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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".
Both Lin and Xi Shi evoke the image of a beautiful lady with a delicate and fragile presence. Xi Shi appears in the martial arts fiction by Jin Yong (Louis Cha), " Sword of the Yue Maiden ". Her name also inspired the modern name of the Shih Tzu , whose Chinese name translates to "Xi Shi dog", but whose English name has been claimed to come ...
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 ]
Beauty, together with art and taste, is the main subject of aesthetics, one of the major branches of philosophy. [3] [4] Beauty is usually categorized as an aesthetic property besides other properties, like grace, elegance or the sublime. [5] [6] [7] As a positive aesthetic value, beauty is contrasted with ugliness as its
The earliest mention of the word chungong is found in the Chu Ci, but the word only began to mean erotic paintings from the Song dynasty. [7] [3]The first known record of the tradition of erotic art, however, dates back to 2nd century B.C. Chen ping of the Han Dynasty, and Guangchuanwang were said to have enjoyed drawing erotic art.
The Beauty (Chinese: 虞美人) [259] Chen Kengran 1931 Huang Jiang Nu Xia Episode 7 (Chinese: 荒江女侠第七集) [260] Chen Kengran, Shang Guanwu 1932 Huang Jiang Nu Xia Episode 9 (Chinese: 荒江女侠第九集) [261] Chen Kengran 1932 Savage (Chinese: 莽汉) [262] Xu Wenrong,Hu Zongli 1932 Little Actress (Chinese: 小女伶) [263] Qiu ...
A 17th-century portrait of Chen Yuanyuan. 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).
Su Nü Jing or Su Nü Ching - Classic of the White Madam (素女經), is a Chinese sexology book written before the Han dynasty. It belongs to the Chinese classics and presents the Taoist sexual practices. [1] [2] According to this religious tradition, the book is said to have been written by the Goddess Sunü in the Huang Di era.