People from Dongning are from Jinling. He was sold to Beili when he was young and worked as a school teacher. With a face like a crown jade and eyes like bright stars, he was able to write poems at the age of seven, was proficient in music, could sing and dance well, and was famous for a while. At that time, he forgot his real name Wen Xuanliu.
In the seventh year of Emperor Su Gaozong's reign in Cheng'an, he married the third son of the emperor, Mu Tingjin. In the ninth year of Cheng'an, he set up a teaching workshop to teach music and temperament. Many people came here to admire his name and respected him. In the tenth year of Cheng'an, the fourth son of the emperor, Mu Tingshen's son Hangzhuo, became the queen.