Top Ten Beauties of the Three Kingdoms Reviewed One by One!

1. Diaochan: As the saying goes, "the horse is Chi Tu, the man is Lu Bu, and the woman is Diaochan". Listing her as the top of the ten beauties of the Three Kingdoms is really no surprise and lacks originality. Diaochan's place in the top four beauties of China is probably largely due to her reputation. A woman with some beauty who has a relationship with a political figure always becomes famous very quickly. Take Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern, for example - not many people would consider her a great beauty.

2. Xiao Qiao: She and Zhou Yu are the best couple of the Three Kingdoms. According to Brother Zhu, Cao Cao also had designs on the two daughters of Qiao Gong. Cao Zijian wrote in his poem: "I will take the two Qiaos from the southeast, and enjoy their company day and night." The Xiao Qiao in the TV series is dignified and virtuous, seemingly far superior to Diaochan. Alas, if I could have a wife like Xiao Qiao, what more could I ask for? Was it for Xiao Qiao that Brother Zhu made Zhou Yu angry three times?

3. Da Qiao: Sun Ce's wife. The dashing Sun Bo Fu would never marry someone unattractive. Although Da Qiao is not often mentioned in the Three Kingdoms, based on Xiao Qiao, her sister's quality wouldn't be bad either.

4. Zou Shi: Zhang Ji's wife and Zhang Xiu's aunt. This woman is a perfect example of the phrase "a beautiful woman brings disaster". Cao Cao was lustful, and after getting Wancheng from Zhang Xiu, he asked his subordinates if there were any beautiful women (nowadays, even leaders with such thoughts wouldn't dare to be so brazen). The pimp Cao Anmin actually brought Zou Shi over. And Cao Cao dared to indulge himself, which led to trouble - Wancheng was lost, and Dian Wei died. Truly, the character for 'lust' has a knife above it. Fellow readers, this is a lesson from history.

5. Zhen Shi: Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law and Yuan Xi's wife. The family of Cao Cao didn't seem to value virtue much. After the Cao army broke through the city of Ji Zhou, Crown Prince Cao Pi rushed into Yuan Shao's residence to loot and found a woman with disheveled hair. After cleaning her face, he realized she was a beauty. This Zhen Shi was thus taken by Cao Pi as war booty. Later, due to palace intrigue among concubines, she was granted death by Cao Pi. However, the crowned emperor Cao Rui was her son. It's said that the Goddess of Luo River in Cao Zijian's "Ode to the Goddess of the Luo" is this sister-in-law Zhen Shi.

6. Fan Shi: Another widow. She was the sister-in-law of Zhao Fan, the governor of Guiyang. When Liu Bei attacked the four southern commanderies of Jing Province, Zhao Yun captured Guiyang, and Zhao Fan surrendered and became sworn brothers with Zhao Yun. Zhao Fan thought that Zhao Yun was a hero of the time, a clansman, and a fellow townsman, so he wanted to marry his highly selective beautiful widowed sister-in-law to Zhao Yun. But Zhao Yun was extremely angry when he heard this, considering it incest. Thus, the two Zhous fell out and fought again. This beautiful story came to nothing, and our white horse hero Zhao Yun remained alone, fighting across the land until Yi Province.

7. Gan Furen: Liu Bei's secondary wife. Her skin was very good, and it was said that Liu Bei liked to compare her with a jade statue of a sheep fat at night. She followed Liu Bei all her life, fleeing and wandering everywhere, without enjoying a single moment of happiness. Liu Bei, although very righteous towards his brothers, discarded his wives recklessly. In battle, when he lost, he only cared about saving himself, causing Gan Furen to be captured several times by Cao Cao and Lu Bu. Whether Cao Cao and Lu Bu also saw her as a sheep fat beauty is unknown. Gan Furen truly met an unfortunate end; not long after the Battle of Red Cliffs, shortly after Liu Bei settled down, she passed away. This then led to the following story of "Ganlu Temple".

8. Sun Shangxiang: Daughter of Sun Jian, half-sister of Sun Ce and Sun Quan, and the heroine of the story "Lost both wife and soldiers". Originally, Little Miss Sun was used as bait by her brother Sun Quan (a typical case of "kinship is precious, but the empire is more valuable") to lure the middle-aged Liu Bei, who had recently lost his wife, to Eastern Wu as a hostage to exchange for Jing Province. Unexpectedly, Lady Wu, the mother-in-law, liked her son-in-law more and more, and added to that, Elder Qiao received benefits from Liu Bei and fanned the flames, turning this fake drama into a real one. At 49 years old, Liu Bei, who had been fighting all his life, suddenly got this beautiful young bride, naturally feeling elated and forgetting about Jing Province (once again, we see the genetic factor of "if the son isn't taught well, it's the father's fault"). Fortunately, the half-seer Zhuge Liang foresaw everything and left Zhao Yun with three wonderful plans in sealed scrolls, allowing Liu Bei to return to Jing Province smoothly. Otherwise, Liu Bei might have become a saint who loved beauty more than power.

9. Bu Furen: The most beautiful of Sun Quan's many wives. Her greatest advantage is that she doesn't get jealous. She not only doesn't compete for favor with other beauties, but also frequently introduces young women to Sun Quan. Sun Quan therefore favored her the most, and later posthumously honored her as Empress. Men are really easy to deceive - if you control them too tightly, they won't even look at you; if you occasionally let them have a little wild fun and fool around, they'll think home flowers smell better than wild ones.

10. Wu Shi: This last one is also a widow. She is the sister of Wu Yi, who was originally married to Liu Zhang's son when Wu Yi served Liu Zhang. Later, when Liu Bei entered Chengdu, he took her as his own wife, a move that was quite similar to Cao Pi's. After Liu Bei declared himself emperor, Wu Shi was appointed as empress. Wu Yi held a high rank in Shuhan, possibly due to this connection as an imperial relative.

Reprinted from: Smiling Proud Wanderer of the Three Kingdoms