), literary descriptions of beautiful women emphasized their attitude or expression rather than their figure: Hsi Shih clutching at her heart, the Imperial Consort Yang glancing back, Black Jade's "willow eyebrows" in Dream of the Red Chamber--no one was interested in their measurements.
西施捧心、楊妃回眸，沒有人會去追究她們的三圍比例；紅拂女瀉著一頭烏亮如瀑的長髮、林黛玉蹙著兩彎抱病含情的柳眉，個中嫵媚，何勞身量？即如事蹟香豔的大、小周後，後主詞中也只有「向人微露丁香顆」的大膽形容。