Chinese poem illustration: 卫风 硕人/ Wei Wind – Giant Beauty by Anonymous
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The most beautiful woman in the Book of Songs? The most beautiful woman in the Chinese literature? This poem is . This popular and famous poem described the wife of Wei lord(卫侯), with a very delicacy writing, the wordings it created are still popularly used and quoted today. The poem together with Cove of Qi(淇奥) established the classic writing about a person, namely a beauty or a lord. The literature images and vocabularies created become essential in Chinese language.
The 2nd paragraph is the gemstone on the crown of Book of Songs. The analogic words to a beautiful woman are the gemstones of this paragraph, and illustrated in detail with pictures.
卫风 硕人
佚名
硕人其颀，衣锦褧衣。
齐侯之子，卫侯之妻，东宫之妹。
邢侯之姨，谭公维私。
手如柔荑，肤如凝脂。
领如蝤蛴，齿如瓠犀，螓首蛾眉。
巧笑倩兮，美目盼兮。
硕人敖敖，说于农郊。
四牡有骄，朱幩镳镳。翟茀以朝。
大夫夙退，无使君劳。
河水洋洋，北流活活。
施罛濊濊，鳣鲔发发，葭菼揭揭。
庶姜孽孽，庶士有朅。
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