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Antique Chinese oil lamp bonanza/listings/Chinese-Antique-Black-copper-oil-lamp-carved-Chinese-Four-Beauties/212511386 Hand carved the famous Chinese Ancient Four Beauties, there were stories on each of them, let me give you an idea briefly: - Xi Shi (c. 450 BC), foremost of the Four legendary beauties, given by the King Gou Jian of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu. - Wang Zhao Jun (52-19 BC), one of the Four legendary beauties, at the court of Han emperr Yuan, - Diaochan (192), one of the Four legendary beauties, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warload Dong Zhuo to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lu Bu. - Yang Gui Fei (Original name is Yang Yu Huan) (719-756), a famous beauty in Tang dynasty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong, blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the Anshi rebellion. If this can help you understand more about Chinese history, would be appreciated.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:21:39 +0000

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