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Li Gonglin, style name Boshi, pseudonym Longmian Jushi (Householder of Sleeping Dragon), was a Chinese painter, civil officer and archaeologist in the Northern Song Dynasty.<br/><br/> Born into a scholarly home near what is modern day Lu'an City, Li Gonglin passed the highest level of civil service examinations at 21 and became a civil officer. He became famous for his paintings of horses, then he turned to Buddhist and Daoist religious painting, as well as portraits and landscapes. His painting style was attributed to the style of Gu Kaizhi and Wu Daozi.
Empress Xiao Jing Cheng was a concubine of the Daoguang Emperor, mother of Prince Yixin, also known as Prince Gong, and foster mother of Prince Yizhu the Xianfeng Emperor. Empress Xiao Jing Cheng née Borjigit was a Mongol. Her family were descendants of Genghis Khan, who ruled the Mongol Empire in the early thirteenth century. At the time of her birth her family belonged to one of the Mongol banners but in 1855 they entered the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Corps.
Empress Xiao Jing Cheng was a concubine of the Daoguang Emperor, mother of Prince Yixin, also known as Prince Gong, and foster mother of Prince Yizhu the Xianfeng Emperor. Empress Xiao Jing Cheng née Borjigit was a Mongol. Her family were descendants of Genghis Khan, who ruled the Mongol Empire in the early thirteenth century. At the time of her birth her family belonged to one of the Mongol banners but in 1855 they entered the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Corps.