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Nalan Xingde
Son of the grand secretary Mingzhu, a jinshi of 1676 and imperial guard, author of the Yinshui ci and the Cemao ci
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Nalan Rongruo · Chengde · Rongruo · Nalan Chengde · Yinshui Ciren
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Nalan Xingde, originally named Chengde, courtesy name Rongruo, was born in 1655, the son of the grand secretary Nalan Mingzhu. He passed the jinshi examination in 1676 and served as a first-class imperial guard. At twenty-four he compiled the Cemao ci, the Yinshui ci followed in 1678, and the Tongzhitang ji was compiled after his death by Xu Qianxue and others. He wrote poetry and was a skilled rider and archer; his lyrics are delicate and graceful, and Wang Guowei praised him as the only one since the Northern Song. He died in 1685, aged thirty.
Life and times
Dates 1655 - 1685