Emperor Qianlong was famous for his extreme love for poetry, and it can even be said that his life was almost immersed in the world of poetry. His poems are written with a high frequency, just like a daily lesson, whether he is busy with government affairs or in his spare time, once inspiration emerges, he will pick up his pen and leave a line of ink treasures. Sometimes, he may conceive two good sentences, but he encounters a bottleneck in finding the following, so he will skillfully hand over the unfinished poems to the ministers around him to relay, and finally include them in his own royal poetry collection, this unique way of writing also reflects his persistent pursuit of poetic art.
For example, when Emperor Qianlong was boating on Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace, his poetic feelings erupted. It is said that he had only been able to swim less than ten miles on the lake, and had already completed eight poems with great enthusiasm, which is an astonishing speed of creation. However, although Emperor Qianlong's poems are quite prolific, the artistic achievements of his works have not been unanimously highly praised, and some of his works are considered by later generations to be shallow in content, mediocre in artistic conception, and lack depth and charm like saliva poems.
Let's take a look at what netizens say about his behavior.