Four beautiful girl of ancient China:Yang yu huan, Zhao jun,Diao chan and Xi shi....There are many famous story about the girls.People use fish,flower,wild goose,and moon to compared their beautiful.
Yang yu huan When tang dynasty,there has a beautiful girl,who was in the palace as a lady-in-waiting.After she entered the palace long time,she misses her hometown very much.One day,she went to flower garden,she saw many kinds of flowers,like,Peony,Chinese rose,and so on...they were in full bloom.She was so sad about herself:"Flower...when I can break out the poor situation?"She cried so sadly...She caressed the flowers,but the flowers were bashful,they put their head down.
So,people say Yang yu huan beautiful than flowers.
Zhao jun When han dynasty,the country in war.The King of han in order to appeased the fighter,chooses Zhao jun married Shan yu to keep the peace of the two countries.
In a fine day,Zhao jun leaved her hometown to Xiong nu's country.On the way the horses and wild goose aways shout.She is so sad about her married,she stirred her musical instrument,the sound peaceful.The wild goose listened the music forget fly,and fall down..So people use the wild goose to described Zhao jun.
Diao chan When san guo dynasty,Diao chan dancing in the garden,Si tu wang yun saw and said how beauty of Diao chan,he said the moon saw her will holed up.So people used moon described Diao chan.
Xi shi When Spring and autumn Period,the nation of yue has a beautiful girl,who spinning and weaving the cloth and silk.
One day,she washed the clothes near the river,she's inverted image appeared her nice face,the fish saw her forget to swimming,and fall down the river.
Actually,if described the story using Chinese,it must be more beautiful.Because I can not translate "chen yu luo yan , bi yue xiu hua"in English.