Chapter 585: Aren't Tang People Fat Beauty~?

Following.

Li Zexuan had breakfast and came to Yunshan early, but unexpectedly met an unexpected person.

"Hey~? Wen Hao~? When did you come~? Aren't you supposed to be in Hu Ji Grain Shop~? ”

When he came to Yan Shaoning's temporary "office", Li Zexuan actually saw Meng Wenhao, who had disappeared for a long time, and he couldn't help but ask.

The last time he came to Yunshan, when Li Zexuan invited a group of students from the Arithmetic Hall to dinner, he once heard a few students talk about Meng Wenhao, saying that he was working as an account in a grain store to earn money to subsidize the family, so he didn't come to Yunshan with them.

"Sir~! You're here~! The student just came here the day before yesterday~! Come a little late, please don't blame Mr.~! ”

When Meng Wenhao saw Li Zexuan coming in, he hurriedly got up excitedly and said hello.

Yan Shaoning interjected angrily: "Look at your students, all of them are more active than you, someone was sitting on a fairy lamp dangling in Chang'an City a few days ago, it's really free~!" ”

Li Zexuan said speechlessly: "I'm proving to everyone that I'm not bragging, okay~?" And not for my personal enjoyment~? To a certain extent, I'm also for the future development of Yanhuang Academy~! ”

Yan Shaoning pouted and said, "Okay, okay~!" Just your crooked reasoning~! But then you are a student, you are really good~! Not only is he a good hand at settling accounts, but the charm is really not ordinary~! ”

Li Zexuan's mind was full of confusion, and he said unknowingly: "What do you mean~?" ”

Meng Wenhao hurriedly said with a flushed face: "It's nothing, Commander Yan, don't say it~!" ”

"This is a glorious thing, what are you embarrassed to say~?"

Yan Shaoning patted Meng Wenhao's shoulder, laughed, and then said to Li Zexuan: "Xiaoxuan, you don't know yet, right~?" After you, the student, went to the Hu Ji Grain Shop, not only defeated their original four bookkeepers in arithmetic, but also almost abducted the eldest lady of the other family when he left~! Gee~! ”

Li Zexuan was stunned for a moment, and asked with interest: "Oh~?" And there is such a thing~? Shaoning, come and listen to it~! ”

After that, this thing hurriedly moved a stool and sat in front of Yan Shaoning, looking anxious to listen to the gossip, looking like a gentleman~!

Meng Wenhao's eyelids jumped and he was quite speechless.

Yan Shaoning was accustomed to Li Zexuan's out-of-the-box temperament, he also sat down and began to tell Li Zexuan about Meng Wenhao's "romantic affairs".

So, the two big men in the room sat together and began to gossip, while a half-sized man fidgeted awkwardly beside him.

Half an hour later, after learning the whole story, Li Zexuan got up and laughed: "Wen Hao, you kid can~!" I haven't graduated yet, and I've learned to flirt with my sister~! Ha ha~! Not bad~! ”

Meng Wenhao was embarrassed, although he didn't know what "flirting with girls" meant, he could guess a rough idea, he said: "Sir, the student just wants to use what he has learned to earn some change, and he has no intention of provoking anyone~!" ”

Li Zexuan waved his hand again and again, and said, "Hehe~!" You don't have to explain to the teacher that you still believe in your character. But why don't you kid accept the heart of the eldest lady of the Hu family~? ”

"Uh~! This ......"

Meng Wenhao scratched his head in embarrassment, but he didn't know how to answer.

Li Zexuan looked at Yan Shaoning and asked, "Could it be a problem of appearance~?" Shaoning, how does the eldest lady of the Hu family look~? ”

Yan Shaoning couldn't help but smile and said, "The facial features are acceptable, that is, ...... It's just a little plump, and there's nothing bad about it~! ”

"Oh~!"

Li Zexuan let out a meaningful "oh", and Meng Wenhao hurriedly said: "Sir, it's not a matter of appearance, it's just that the student is still young and hasn't considered marriage yet~!" ”

Yan Shaoning pouted and said, "Cut, pretend~!" If it weren't for the appearance, it would be ghosted~! ”

"That's right~!"

Li Zexuan suddenly remembered something and asked, "Don't you all like plump women Shaoning~?" ”

He remembered that in his previous life, many books wrote that the Tang people regarded fat as beauty~! It stands to reason that since Miss Hu's facial features are not bad, but her figure is slightly plump, such a woman should be more liked by people now, but looking at them now, it is obviously not the case~!

Yan Shaoning said with disgust when he heard this: "Go~!" Who said I like plump women~? I haven't seen you kid like this~! Why do we have to like it~? Wen Hao, do you like this~? ”

Meng Wenhao hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head.

Li Zexuan sweated for a while, and said secretly: Did you remember it wrong~?

He was not mistaken, he was just misled.

In the previous life, the Tang Dynasty people examined women's "obesity as beauty", which has been around for a long time and has spread widely.

After some research, some experts assert that the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty people are indeed based on obesity, and point out several reasons why the Tang Dynasty people regard obesity as beauty: the Tang Dynasty had a prosperous economy, and people had the conditions to eat and dress warmly, and maintain a healthy and plump physique; The culture of the Tang Dynasty was open, inclusive, and fat; The Xianbei blood of the Tang Dynasty royal family made them naturally fond of women with strong physique...... The head is the way, and the words are chiseled.

Actually, this statement is not true, at least inaccurate.

The reason why people believe that women in the Tang Dynasty are obese is mainly based on the posture of Yang Guifei and the image of women in Tang Dynasty court paintings and ladies' paintings.

In fact, as long as you take a closer look at the famous Tang Dynasty painters Yan Liben and Zhou Fang, it is not difficult to find that the palace maids and ladies in the paintings are not obese at all. The nine palace maids surrounded Li Shimin and walked slowly, some carrying chariots, some wearing umbrellas, and some holding fans. It looks like she has a lot of strength, and she is by no means a sick beauty who can't help but be weak.

However, looking at their figures, they are really quite slender. The woman in the middle is probably a nobler and a little older, and her body is slightly plump, but her standing posture is all graceful and graceful, light as a spring breeze blowing willows. There is no doubt that their figures can be described by the word "slim".

Regarding Yang Guifei, there are records of being fat and afraid of heat in the literature. For example, she is said to be "fleshly, and bitter in the summer." However, Yang Guifei's "flesh" is by no means as obese as people say today. At most, it's just a little muscle, which is what is said above to be "slightly muscular".

A person who is good at dancing must have physical movements, and it is normal to have a little muscle. Yang Guifei's fear of heat is actually not because she is obese, but because she has such a physique. It is recorded that Yang Guifei "consumes the first time every night, and her lungs are hot", and she often goes to the back garden alone in the early morning to suck the flower dew and moisten her throat. In order to moisten her lungs, Yang Guifei had to take a piece of cool jade fish in her mouth every day in summer.

And there is no historical record that can show that Yang Guifei was favored by Emperor Tang Ming because she was fat or plump. Both the old and new biographies of Yang Guifei record that the main reason for Yang Guifei's favor is that she has "strong qualifications". Specifically, it includes: "good at singing and dancing, Xiao Xiao rhythm, and intelligent calculation and vigilance, welcoming and enlightening", that is, with literary and artistic expertise, smart and clever, and empathetic.

Coupled with the description of the poet Saint Du Fu in a poem, "the state is deep and true, the texture is delicate and the flesh and bone are even", that is, gorgeous, dignified, temperamental, and delicate skin. The actual situation is that Emperor Tang Ming did not appreciate the muscles on Yang Guifei's body.

It is said that once Emperor Tang Ming was looking in the hall of Baihuayuan, and after Yang Guifei saw it, she asked him what book he was reading. Tang Minghuang smiled and said, "Don't ask. You'll feel bad when you know it. ”

Yang Guifei snatched the book and saw that it was written: "Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty won Feiyan, and his body was light. Afraid of its fluttering, the emperor made a crystal plate, so that the palace people sang and danced ......". At this time, Tang Minghuang made fun of her and said, "You can withstand the wind better than her." Yang Guifei was not convinced, and said very confidently that she surpassed Zhao Feiyan.

During Li Bai's worship of Hanlin, he wrote three poems by order, singing about the beauty of Yang Guifei and the court life at that time. The second of them is dedicated to the beauty of Yang Guifei, and the poem says:

A branch of red dew condenses incense, and the clouds and rain Wushan are in vain.

By asking who in the Han Palace is like? Poor Feiyan leans on new makeup.

In the poem, Yang Guifei is compared to a peony and Zhao Feiyan. If Yang Guifei is really an obese person, and Zhao Feiyan can form a stark contrast between fat and thin, then this comparison is ridicule and disobedience. It is likely that Yang Guifei herself also admires Zhao Feiyan and is willing to be compared to Zhao Feiyan by others. It is said that Yang Guifei has the nickname of "fat maid", which is likely to be a kind of curse against her by people who are jealous and hate her. It can be seen that people at that time did not regard obesity as beauty.

The most interesting thing is Bai Juyi's two poems, "The horse is fat and walks fast, and the prostitute can sing and dance." Horses are beautiful because they are fat, but kabuko is better off being thin and tall. Prostitutes are obese, which is simply an unforgivable shortcoming. The famous poet Du Mu met a relatively fat prostitute who persuaded him to drink in Shaanxi - that is, a bar girl, and he immediately made a poem, which was extremely satirical and ugly. Take a look:

Pangu had a distant grandson at that time, and he still ordered his family to succeed today.

A cart of white clay will be muddy, and ten red flags will be broken.

In the Waguan Temple, there are traces of the line, and the palm marks are seen in front of Huayue Mountain.

There is no need to be sad and difficult to marry, wait and ask Lekun the book.

All kinds of signs show that the Tang people's statement that obesity is beautiful is lacking in empirical evidence, and this is still the first year of Zhenguan, the establishment of the Tang Dynasty has just been less than ten years, even if the Tang Dynasty has a climate of obesity as beauty, it must not have been completely formed now, at least the eldest grandson queen, Princess Changle, are not obese people, and they are still very slim.

"Wocao, there's a problem here~!"

Li Zexuan muttered to himself, he also suddenly thought of the eldest grandson queen he had seen, and then he realized that people are not fat at this time, otherwise the eldest grandson queen would not be so thin~!

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