古代的四大丑女是指远古时代的嫫母、战国时期的钟离春、东汉时期的孟光、东晋时期阮德慰的女儿阮氏。她们虽然容貌丑陋,但却都是有德有才之人。嫫母被认为是四大丑女之首,汉王子渊《四子讲德论》中云:“嫫母楼傀,善誉者不能掩其丑。”但是,屈原在《楚辞·九章·惜往日》中说:“妒佳冶之芬芳兮,嫫母姣而自好。”可见,嫫母是十分贤德的。嫫母养蚕缫丝,把丝织成绸子用来做衣服,被后人尊称为“先蚕姑娘”。黄帝娶她为妻,后来黄帝打败了炎帝,杀死了蚩 The four ancient ugly women in ancient times refers to the mum in ancient times, Zhong Yuanchun in the Warring States period, Meng Guang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Nguyen Thian, the daughter of Ruan Tezhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Although they look ugly, but they are virtuous people. Mum is considered the head of four ugly women, Han Wang Zi Yuan “Four Says” in the clouds: “mother floor puppet, goodwill can not hide its ugly. ” However, Qu Yuan in the “ Nine chapters of the past, ”said:“ The jealousy of the good metallurgical Xi Xi, Jiao mother Jiao and good. ”“ Visible, mother is very virtuous.嫫 mother silkworm reeling, the silk into silk used to make clothes, later known as ”silkworm". Huangdi married her as a wife, and later defeated Yandi Huang Di, killed 蚩