Gu Hengbo 1
(16 19- 1664), formerly known as Mei, was born in Shangyuan County, Tianfu (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province). One of the eight colors of Qinhuai.
Gong is good at painting, melody, especially orchids, and can express his ideas. Cong Lan's brushwork is elegant. He has written poems such as Sitting on the Moon Tower at Night, Sitting in a Boudoir with Flowers, Sleeping Beauty Answering Mrs. Yuanshan's Dream, and Sending Mrs. Yuanshan South. He was collected by Liu Hua Pavilion. She was named "Mrs. Yipin" by the imperial edict.
2. Dong Xiaowan
Dong Xiaowan (A.D. 1624- 165 1), a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, was reduced to a brothel because of her poor family. She was known as Nanjing Sileji, equivalent to Liu, Chen Yuanyuan and Li.
1639, Dong Xiaowan met Mao Pijiang, a famous figure of Fu She, and later married Mao Wei as his concubine. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, Xiaowan fled with her family, and then shared joys and sorrows with Pi Bijiang until her death.
3. Bian Yujing
Bian Yujing (about 1623- 1665), also known as frontier fortress, was named Trang Van, later named "a Taoist of Yujing", and was born in Shangyuan County, Tianfu (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). One of the eight colors of Qinhuai.
Frontier fortress is omnipotent in poetry, piano, calligraphy and painting, especially in small letters. He also knows literature and history. She is skilled in painting and writes like a cloud, "writing more than ten times". He likes to draw graceful wind branches, especially good at drawing orchids. He wrote, "The name of the country was sent to Shu".
4. Li
Li, (1624— 1653), also known as Li Xiang, was originally named Wu, a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu. She, Dong Xiaowan, Chen Yuanyuan, Liu and others. Known as the "Eight Musts of Qinhuai".
When Li was eight years old, she changed her surname to Wu with her adoptive mother Li. She is a famous prostitute in Jiao Fang, Liling, Nanjing, and one of the eight beauties in Qinhuai. She has a mellow voice, but she doesn't sing with others easily; Silk, bamboo, pipa and melodic poems are all alike, especially good at playing and singing pipa.
After Kong's Peach Blossom Fan was published in 1699, Li became famous all over the world.
5.coopergate
Kou Baimen, whose real name is Mei, was born in Jinling in 1624 and is one of the "Eight Colors of Qinhuai". At the age of eighteen, she married Zhu Guobi, a famous hero of the Ming Dynasty.
1645, the Qing army went south, and the small court in Nanming failed. Kou Baimen returned to Qinhuai Songlou and died of illness.
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