The eight famous prostitutes in the south of the Yangtze River are generally called the "Eight Beauties of Qinhuai", namely Gu Hengbo, Dong Xiaowan, Bian Yujing, Li Xiangjun, Kou Baimen, Ma Xianglan, Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan.

1. Gu Hengbo

Gu Hengbo (1619-1664) was originally named Gu Mei, also known as Mei. (now Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province). One of the "Eight Beauties of Qinhuai".

He is good at poetry and painting, and is good at music and rhythm. He is especially good at painting orchids. He can express his own ideas. The brush and ink he painted are elegant and elegant. He has written poems such as "Sitting in the Sea Moon Tower at Night", "Deep Flowers Sitting in the Boudoir", "Poppy Lady Replying to the Dream of the Lady from the Far Mountains", "Sending the Lady from the Far Mountains Back to the South" and other poems, which are included in the book "Liu Meiren" "Flower Pavilion Collection". She was conferred the title of "First Grade Madam".

2. Dong Xiaowan

Dong Xiaowan (AD 1624-1651), whose given name was Bai, also known as Xiaowan, and nicknamed Qinglian, was a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He fell into poverty due to his family's downfall. The brothel, whose name belongs to Nanjing Jiaofang Sileji, is one of the "Eight Beauties of Qinhuai" together with Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan and Li Xiangjun.

In 1639, Dong Xiaowan met Mao Pijiang, a famous figure in Fushe, and later married Mao Bijiang as his concubine. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Xiaowan fled with the Mao family, and then shared the joys and sorrows with Mao Pijiang until his death.

3. Bian Yujing

Bian Yujing (about 1623-1665), also known as Bian Sai, with the courtesy name Yunzhuang, later called himself "Yujing Taoist", and was also known as Yujing. A native of Shangyuan County, Yingtian Prefecture (now Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province). One of the "Eight Beauties of Qinhuai".

Bian Sai is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and is especially good at regular script. He is also good at literature and history. She is skilled in painting skills, and her pen strokes are like running clouds, "more than ten pieces of paper are covered with one stroke." He likes to paint graceful branches, and is especially good at painting orchids. He wrote "Inscription on a Fan to Send Zhi Yan to Shu".

4. Li Xiangjun

Li Xiangjun, (1624-1653), also known as Li Xiang, nicknamed "Xiang Fan Pendant", his original surname was Wu, and he was from Suzhou, Jiangsu. She, Dong Xiaowan, Chen Yuanyuan, Liu Rushi, etc. are known as the "Eight Beauties of Qinhuai".

Due to the decline of his family, he wandered to a foreign land. When Li Xiangjun was eight years old, he changed his surname from Wu to Li with his adoptive mother Li Zhenli. She was a famous prostitute in Moling Jiaofang, Nanjing, and one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai. She has a smooth singing voice, but is not easy to sing with others. She is also good at playing the silk and bamboo pipa, as well as music and poetry, and is especially good at playing and singing "Pipa Ji".

After Kong Shangren's "Peach Blossom Fan" came out in 1699, Li Xiangjun became famous all over the world.

5. Kou Baimen

Kou Baimen, whose name is Mei and whose courtesy name is Baimen, was born in Jinling in 1624. He is one of the "Eight Beauties of Qinhuai". Known as the "heroine", she married Zhu Guobi, a prominent hero of the Ming Dynasty, at the age of eighteen.

In 1645, the Qing army went south and the Southern Ming Dynasty failed. Kou Baimen returned to Qinhuai Gelou and died of illness.

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