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Four Beauties
The
Four Beauties
(四大美人; pinyin: si4 da4 mei3 ren2) are four legendary ancient
Chinese
women
, renowned for their
beauty
. They are, in chronological order:
Xi Shi
(c. seventh- to sixth-century BC,
Spring and Autumn
period)
Wang Zhaojun
(c. first-century BC,
Western Han Dynasty
period)
Diao Chan
(c. third-century,
Three Kingdoms
period)
Yang Guifei
(
719
-
756
,
Tang Dynasty
period)