According to legend, during the Warring States period, there was an ugly girl in Qi State who was forbidden to get married at the age of forty and was later made a queen.
Zhong Lichun, also known as Zhong Wuyan, is an ugly queen without a beautiful girl. According to historical records, "Li Zhong, the compound surname, has no salt (when the spring name is said, the word has no salt). Because he is from Wuyan (now Dongping, Shandong), he is called Wuyan. Like Wu Zetian's mother, she didn't get married until she was 40 years old. The difference is that although she is ugly, she is determined to be a queen. There is no such thing as Zhong Wuyan. This is the nickname given to her in previous dramas. In the early days of Qi Xuanwang's rule, he sang and danced day after day and cheered every night, but after that, he made no progress. It was not easy for his ancestors to open up Xinjiang, and he carried Wang Xuan's mistakes. Wang Xuan repented to show repentance, dismissed the harem, and made himself a queen without beauty, which showed that he was not greedy for beauty. Since then, I have been diligent in reform, and Qi has become the first of the six countries! " Zhong Lichun's story was first seen in Liu Xiang's Biography of Lienv in the Western Han Dynasty. She is from Wuyan County, Qi State. She has both ability and political integrity, but she is ugly. She is forty years old and not married. In many ancient books, she always said that "appearance is better than no salt", which echoed "appearance is like a western child" How ugly is it? In the book, her forehead and eyes are sunken, which looks dull and dry, and the proportion of up and down is out of balance. Besides, her skeleton is very big and strong. Like a man, his nose is facing the sky, his neck is fat and thick, he has an Adam's apple, his forehead is like a mortar, and the middle is sunken. Less hair and dark skin. You know, in ancient times, empresses were all "flying moths with a cicada's head", even like Wu Zetian's "square forehead and big eyes, and the eyes are full of pearls and phoenix eyes". Although Zhong Lichun has an amazing appearance, she can't sing and dance like other beautiful concubines, but she only asks about politics. Qi Xuanwang, who was in power at that time, was politically corrupt, had a bad temper and liked to kiss up. Risking his life to see him, he stated the four dangers of Qi, and pointed out that if he didn't pull back from the brink, the city would be ruined and the country would perish. Qi Xuanwang was deeply moved and regarded Zhong Lichun as his mirror. His suggestion was adopted by Wang Xuan, and he was made queen, from then on he ruled the country. China also left two idioms: "Ugliness is better than beauty" and "self-recommendation pillow mat". Help Qi Xuanwang revive the Korean platform.