Whether it is a tour of the capital or to learn about the history of the Qing Dynasty, King Gong's Mansion is a must-visit. Don't look at it as just a royal palace, but it carries too much historical and cultural information. It was originally the residence of the corrupt official Hezhen, but was later given to Jiaqing's younger brother Yongxuan, and Xianfengshi gave it to Prince Gong Yixuan, and got its name from it. It bears witness to the history of the Qing Dynasty from its peak to its decline, and has the saying that "a Prince Gong Palace, half of the history of the Qing Dynasty".
In the Miyun Cave in the garden of Gongwangfu, there is a very precious cultural relic. It looks unremarkable on the surface, just a stone tablet. However, the word "Fu" written on the stone stele has a great origin, extraordinary, and is known as "the first blessing in the world". Judging from the "Treasure of the Kangxi Imperial Pen", it has a very legendary story.
Kangxi was the second emperor after the Qing army entered the customs and the first Manchu emperor born in Beijing. On the surface, he ascended the throne at the age of 8, but in fact, he was also an orphan who lost his father and mother. Although you are a monarch, your closest relatives are only the grandmother Empress Xiaozhuang.
Xiaozhuang and Kangxi were the most honorable figures in the Qing court and the grandchildren of the people who suffered together. They relied on each other, spent the most difficult time in the early Qing Dynasty, and their feelings were very good. In the twelfth year of Kangxi, Empress Xiaozhuang was seriously ill and the medicine stone was ineffective, which made Kangxi anxious.
In the absence of any help, Kangxi followed the advice of others and "asked for blessings to continue his life" to the heavens with the honor of an emperor. After three days of bathing and fasting, he wrote down this blessing with hope, hoping to move the heavens and make his grandmother's condition better.
Unlike his grandson Qianlong, kangxi, although also proficient in calligraphy, did not leave his name with inscriptions everywhere. His ink treasure is very small, and this "Fu" word is one of the few. This "Fu" character, in detail, contains the five glyphs of "son, field, talent, shou, and fu", which means "many sons, many fields, many talents, many lives, and many blessings". There are many calligraphers in Chinese history, and Fuzi is one of the most written characters, but this is the first time that Fuzi has been written so charmingly without traces.
It is also a coincidence that after Kangxi wrote this blessing word, Xiaozhuang's illness gradually improved and eventually recovered. Moreover, Xiaozhuang lived for another fifteen years, not dying until the twenty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty. This was also considered to be an advanced age at that time, so many people rumored that the word "Fu" had a great credit. In order to better preserve the Kangxi Imperial Pen and to allow this blessing to continue to circulate, the Qing Court Office decided to carve it on a stone stele.
Logically, the good Fu Zi Monument should be placed in the palace, how did it get to the Gong King's Mansion? No matter how high the status of Prince Gong's palace was, how could there be palace objects? This is related to Qianlong's favoritism and Yan.
He Yan was a big red man of Qianlong and had a very important position in Qianlong's later years. Some people say that this stone stele was secretly brought home from the palace by relying on his power, and some people have analyzed that it is likely that Qianlong used it as a dowry when he married Gu Lun and Princess Xiao to FengSheng Yinde, the son of Hezhen. In any case, it was at this time that the stone stele left the palace and came to the time of the imperial family.
After Jiaqing succeeded to the throne, he quickly cleaned up Hezhen and confiscated his family property. This fuzi tablet was also discovered and prepared to be brought back to the palace. However, Jiaqing heard that the stone stele had been inlaid on the word "Shou" made of Taihu stone by Hezhen, and forcibly broke it, that is, folding life. Therefore, Jiaqing had to have people seal the Miyun Cave and let the stone monument lose news from then on.
Later, Gong Wangfu went through many masters, and no one discovered this secret. It was not until 1962, when the state cleaned up the GongWang Mansion, that this Fu zi monument was discovered, making it reappear. Although it is only a small stone stele, it is famous for Kangxi's filial piety, Hezhen's greed, and many historical stories. In particular, its unique Fu character shape has also become a cultural relic that amazes the world and is welcomed by many visitors.