"Shaming flowers" is referred to Yang Yuhuan who was the top beauty in Tang Dynasty. She was a very smart concubine deeply loved by Tang emperor. Endowed with a beautiful looking as a peony flower, the flowers always felt shameful at the sight of her natural beauty and lowered their heads when Concubine went by. 

  "Shedding moon" is entitled to Diao Chan who was the top beauty in Han Dynasty. She looked extremely young and purified. One day, she strolled around in a courtyard at night. Suddenly, her father said: "My daughter is looked even much brighter than moon hung on the sky." On hearing what her father says, the moon quickly shed behind a cloud for great embarrassment.  

  "Dropping wild goose" is said to Wang Zhaojun who lived in Han Dynasty also. She was married with a minority leader for political reasons. Having walked far away from her hometown, she felt sorrowful and took out a Biwa to play. Against the wild and solitary prairie, her face appeared more and more attractive than before. A flock of wild gooses were happed to fly across here and a goose suddenly dropped down on the ground. The goose forgot to fly when he was stocked by Wang's smart beauty.

  "Sinking fish" is a description of Xi Shi in Spring and Autumn Period. She was a common girl but with an admiring beauty who always went to river bank for washing silk. As she stood by river bank, the fish under water saw her tendering figure and jade-white skin. So these fish got a inferiority before her and finally turned to sink into water. 

  For centuries passing by, these four top beauties of ancient times are still enchanted by lovely Chinese.