This means that when the country is in danger, King Qi Xuan will think of Zhong Wuyan, and in times of peace, he will go to Xia Yingchun to have fun.

Zhong Wuyan and Xia Yingchun were both women around King Xuan of Qi. The former was ugly but talented, while the latter was beautiful but incompetent. So, when King Xuan of Qi had something to do, he ran to Zhong Wuyan for help; as soon as the incident was over, he went to Xia Yingchun to have fun and left Zhong Wuyan aside.

Xia Yingchun was a beautiful woman from Qi State during the Warring States Period. She was a concubine of King Xuan of Qi and a contemporary of Zhong Wuyan. Because of her beauty, she was favored by King Xuan of Qi. Later generations speculated that the popular saying "when there is something to do, there is no beauty, but when there is nothing to do, summer welcomes spring" is actually not credible.

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The so-called "when there is something to do, there is no beauty, but when there is nothing to do, summer welcomes spring". In fact, there has never been this saying. Summer Yingchun is a casual joke made by contemporary people, and this view is not widespread. In fact, Xia Yingchun was a beautiful concubine who was good at singing and dancing. She usually only sang and danced with King Xuan of Qi and did not care about politics.

Zhong Wuyan, on the other hand, does not care about singing, dancing or having fun, and is particularly able to endure hardships. She is the type who can walk while the king rides in his car. She only cares about politics. It remains to be verified what kind of king King Qi Xuan was in history.

Stories about Zhong Lichun leading troops to fight are mostly found in folklore. In the Yuan Dynasty, Chinese opera developed greatly. Zheng Guangzu, one of the four great masters of Yuan opera, wrote a Yuan opera called "The Chou Qi Empress Wu Yan Lian" (also called "The Wisdom and the Brave Ding Qi"), which tells the story of Prince Qi dreaming of Shu Yue at night, and the doctor Yan Ying helped him realize his dream. , thinking that the lady the young master was going to marry was hiding in the countryside and her fortune was not good, and suggested that he go out of the city to hunt for ladies and sages.

The daughter of Zhongli Xin from Wuyan Town in Qi State was ugly but talented in both civil and military affairs. When she went out to pick mulberries, she met Mr. Qi who was chasing a white rabbit. Yan Ying saw that she spoke well, so he persuaded Mr. Qi to marry her as his queen.

At that time, Qin and Yan both wanted to subdue Qi and deliberately created difficult problems, asking Qi to send people to untie the jade rings and play the Pu Xianqin. Zhong Lichun solved these two problems with wisdom and deliberately humiliated the envoys. , stimulating the two countries to send troops. Zhong Lichun led his troops to form a formation and defeated them, leaving Qi without worries.

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