Sentences describing ancient corrupt officials' houses

In the forty-first year of Qianlong, in 1776, He Shen began to build his luxurious mansion in this place, which is adjacent to Qianhai in the east and Houhai in the back, and was called "Hedi". In the fourth year of Jiaqing, He Shen was ordered to commit suicide. The house itself, however, belongs to the younger brother, Prince Qingxuan, who loves luxury houses but not rivers and mountains. In the first year of Xianfeng, Prince Gong Yixin, an important political figure in the late Qing Dynasty, became the third generation owner of this house and changed its name to Prince Gong's Mansion, and the name of Prince Gong's Mansion has been used ever since. "A Gongwangfu, half the history of Qing Dynasty" is the evaluation of Gongwangfu by Hou Renzhi, a historical geographer.

In the early years of the Republic of China, this palace was sold to the church by Prince Gong's grandson Pu Wei for 4, yuan, and then redeemed by Fu Jen Catholic University with 18 gold bars, and used as a girls' school. After the founding of New China, Wangfu has been used by many units such as dormitory, fan factory and conservatory of music of the Ministry of Public Security.

"The crescent river surrounds the house like a dragon pan, and the western hills look like tigers from afar", which is the description of Gong Wangfu in the history books. It is said that there are two Long Mai in Beijing, one is Tulong, the Long Mai in the Forbidden City; The second is the waterspout, which refers to the line between Houhai and Beihai, and Gongwangfu is just on the connecting line between Houhai and Beihai, that is, the Long Mai, so the feng shui is very good. The ancients used water as their wealth, and they "saw water everywhere" in Gongwangfu. The water of the largest pavilion in the middle of the lake was introduced from Yuquan Lake, and it only went in and didn't flow out, so it was more in line with the saying of Feng Shui to collect money. China's top ten marshals, Guo Moruo and others all live near Gongwangfu, and they all live very long. It is said that the place with the largest number of long-lived elderly people in Beijing is near Gongwangfu, which is a treasure trove of geomantic omen.