Wang Zhaojun was born to a prominent family
of Baopin village, Zigui country (now Zhaojun village, Xingshan county,Hubei) in the south of
the Western Han empire. Since the daughter gives birth when her father is aged,
her father regards her as the pearl in the palm. Wang zhaojun was endowed with
dazzling beauty with extremely intelligent mind. And she is adept in pipa and
master all the Four Arts of the Chinese Scholar – GuqinGo,Calligraphy and
Chinese painting. In 36 BC,Emperor Yuan chose his concubines from the whole
state. Because of Zhaojun’s fame in the county, she was the first choice for
the concubine from Nan county.Emperor Yuan
issued the edict that Zhaojun should enter the harem soon. Although Zhaojun’s
father said that my daughter was too young to enter the harem, he still cannot
violate the decree. Finally this daring and determined young woman farewell her
hometown and entered the harem of Emperor Yuan in early summer. According to
the custom in the palace, when choosing a new wife, the Emperor was first
presented with portraits of all the possible women. It is said that because of
Zhaojun's confidence of beauty and temperament, she refused to bribe the artist
Mao Shouyan as other women do.As a reprisal, Mao shouyan painted a mole of
widowed tears on Zhaojun’s portrait.As a result, during her time in the Lateral
Courts, Wang Zhaojun was never visited by the emperor and remained as a palace
lady-in-waiting. Wang Zhaojun's portrait was either never viewed by the
Emperor, or was not in its true form, and therefore the Emperor overlooked her
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