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Nalan Xingde, originally named Nalan Chengde, with the courtesy name Rongruo, was also called Nalan Rongruo by later generations.

Nalan Xingde was born in the eleventh year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty. His father was the famous Nalan Mingzhu.

However, Mingzhu rose to prominence during the reign of Emperor Kangxi. When Nalan Xingde was born, his father was just a guard in the imperial court.

The Nalan family, to which Nalan Xingde belonged, belonged to the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner and was the founding family of the Qing Dynasty.

Nalan Xingde's great-grandfather Jin Taiji was the leader of the Yehe tribe and was once a sworn enemy of Nurhaci.

Later, Jin Taiji died in battle, and Jin Taiji's son Niyaha led his troops to surrender to Nurhaci, and gave Jin Taiji's daughter Menggu Zhezhe to Nurhaci as a concubine.

But in history, Nalan Xingde was an expert in writing love poems. Most of the 348 poems he wrote in his life were about love.

Nalan Xingde is known as the first lyricist in the early Qing Dynasty. His works are not only well-known in the literary circles of the Qing Dynasty, but also occupy a brilliant place in the history of Chinese literature.

"Menggu Zhezhe was the biological mother of Huang Taiji and the first empress to be posthumously honored in the Qing Dynasty."

"In other words, Nalan Xingde's family is the maternal family of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji."

"Later, Nalan Mingzhu married the daughter of Prince Ying Ajige, who was also the mother of Nalan Xingde."

"If we follow the traditional Han Chinese way of naming relatives, Nalan Mingzhu should be Kangxi's uncle, and Nalan Xingde should be Kangxi's cousin."

"In the early years of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Emperor Kangxi's legitimate son Baocheng was canonized as the crown prince."

"Since Nalan Xingde's original name also contains the character 'Cheng', if he were in an ordinary family, there might be no need to avoid the name of the crown prince."

"But the Nalan family has close ties with the royal family, so Mingzhu changed his son's name to Nalan Xingde."

"Nalan Xingde is Mingzhu's eldest son. Xingde has been intelligent since childhood and is proficient in both literature and martial arts."

"I learned horse riding and archery at a very young age, and started to learn poetry and prose when I was a little older."

"In the 17th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Nalan Xingde was years old. His father Mingzhu was promoted to the Minister of War, and Xingde was sent to study at the Imperial Academy. The family was filled with joy."

"However, his mother became seriously ill."

"Nalan Xingde was very filial to his mother. When his mother was sick, he stayed by her bedside without taking off his clothes."

"It was not until Nalan Xingde became emaciated and his face darkened that his mother's illness was cured."

"Nalan Xingde is not only good at both civil and military affairs, but also well versed in loyalty and filial piety. This also proves Mingzhu's success in educating his son."

"In the same year, Nalan Xingde took part in the Shuntian Prefecture provincial examination and passed the examination as a juren."

"It is worth mentioning that the chief examiner of the Shuntian County Examination that year was Xu Qianxue, a famous official and scholar in the Qing Dynasty."

"In the spring of the following year, Nalan Xingde took part in the imperial examination and passed it once again."

"If the next palace examination goes well, he will be a Jinshi at the age of 18."

"You have to know that at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there were few Manchu Jinshi, and there were even fewer Manchus who could pass the Jinshi before the age of 20."

"Nalan Xingde thought he would soon become famous in the capital, but at this time, he fell ill and had to give up the palace examination."

"Nalan Xingde was upset because he failed to become a Jinshi at the age of 18."

"However, his father Mingzhu disagreed and advised Xingde to take good care of his health."

"If you really want to take the imperial examination, you can take the palace examination again in three years."

"Of course, the reason why Mingzhu is so open-minded is that he is the Minister of War and a new noble in the court, and his son does not have to take the imperial examination."

"Three years later, in the spring of the fifteenth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Nalan Xingde entered the palace to take the imperial examination."

"His test paper ranked 300th among more than 10 candidates that year, which means he ranked seventh in the second class, which is a very good result."

"Nalan Xingde has returned, Mingzhu held a banquet to celebrate."

"At that time, the Three Feudatories Rebellion was in full swing. Because Soetu initially did not support the reduction of the feudal system, Mingzhu gradually gained the trust of Emperor Kangxi."

"Kangxi heard that there was a son of Mingzhu among the new Jinshi, so he sent someone to bring him a reward."

"It was at this time that Nalan Xingde came into Kangxi's sight."

"Although Nalan Xingde was from the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner, he had already accepted the rule of Han culture that those who excel in learning can become officials."

"He really wanted to study hard and use his knowledge to improve himself, manage his family and govern the country."

"For this purpose, he even specially worshipped Xu Qianxue, the daily record officer of the Hanlin Academy, as his teacher."

"In order to learn more about the subject, Nalan Xingde rode to Xu Qian's home almost every day, forgot to eat and sleep, and asked for advice every day."

Cao Xueqin: Under the influence of Xu Qianxue, Nalan Xingde discovered that many books from the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties contained many damages and errors, which greatly affected the dissemination of knowledge in later generations.

So, Nalan Xingde immediately set about compiling a collection of Confucian books. Soon after, a book called "Tongzhitang Jingjie" compiled by Nalan Xingde was published.

This work was like a thunderclap, making Nalan Xingde famous in Beijing.

After hearing this, Kangxi summoned him into the palace to see with his own eyes what kind of talent this young man was.

However, what happened next was beyond Xingde's expectations.

Kangxi saw that Xingde was a talented person, so he promoted Nalan Xingde to the third-class guard as an exception, and soon promoted him to the first-class imperial guard.

Whenever Kangxi went on a tour, he would ask Nalan Xingde to accompany him.

In the Qing Dynasty, the sons of Manchu nobles were all proud to serve as palace guards.

Because being a palace guard is a stepping stone for them to enter official careers. Even Nalan Xingde’s father started out as a guard, didn’t he?
Therefore, Kangxi believed that he was giving Nalan Xingde a great honor by appointing him as the imperial guard.

However, Nalan Xingde was depressed inside. He wanted to write and study, not stand guard with a gun.

However, he could not refuse the emperor's order, so he could only kowtow and agree, and pretend to be happy.

This is Nalan Xingde. He wants to be an ideal self, but reality does not allow him to act recklessly.

Nalan Xingde was not only depressed in his official career, but he was even more depressed in his love life.

When Nalan Xingde was about fifteen or sixteen years old, he encountered the first love of his life.

The woman who entered Nalan's heart was from the Shumulu clan of the Manchu Plain White Banner.

The mother of this Miss Shumulu and Nalan Mingzhu were siblings. In other words, Miss Shumulu was Nalan Xingde's cousin.

After Mingzhu became successful in the court, Shumulu came to the capital from other places to visit his uncle.

Arriving at Mingzhu's residence, under the guidance of the nanny, Shumulu entered her aunt's yard.

It was a morning in mid-spring, with red flowers all over the ground. A bright-looking young man just came out of his aunt's room and stood beside the golden well with a windlass in the yard.

The two met, one entered the hospital and the other left, and the sudden encounter took root in their hearts.

A few years later, Nalan Xingde wrote a poem "Ru Meng Ling" for his cousin:
With a sudden meeting, their hearts and eyes were filled with anxiety, and they fell in love.

However, when Xingde wrote this poem, his cousin had already entered the palace.

At that time, Nalan and his cousin Shumulu met by chance in the mansion and later got to know each other.

The two of them recited poems together, cut candles together, and wandered in the sea of ​​flowers together.

However, the beautiful encounter was short-lived, because the women of the Eight Banners could not escape a system - the selection.

In the end, the talented and beautiful cousin was selected into the palace, and Xiao Lang became a passerby from then on.

In the 13th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, when Nalan Xingde had not yet passed the imperial examination, Kangxi's first wife, Empress Hesheli, passed away. A grand funeral was held in the palace. Nalan Xingde disguised himself as a monk and entered the palace to chant scriptures.

In the palace, a fake monk in a cassock and a palace concubine in a sackcloth looked at each other. They could not speak, but tears flowed down their cheeks. I am a melancholy traveler in the world, and I know why you are shedding tears.

In life, you will encounter many beautiful things.

But not all beautiful people or things will be owned by us. When we meet them, it is beautiful.

In the 15th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Nalan Xingde passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, and it was time for him to start a family and a career.

After careful selection, Nalan Mingzhu finally chose Lu, the daughter of Lu Xingzu, the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi and Minister of War.

At that time, Nalan Xingde had not yet gotten over his relationship with his cousin.

He had no intention of falling in love, let alone getting married, and was busy all day compiling his "Tongzhitang Jingjie".

But marriage is arranged by parents. When he put on the wedding dress and lifted the red veil, he was surprised and she was amazed.

She became the second woman who entered his heart and also his original wife.

"Lu's ancestral home is in Beijing, and she grew up in Guangzhou. She has the gentleness of a southern girl, and she also has a family background in learning."

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"It was only then that Nalan Xingde discovered that marriage was so beautiful."

"He and she walked hand in hand in the waterside pavilion, watching the summer rain fall and the lotus flowers emerging from the pond. When they got closer, they found that they were twin lotus flowers."

"Not long after his wedding, Nalan became a royal guard and was on duty in the palace. He couldn't go home at will."

"Looking outside the palace wall, Nalan Xingde wanted to go home because his lover was at home."

"In the 16th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Lu gave birth to a son for Xingde. One month later, Lu died of a cold due to physical weakness."

"After his wife passed away, Nalan Xingde seemed to have lost his soul. Half a month later, while paying tribute to his wife, Nalan Xingde wrote a poem called "Wet Green Shirt: Mourning the Dead."

"In ancient times, there were many poems in memory of deceased wives."

"We have read Su Shi's Ten Years of Life and Death, and Yuan Zhen's Only Will I Keep My Eyes Open All Night."

"However, Nalan Xingde's delicacy intoxicated the widow."

"Who can I talk to about my endless sorrow these days?" became another peak of mourning poems.

"Although Nalan Xingde would have two more relationships later, neither of them could replace Lu's position in Xingde's heart."

"Nalan Xingde later wrote many poems in memory of his late wife, Lu, among which one is the most familiar to everyone."

"Who cares about the cold west wind, the rustling yellow leaves, and the closed windows? I stand in the setting sun, thinking about the past."

"Don't be frightened by the wine and fall asleep heavily. Gambling on books will make the fragrance of tea splash away. At that time, I just thought it was ordinary."

"Spring sleep and tea fragrance were so rare at that time."

"At that time, I just thought it was just these seven words, but it imprinted all the good things in my heart."

"When Lu died, Nalan Xingde had been promoted to the first-class guard. In addition to standing guard, he spent more time accompanying Emperor Kangxi."

"Nalan Xingde was on duty before Emperor Kangxi. Kangxi asked him to write poems in front of the Qianqing Gate and translate the imperial odes on pine trees. Xingde always satisfied Kangxi."

"Later, Kangxi went on a tour outside the Great Wall, and Nalan Xingde accompanied him."

"Watching the army crossing the mountains and hills, the yellow sand and weeds, and the solitary wild goose crying, Nalan Xingde wrote another popular poem "Longing":"

"A journey of mountains and rivers, I head towards Yuguan Pass, thousands of tents lit up in the night."

"The wind blows, the snow falls, disturbing my homesickness and making me unable to sleep. There is no such sound in my hometown."

"In the frontier, Nalan Xingde did not write about the scenery of the sunset over the long river, nor did he write about the feelings of the flying general in the Dragon City. He wrote about his longing for his hometown."

"One mountain, one river, one wind, one snow, this is Nalan's sentiment."

"As a new noble in the court, Nalan Xingde will not remain a widower forever after his wife's death. Many people are vying to become Mingzhu's relatives."

"Not long after, Nalan Xingde entered into his second marriage. His second wife's surname was Guan."

"However, judging from his official rank, it can be inferred that this person is most likely a Manchu meritorious official or a relative of the emperor."

"Nalan Xingde was a romantic person at heart, so his relationship with Guan Shi should have been quite harmonious after marriage, as can be seen from many of his poems."

"But what is certain is that in Nalan Xingde's heart, his second wife is not as good as his original wife, Lu."

"The Luan Jiao here specifically refers to the second wife, and the E Lu refers to the fairy."

"Nalan means that although my second wife Guan is good, I still prefer my first wife."

"Perhaps, Nalan Xingde really preferred southern girls from the bottom of his heart, and his second wife Guan was probably not one of them."

"Because then, another Jiangnan woman appeared."

"In the 23rd year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Emperor Kangxi made his first southern tour, and Nalan Xingde accompanied him."

"In Misty Jiangnan, Nalan Xingde met a wonderful woman through the introduction of his close friend Gu Zhenguan."

"Her name is Shen Wan, and she is a prostitute."

Li Hongzhang: This year was the penultimate year of Nalan Xingde's life, and Shen Wan became the last woman in his life.

The first time he met Shen Wan was probably on a pleasure boat on the water. Although the flowers on the water had withered, Nalan Xingde still felt that they were more beautiful than when they bloomed.

Jiangnan is beautiful, no difference from Beijing. The fragrance spreads and the green curtains are mostly on the water, the green and red leaves are better than flowers. Avoid the wind and sand when you have nothing to do.

Due to the disparity in status between the two, Nalan Xingde could not legitimately take Shen Wan into his home.
He could only arrange for her to live in a house outside the city, and the two of them often met in secret and spent a wonderful year together.

In the spring of the 24th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Nalan Xingde caught a cold.
But when his good friends invited him to a gathering, Nalan Xingde insisted on going out to meet his friends despite his family's dissuasion.

At the party, he couldn't help but drink a few more glasses. After getting drunk, reciting poems and sighing three times, Nalan Xingde fell ill and could not get up.

On May 31 of that year, this man who had captivated the world died young at the age of .

Just as Nalan himself wrote, "When I heard the wind stop and the bells sounded, my bad luck made me a beauty," he was once a beautiful man, but unfortunately he had little luck.

Although he is gone, his romance remains.

In fact, Nalan Mingzhu and Cao Yin were both favorites of Kangxi, and Cao Xueqin and Nalan Xingde had many similarities in their family background, experience and social environment.

Both the Cao family and the Nalan family gradually declined after living a life of luxury and decadence, and only "Nalan's Poems" and "Dream of the Red Chamber" became eternal.

Deep love does not bring longevity, and extreme wisdom will bring harm. Nalan Xingde was the pinnacle of the Qing Dynasty's poetry world. Unfortunately, he died young.

Fortunately, the 348 poems he left to future generations are all classics.

"Nalan's Ci" is not only famous in the poetry world of the Qing Dynasty, but also occupies a place in the history of Chinese literature and is a dazzling monument.

Some people say that Nalan Xingde is the Yan Jidao of the Northern Song Dynasty;

Some people also say that Nalan Xingde is very similar to Li Yu, the last emperor of Southern Tang.

Poetry culture is interconnected. We cannot label Nalan Xingde as someone who has a graceful style.

In fact, Nalan Xingde not only achieved remarkable results in lyric writing.
He also made great achievements in other cultural fields. The "Tongzhitang Jingjie" he compiled was once very popular.
Later, he wrote down his insights from reading classics and history, and compiled them into "Lushuiting Miscellaneous Notes".
Its contents cover many aspects such as astronomy, geography, calendar, music, Buddhism, literature and archaeology, and have had a profound influence on later generations.

Making achievements, establishing virtues, and making statements are the three major signs of success for ancient scholars, and Nalan Xingde accomplished the achievement of making statements.

Although his life lasted only 31 years, it was as bright as the moon and spotless, as if it was a gift from God to the world.

Nalan is Nalan, he is graceful, romantic, the best poet in the Qing Dynasty, and the most romantic lover in the Qing Dynasty. (End of this chapter)