貂蝉 Diao Chan.ppt

* Four Beauties Diao Chan was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. She was said to have been born in 161 or 169 or 176 AD, depending on the source. She was said to be born in Xinzhou, in today’s Shanxi province. However, unlike the other three beauties, she is not mentioned in any historical sources and may possibly be a fictional character. People described Diao Chan‘ s beauty as shaming the moon .Because this is from a story: one night, she was enjoying the full moon in the backyard, suddenly a cloud covered the moon. It was just seen by Wang Yun, Since then, he claimed that Diao Chan was more beautiful than the moon. Diao Chan’s Four Identities in record In the four beauties of ancient china, Diao Chan was certainly the most charming one. As she was so fascinating that she has made many outstanding heroes obsessed with her.And she was the most elusive woman in that fiction,so there are four identities of her in record. The first kind of view is , Diao Chan was a singing girl of Wang Yun, Wang Yun asked Diao Chan for help to use a honey-trap to rooting out Dong Zhuo, and she finally became the foster daughter of Wang Yun, and she finished the mission successfully. The second kind of view is, Diao Chan was a servant girl of Dong Zhuo. Then came the story of Lv Bu flirts with Diao Chan in Feng Yi pavilion. The third kind of view is, Diao Chan was Lv Bu ‘s wife according to the record of the fight between Lv Bu and Cao Cao. The fourth kind of view is, Diao Chan was the wife of the military officers under Lv Bu’s command. Diao Chan Praying For Moon （貂蝉拜月） Diao Chan was Wang Yun’ s foster daughter. And she was famous for her filial piety .At that time, Wang Yun was worried about affairs of the court all day because he had dissatisfaction of Dong Zhuo’s ruling of court, So Diao Chan prayed for the moon.She hoped she could help solve her father’s worrying . Lv Bu Diao Chan I