Even scholars who are not famous for calligraphy have developed a good hand because they have to participate in scientific research. Although in modern society, in addition to people with family background, some parents will give their children calligraphy classes, because children have been exposed to calligraphy since childhood, but calligraphy is not as good as the ancients.
Take Emperor Jin Fei of Guangxu as an example. She has always liked Dan Qing's calligraphy best, and she often amuses herself with it in her spare time. The bills she used to record in fine print have also been circulating. It can be said that although her handwriting is not the best, most calligraphers are still hanging.
Jin Fei is one of the only three queens in Guangxu harem, a Manchu aristocrat and the eldest daughter of Chang Xu, the right assistant of Tara family in Manchu Hongqi. She was born in 1873. In the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), at the ceremony after the election of Emperor Guangxu, she was elected to the palace together with her sister Zhen Fei, who was named Jin and Zhen respectively.
However, Jin Jin, like the Jade Dragon Queen, was not favored after entering the palace. She stays in Yonghe Palace where she lives every day, killing time by herself. Although her sister Zhen Fei was more attractive to Guangxu than herself, Jin Jin didn't care about it, and she didn't abandon her sister. When she is free, she will also discuss A Dream of Red Mansions with her sister.
Moreover, compared with Zhen Fei, who was repeatedly teased by Cixi because of her favorite concubine, her life was more leisurely. She also kills time with things she often makes in the boudoir, such as calligraphy and painting. Because of frequent practice, she writes well, and often records the running water in the palace with fine print. It can be seen that the handwriting on the bill is delicate and pretty, which also reflects that she gets along well with Yulong, and Empress Dowager Cixi has no malice towards her. At the same time, Jin Jin has a good taste in life. The bonsai in the palace where she lives is inlaid with exquisite clocks and flowers and birds.
In addition to artistic elegance, she also studies food. At breakfast, she likes the sauce elbow of Tianfu near Beijing best, and because she likes to eat, the rice she cooked in the small dining room in the palace is the best in the palace, and the old minister in Xun Qing Palace likes to eat her food best. Everyone in the palace called her "Fat Queen".
1894, she was promoted to princess with her sister, but in the same year, Zhen Fei was demoted to nobility because she disobeyed the Queen Mother, and she resumed her position the next year. The difference is that Jin Fei gained more freedom than Zhen Fei did. Even when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China and Cixi fled, Jin Fei was taken with her, which shows that it is her blessing not to be loved by Guangxu.
After Xuan Tong succeeded to the throne, she was honored as an imperial concubine, that is, Emperor Gao Jin, and continued to live in the Lama Temple. Puyi has a very good relationship with her and will call her the Queen Mother. After Puyi abdicated, she became Duan Kang's imperial concubine. The following year, Yulong died of illness, because she was the youngest and most enlightened of the four concubines, and her position among the four concubines was improved.
After Puyi got married, she had a good relationship with Puyi's concubines, and they always got together during Chinese New Year holidays. In the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), she fell ill with a cold after celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with Puyi and members of the royal family, and died five days later at the age of 5 1. She was buried as the imperial concubine of Duan Kang in chongling and posthumous title.