Nalan Xingde
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Nalan Xingde (Na-lan Hsing-te) (Chinese: 纳兰性德; 1655-1685) was a Qing Dynasty poet. Na-lan Hsing-te, Manchu poet of the 17th century, is celebrated for his tz’u (ci) or lyric songs. Hsing-te was an aristocrat related to the founder of the Ch’ing Dynasty itself．His genealogical origins were perhaps Mongol since his clan was originally a tribe of the Mongolian Yehe who defeated Manchu Nara and adopted their name．His name in Chinese pronunciation was rendered something like “Nara Singde” in Manchu. His birthplace was Peking in January of 1665. By nineteen he already enjoyed a literary reputation. However success at the national civil service examination eluded him until 1676 when he obtained the Chin-shih Degree. He became an officer in the Imperial Bodyguard. His father, Na-lan Ming-ju, became a Grand Secretary in 1677.
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- Carpenter, Bruce, 'Drinking Water; Lyric Songs of the Seventeenth Century Manchu Poet Na-lan Hsing-te' Bulletin of Tezukayama University (Tezukayama daigaku kiyo), Nara, Japan, 1983, no. 20, pp. 100-137.
