Xishi, known for
her peerless beauty, was beset by some sort of heart trouble, and so she was
often seen knitting her brows and walking with a hand on her chest.
Now there was an
ugly woman in the neiggbourhood who one day saw Xishi hin the village street.
In admiration she returned home determined to imitate Xishi’s way of walking
and mannerisms. But this only increased her ugliness. So much so that every
time she walked abroad the rich would shut their doors tight and disdain to
come out, while the poor with their wives and children would avoid her and
quickly turn their steps away.
Alas, that woman
mistook frowning for something invariably beautiful, and was unaware that it
only adds beauty to a real beauty.
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