What kind of woman is Li Xiangjun in The Eight Beauties of Qinhuai and what are her talents?

Li Xiangjun, also known as Li Xiang, also known as "Xiang Fan Pendant". Li Xiangjun is one of the "Eight Beauties of Qinhuai". He is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and rhythm, and is good at playing "Pipa Ji".

Li Xiangjun was born in a military attaché family in Suzhou. Because his father was a member of the Donglin Party, he was persecuted by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and was sold into a brothel at an early age. Li Xiangjun was born with beauty and a smooth singing voice, but it was hard to get her to show off her singing voice. Li Xiangjun's beauty is famous far and wide, and there is an endless stream of talented people coming here every day.

When Li Xiangjun was 17 years old, he met the person in his heart, he was Hou Fangyu. Hou Fangyu was the leader of Fushe. He went to Beijing to take the exam this year and passed by the Qinhuai River to have a look at her beauty. Hou Fangyu fell in love with Li Xiangjun at first sight and wanted to take Li Xiangjun as his concubine, but he could not afford the money to redeem Li Xiangjun.

At this time, Hou Fangyu's friend lent him a sum of money, and Hou Fangyu gave Li Xiangjun a fine ivory bone palace fan with an ancient jade heirloom from the Hou family hanging on the handle. But the money does not belong to his friend, but to the eunuch Ruan Dacheng, who wants to recruit Hou Fangyu to join the gang.

After taking Ruan Dacheng’s money, Hou Fangyu wanted to say something nice to him. Li Xiangjun scolded Hou Fangyu for being spineless, grabbed the decoration on his head, and threw it on the ground to make Hou Fangyu wake up.

With Chongzhen hanging Meishan and the establishment of the Hongguang court in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the eunuch party rose again. Ruan Dacheng, who was once shouted at by everyone, suddenly became a popular figure around the emperor. Ruan Dacheng wanted to take revenge on Li Xiangjun and introduced Li Xiangjun to Hongguang's favored minister Tian Yang as his concubine. Li Xiangjun refused to die and hit the doorpost with his head. Blood spattered on the spot and dripped on the ivory palace fan. When Tian Yang saw the blood, he had to give up the matter.

Later, Yang Youlong drew a peach tree in full bloom on the fan based on the blood spots. This is the famous "Peach Blossom Fan".