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Nalan Xingde

Type Figure Region Beijing Time 1655–1685 Also known as Nalan Rongruo、Rongruo、Lengjia Shanren

Nalan Xingde (1655–1685), style name Rongruo, sobriquet Lengjia Shanren, a Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner and famous Qing dynasty ci poet whose fa…

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  1. 1655–1676Beijing · BeijingBorn into a Manchu noble family in Beijing, his father Mingzhu a powerful official of the Kangxi reign. Clever from childhood, he passed the provincial exam at seventeen and the jinshi at twenty-two, was appointed third-rank imperial guard, moved freely within the palace, and gained deep trust from the Kangxi Emperor.
  2. 1670–1685Beijing · BeijingIn his spare time from official duties he socialized with literati such as Zhu Yizun and Gu Zhenguan, presided over the Lushuiting ci society, and composed over three hundred ci poems, renowned for sincere emotion and fresh, graceful style, collected as the Nalan Ci.

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