Diplomat Yu Geng's two daughters, Rong Ling and De Ling, were recruited into the palace by Empress Dowager Cixi and became one of the eight female palaces in the Forbidden City in Beijing.
De Ling wrote Two Years of the Qing Dynasty, which recorded what she saw and heard in her daily life during the two years of the Qing Dynasty. To a certain extent, she preserved the precious historical documents of daily life of Qing Gong, which provided evidence and reference for future generations' theoretical research and literary creation. 1944 died in an Australian car accident.
De Ling and her sister Rong Ling are both female palaces of Cixi, and Cixi also serves as an interpreter when she gets along with western ministers and wives.
Rongling is the first woman in the history of modern folk dance in China to learn and train dance from European, American and Japanese countries. She personally studied and trained national dance from Duncan, the originator of contemporary singer.
Rong Ling's key works include Greek Dance Music, Roses and Butterflies, Notes on the Qing Palace, Fan Dance and so on. After 1949, Rong Ling was promoted to give lectures at the Museum of Literature and History.