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Xi Shi西施

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An ancient beauty, here referring to feminine allure.

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Xi Shi, and the people around them.

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Feature550 Years, Told TwiceFrom the end of the Western Zhou to the Qin unification, the 550-year history of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods is recorded with rigor in official histories like the Records of the Grand Historian and the Zuo Commentary, and also popularized in the Ming dynasty novel Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms. For narrative coherence and excitement, the novel often embellishes and dramatizes historical details. This piece examines a few such instances side by side, noting for each how the official history records it and how the novel alters it.

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Sources: Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 嘲诮五; Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 奢侈一; Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 梦七; Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 鬼十一; Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 鬼十二

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