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Written during the Han dynasty, [4] the original text is lost, though it was partially preserved in the Japanese medical text Ishinpō (醫心方). [5] In 1903, Chinese sexologist Ye Dehui (葉德輝) published an almost fully reconstructed version of Yufang mijue, alongside four other ancient Chinese texts on sexuality; this was not well-received by the public, and in 1927 the Chinese ...
One of the earliest references to qualities later associated with the canonical Four Great Beauties appears in the Zhuangzi.In one chapter, the women Mao Qiang and Lady Li are described as "great beauties" who "when fish see them they dart into the depths, when birds see them they soar into the skies, when deer see them they bolt away without looking back".
Xi Shi as depicted in the album Gathering Gems of Beauty (畫麗珠萃秀). Xi Shi (Hsi Shih; Chinese: 西施; pinyin: Xī Shī; Wade–Giles: Hsi 1 Shih 1, lit. ' (Lady) Shi of the West '), also known by the nickname Xizi, was one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.
The Eight Beauties of Qinhuai (Chinese: 秦淮八艳; pinyin: Qínhuái Bāyàn), also called the Eight Beauties of Jinling (Chinese: 金陵八艳), were eight famous Yiji or Geji during the Ming-Qing transition period who resided along the Qinhuai River in Nankin (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China). As well as possessing great beauty, they ...
As she was born when her father was very old, he regarded her as "a pearl in the palm". Wang Zhaojun was endowed with dazzling beauty with an extremely intelligent mind. She was adept in playing the pipa and also mastered the ancient "Four Arts of the Chinese Scholar" – the guqin, go, calligraphy and Chinese painting.
In Chinese art, the Four Gentlemen or Four Noble Ones (Chinese: 四君子; pinyin: Sì Jūnzǐ), is a collective term referring to four plants: the plum blossom, the orchid, the bamboo, and the chrysanthemum. [1] [2] The term compares the four plants to Confucian junzi, or "gentlemen".
Female Chinese beauty standards have become a well-known feature of Chinese culture. A 2018 survey conducted by the Great British Academy of Aesthetic Medicine concluded that Chinese beauty culture prioritizes an oval face shape, pointed, narrow chin, plump lips, well defined Cupid's bows , and obtuse jaw angle. [ 1 ]
In 1990, sinologist Victor H. Mair translated the Ma-wang-tui version; Mair considered this earliest-known version (by 500 years) more authentic than the most commonly translated texts. The two silk books are part of the Cultural Relics from the Mawangdui Tombs collection at the Hunan Provincial Museum .