Okay, here is the translation following your instructions: The correct saying of the nineteen empresses of past dynasties

Author: Wu Yushan
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Emperors' consorts in Chinese history were byproducts of feudal society's emperors. Consequently, they were inevitably associated with keywords such as politics, power, role models, imperial palaces, and eroticism. Emperors were quintessential political figures, and their wives followed suit, with empresses often being central figures in political circles. Emperors were the epitome of power, and empresses were undoubtedly part of the inner circle. Historically, a highly frequently used term for empresses was "the motherly model for the world," meaning that as empresses, they were to serve as role models for women of their time and even future generations. The imperial family's living quarters were the Forbidden City, the imperial palaces—places that commoners could not easily access, a place filled with mystery and constantly producing stories. As the female head of this household—the empress—she inevitably became a key figure in many colorful tales. The women of the emperor, however, had to be attractive; the imperial family's beauty selection mechanism was a highly precise and efficient machine, and emperors were often lechers, so it can be imagined that empresses were often the protagonists of the imperial family's erotic dramas.