The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?
Wa, in its everyday life, often emphasized "propriety and elegance," with even its national anthem sounding like funeral dirges. This was why Chen Yan found the geishas from the Wa royal palace unappealing.
The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?
The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?
The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.xxsone
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?
The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?
The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?
The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?
The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?
The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?
The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?
The geishas arranged by the shogunate were indeed much better than those arranged by Mitsukuni. Although the round-faced, bow-legged geishas were not to Chen Yan’s aesthetic taste, at least their makeup wasn’t ghastly, making them barely passable.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Mitsukuni’s fault.
It had to be said that Mitsukuni, after all, held the title of the King of Wa. When entertaining Chen Yan, an envoy from the Great Ming, he naturally had to present formal etiquette and could not have made the Wa royal palace resemble a cheap brothel.
Another reason was that the more one lacked something, the more one would emphasize it. Compared to the Central Plains, Wa was practically a barbaric land, and its people were hardly any better than savages. From Mitsukuni himself to the envoys sent to Ming by the anti-shogunate factions, they all felt a sense of inferiority when facing Chen Yan. Naturally, they wanted to display whatever best embodied "propriety" and "elegance" to Chen Yan, hoping to prove they were not barbarians.
Unfortunately, Mitsukuni and the anti-shogunate envoys to Ming had forgotten a saying from the Central Plains: a monkey in a gentleman’s attire.
The Central Plains valued propriety and elegance because these were originally created by the ancestors of the Central Plains. Furthermore, with thousands of years of inheritance, the Central Plains possessed the depth and substance to uphold these values.
What did Wa have?