Xi Shi

She was said to have lived in a small Yue village (today part of Zhuji, a county-level city in Shaoxing, Zhejiang) during the end of the Spring and Autumn period.

This account first appeared in Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue published five centuries after the conquest, and is completely absent in earlier works such as Guoyu, Zuo zhuan, and Records of the Grand Historian.

This idiom is commonly used to compliment a woman's beauty, symbolizing that her allure is so captivating that it can cause fish to submerge, birds to descend, the moon to hide, and flowers to blush.

Enchanted by the beauty of Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, King Fuchai became wholly preoccupied with their presence, diverting his attention from matters of state.

[6] Influenced by Xi Shi's counsel, he made the grievous decision to eliminate his trusted advisor, the esteemed general Wu Zixu.

In the legend, after the fall of Wu, Fan Li (范蠡) retired from his ministerial post and lived with Xi Shi on a fishing boat, roaming like fairies in the misty wilderness of Taihu Lake, and no one saw them ever again.

This is according to Yuan Kang's Yue Jueshu (越绝书), which records: "After the West Shi died of Wu, he returned to Fan Li, and went with Pan Wuhu.

[11] Xishi Old Town, located on the south side of Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province, is an important part of the national key scenic spots of the Ruanjiang River.

[12] Although there has been controversy over the hometown of Xi Shi, on June 10, 2006, the first China Intangible Cultural Heritage Day, the State Council announced the first batch of China's intangible cultural heritage list, and the "Legend of Xi Shi" was listed.This means that the controversy over whether Xishi's hometown is Zhuji or Xiaoshan has settled over the years.