There were 4 famous ladies in the long Chinese history.
They were named Xi Shi, Zhao Jun Wang, Diao Chan, Yu Huan Yang (Also called Concubine Yang).
They were called the 4 most beautiful ladies of China.
There were many legends about them.
How beautiful they were?
People says "Sinking the fish, falls wild goose" and "obscuring the moon, making the flower blush"!
How did they happen?
Actually they were four stories for the four ladies.
"Sinking the fish" was the one for Xi Shi.
Xi shi was borned around 503 BC, more than 2500 years ago. It was Chinese Chun Qiu period.
She was washing clothes on the stream side. The fishes saw her reflection in the clean water.
They were shocked by her beauty immediately and forgot swimming.
Slowly they sinked down in the bottom of the stream.
