Su Malagu , one of the top ten legendary palace maids in history, Mongolian , was born around the forty years of the Wanli period in the Ming Dynasty. She is naturally beautiful, smart and smart, and is known from all over the world. Therefore, she was attracted by the Beile Mansion at that time and became her second daughter's personal servant.
Perhaps it was God's arrangement. In 1625, the 13-year-old Su Malagu came to Shengjing with Xiaozhuang , who married Huang Taiji , and since then she started her legendary journey.
No support and straighten it,
There is an idiom that says it well, called "no support and straighten it". Su Malagu, who is already smart, first developed his knowledge in the Beile Mansion and his cultural cultivation continued to improve. According to historical records, she learned Manchu and Chinese in a very short time, and even wrote very beautiful calligraphy.
With such knowledge, she already has the potential to become an imperial teacher.
But what is rare is that Su Malagu is not only talented but also has a very kind temper. In addition, Xiaozhuang, who is both a master and a friend, has always taught her how to behave and deal with things, which makes Su Malagu smooth in his work and praise him in the palace. Therefore, Xiaozhuang handed over the important task of enlightening Kangxi in her childhood.
Although she is a palace maid, she has always been respected by others in the palace. Especially Emperor Kangxi, who was young, was very respectful to this female enlightenment master.
Of course, Su Malagu did not disappoint Xiaozhuang's expectations for her. " Xiaoting Miscellaneous Records " records:
"When Emperor Ren was young, he relied on his teachings to teach the country."
The ancients always said, "Look at the age of three years older than you will be old." What kind of achievements a person will have in his life can actually be seen from his childhood. In other words, children's education in childhood is extremely important and may even affect a person's life.
This passage recorded in "Xiaoting Miscellaneous Records" is the time when the smallpox spread in the capital in the early years of the Qing Dynasty. Although Kangxi was less than two years old, he left the palace to take refuge in order to survive, and this hiding took four or five years.
At that time, there were two nannies who took care of Kangxi's life, and the one in charge of education was Su Malagu. "Relying on Qishi to teach the country's books by hand" happened at this time. Later, Kangxi recalled:
"Although I live alone, I will teach you that I dare to go beyond my mind. I will be supervised, and I will be successful because of this."
It can be seen that Su Malagu, the enlightenment teacher, was very qualified. He taught a very outstanding emperor in history. Therefore, Kangxi has always respected her, and even later asked all the princes to call her grandmother.
Impeccable
When we look at the people who have shown their strengths in history, almost no good endings, such as the generation of war god Han Xin , the Xiang Yu , etc. Su Malagu is so dazzling, wouldn’t he cause jealousy and develop a sense of harm?
Su Malagu is actually impeccable in being a human being. Although she is a sister to Xiaozhuang in private, she is self-aware. As long as she is in front of others, she is respectful and cautious.
Once, Xiaozhuang entertained a guest. Su Malagu accidentally broke an tea cup . She immediately knelt down and then slapped her thirty times. Xiaozhuang saw it and felt ache in her heart. Afterwards, Xiaozhuang personally applied medicine to her and said why she was so stupid.
This is Su Malagu. She will never give others any excuses or reasons to slander herself. So she has been with Xiaozhuang for more than 60 years in her life. Even after Xiaozhuang passed away, she lived safely for 18 years. During this period, she raised a prince for Kangxi. It was not until 1705 AD that she died at the age of 93.
Of course, although Su Malagu passed away, she has many legendary stories and has become a topic of conversation for the world after dinner. For example, are the two major quirks in her life, and why she lived to be 93 years old but never married in her life? Is it related to Kangxi?
two quirks
I have to say that Su Malagu’s two quirks in life are a bit confusing. First of all, she only takes a bath on New Year's Eve every year. Historical records:
"Only, the daily amount of New Year's Eve is to wash it, and drink the filthy water by yourself."
What? It's fine if you don't take a bath for a year, but you have to drink all the dirty and dirty bath water after washing. Not to mention how dirty the water is, how many days will it take to drink a whole bucket of bath water to finish?
This is really incredible. If it weren't recorded in history books, I really couldn't believe it was true.
Compared with this disgusting quirk, another quirk that never takes medicine for life is acceptable. Yes, she has never taken medicine in her life, no matter whether she is sick or not. Even if she is seriously ill at the critical moment of life, she never frowned and refused to take a bite of medicine.
It is not advisable to examine these two quirks with a modern perspective and has a great impact on her physical health. But that's it, Su Mala But the aunt lived to be 93 years old. Who should I ask for reason?
In addition to the above two quirks, there is also a lifelong unmarried person, which is also very curious.
not married in lifelong unmarried
As mentioned earlier, many historical books record Su Malagu's appearance, which is unparalleled, but it can be regarded as a beautiful woman. Logically speaking, she wants to marry, and with her relationship with Xiaozhuang, except for the emperor, she can choose whoever she wants.
But strangely, she has never married in her life, so people associate her with Kangxi. This view mainly comes from the film and television drama " Kangxi Dynasty ". Kangxi in the play fell in love with his female teacher Su Malagu, in order not to delay the emperor's choice I will never marry for life.
So is the truth really the case?
The statement is a fallacy, because the difference between the two people is nearly 40 years old, plus the two quirks mentioned above, no one with a clear mind will have such a choice, let alone the famous Emperor Kangxi in history.
Some people say that love is infinitely possible, and age and habits are not the reasons that hinder the love between them.
So what if the title of a mother is added? As mentioned earlier, Kangxi ordered the prince to call Su Malagu grandmother, then the relationship between Kangxi and her is like a mother and son. This was clear as early as when Kangxi was young and there was no doubt.
So from any perspective, Su Malagu has nothing to do with Kangxi.
As for the real reason behind it, she was too loyal and devoted her whole life to her master. It is precisely because of this that her efforts were respected by the royal family, and even historians in later generations called her a legendary woman in history.
Summary Thinking
People always, people are lighter than feathers and more important than Mount Tai. Su Malagu used her life to interpret what kindness is, what wisdom is, what humility is, and what respect is.
So she is not only Su Malagu of the Qing royal family, but also Su Malagu in China and the whole world. Her spirit is gentle and positive, which is worth learning from.
Reference: "Draft History of Qing"
