Revealing the "makeup realm" of ancient talented women: Li Qingzhao's light makeup

Li Qingzhao, the "first talented woman through the ages", was born with beauty, grew up in a scholarly family, was good at calligraphy and painting, studied epigraphy, and specialized in poetry. Her ci is known as "a unique poet", which is really the "beauty" of Qin Keqing in A Dream of Red Mansions. Li Qingzhao married Zhao Mingcheng with sweet feelings. A wife in a poetic life shows her beauty to her husband, which is a woman's heartfelt expression. There is a sentence in Li Qingzhao's Ugly Slave: "A gust of wind and rain comes late and washes away all glory. Li Sheng-Chun, but she wore light makeup on the Ling Hua ... "What is said between the lines is that the wind and rain at night washed away the heat during the day. On a rare cool summer night, Li Qingzhao confided to her husband on the piano, and then put on light makeup on Linghua mirror. In the burning fire of husband and wife's feelings, Li Qingzhao's makeup realm is still "light makeup".

As soon as the couple are free, they go shopping in the bustling capital Tokyo (now Kaifeng). Unlike today's girls, she doesn't go to clothing stores or cosmetics stores, but likes to go to the second-hand goods stall "Taobao" in Suoguo Temple and buy a bunch of old paintings and antiques with her husband every time. Li Qingzhao pays more attention to providing clothes for her thoughts and spirit while "wearing light makeup" in her life. In order to buy her favorite books, she will save money on cosmetics. After the Jingkang Rebellion broke out, Li Qingzhao was still carrying fifteen boxes of books when she fled south. In addition to reading and writing, even after-dinner entertainment is extremely elegant, which makes us see the real talented temperament, that is, we can show absolute beauty without deliberately dressing up. Nalan Xingde, the first poet in the early Qing Dynasty, wrote in "Huanxisha" that "gambling books to eliminate splashing tea" is enough to prove this point.

Xue Tao is more talented than Fan. Let's take a look at Xue Tao, a girls' school book in the Tang Dynasty. There is a Wangjiang Building in Chengdu, on which there is such a couplet: The ancient well is cold, the sun sets, ask a few loquacious questions, where is the school gate lane; The river bends over the sill, occupying the misty rain on the first floor, and the thatched cottage of the Ministry of Industry should share it equally. Xue Tao, a genius eyebrow sweeper, is the person who "wants to share the cottage of the Ministry of Industry equally" in the couplets.

Although Xue Tao was forced to become an official prostitute, she was noble and talented, and her works were magnificent and meaningful. Yang Shen, one of the three great talents in Ming Dynasty, commented that Xue Tao's poems were "satirical but not revealing, and gained the beauty of a poet". Not only is he outstanding in poetry, Xue Tao also designed and created "Xue Tao Stationery", also known as "Huanhua Stationery", which added a unique heritage to China culture. Xue Tao, after all, had the experience of an official prostitute, dealing with men's world. According to common sense, you should dress up beautifully and be rich every day. However, this talented woman does not pay attention to the heavy makeup on the surface, nor does she pursue external fine clothes and balsam. Its brilliant and elegant temperament condensed into a unique "spirit". With this spirit to make up for themselves, how can Xue Tao be lost in the dust of history!

Xie Daowen catkins are just tall. Finally, Strange Girl talked about the famous talented women in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and also talked about the rather arrogant Xie Daowen. Not only did she leave an allusion of "singing catkins because of the wind" for China culture, making "singing catkins" synonymous with talented women, but she was brave and resourceful, fearless in times of crisis, and truly achieved "the makeup of life". Xie Daowen was born into a noble family. She is the daughter of Anxi General Xie Yi and the niece of Prime Minister Xie An. She is not delicate, but she is worthy of the name. At that time, a satrap called her "heart-shaped"

Sun En Rebellion broke out in the third year of Jin 'an Longan (AD 399). Xie Daowen's husband Wang Ningzhi and several of her cousins died at the hands of Sun En. In the face of blood feud, Xie Daowen hacked to death several rebel soldiers in the process of rushing out of the encirclement, and was captured. According to the Biography of Woman in the Book of Jin, when the rebel soldiers tried to kill Xie Daowen's grandson, she made a generous statement: "This is the king's door, not his home! It must be so, I'd rather kill it first. " In the face of the upright and extraordinary Xie Cai, Sun En put down the butcher knife and let Xie Daowen and her little grandson go. The strange girl praised by people is "strange" because she "makes up" her fearlessness and strength with her inner vitality, thus conquering her opponent and history. As Mencius said, "Enrichment is beautiful, and enrichment and brilliance are great."

In fact, we can understand the connotation of makeup in this way: please use books as makeup, which permeates a kind of "self-satisfaction with poetry and books"; Please take virtue as makeup to create a soul of "sand grinds beautiful jade"; Please take character as cosmetics and temper the truth that "being a man must be a hero". In life, there is no need to search for superb makeup and expensive cosmetics. Mr. Lin Qingxuan has given the answer in The Makeup of Life: The best way to change the appearance is not to work hard on the appearance, but to reform from the inside. Unfortunately, people who only work hard on their faces often don't understand this truth.