The hands are like catkins, the skin is like condensed fat, the collar is like a cricket, and the teeth are like Like a rhinoceros, with beautiful eyebrows, a charming smile, and beautiful eyes." These sentences describe a beautiful woman in an all-round way, praising her hands, praising her skin, praising her teeth and eyebrows. When she smiles, her beautiful glasses ripple in the water, making people forget about this world. It can be said that she is the ultimate beauty compliment, and she has a long history, so she is definitely very cultured.

Of course, when it comes to praising others for their good looks, we have to mention the poem written by Li Yannian during the Han Dynasty that has been passed down through the ages. "Renguo. Wouldn't you rather know a beautiful city or a beautiful country?" You see, there is not a word about the family's face from beginning to end, but from the side, every time she looks back, from the city. There is a story about a country falling for her smile, and even a city or even a country cannot compare to her looking back. A beauty like this is unprecedented and I am afraid I will never see her again.

In addition to what I have said above, there are also some very fragmentary sayings. For example, Wei Zhuang once wrote in "Bodhisattva Man": The people on the side of the mountain are like the moon, and their bright wrists are covered with frost and snow. Comparing beauty to the bright moon in the sky, her wrists are as white as frost, dew and snow. Gao Tide also said in "Youmengying": "The so-called beauty has flowers as appearance, birds as voice, the moon as god, willow as form, jade as bones, ice and snow as skin, and autumn water as posture. , with poetry as my heart, I can do it.”

I hope it can help the questioner.