Four Beauties
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The Four Beauties or Four Great Beauties are four Chinese women who are renowned for their beauty and their impact on Chinese history through the influence they exercised over powerful men. The four a
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Xi Shi
Wang Zhaojun
Diao Chan
Yang Guifei
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Yang Yuhuan, often known as Yang Guifei or Lady Yang, and known briefly by the Taoist nun name Taizhen, was the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during his later years. She is known as one
Four Beauties
…impact on Chinese history through the influence they exercised over powerful men. The four are usually identified as Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan, and Yang Guifei. Among them, Diaochan is a fictional character while the rest have been greatly embellished by legend. One of the earliest references to qualities later…
Yang Guifei teaching a parrot to chant sutras, Liao dynasty c.926-929
Daming Palace Model National Heritage Park
A modern statue of Yang
Jokomyo-ji, Yang Guifei Kannon statue at Jokomyoji Temple in Ogigaya, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture