Xu was originally a folk singer in Ji 'an, Jiangxi Province, and his family has been musicians for generations. At the end of Kaiyuan, she was recruited into the palace as a concubine and renamed Yongxin, becoming a famous court singer at that time.
With a good musical talent, under the guidance of a music tutor, Xu was open-minded and eager to learn and studied music scores, and soon became an excellent singer in the court. Xu's singing is natural and fresh, and he is good at blending lively Jiangnan folk songs into elegant and solemn court music, changing the old ones into new ones and creating new singing art. Once Xu starts singing, his singing can swing out of the imperial city and spread to Yuanye outside the palace. He became the only person who could enter the ancient tune with a new voice after outstanding singers such as Han E in the Spring and Autumn Period, Li Yannian in the Western Han Dynasty and Liang Mochou for thousands of years.
History books say that she is beautiful and wise, good at singing and has a new voice. At that time, people thought that Han E and Li Yannian had been abandoned for thousands of years after their deaths, and her voice was very penetrating since Yongxin, with a big voice and nine strangers. I once asked Li Mo to play the flute and accompany Yongxin. As a result, the flute cracked after singing. That's not enough. Even the band can't beat her voice.
Xu's songs are not only beautiful in timbre, but also rich in emotion, which can produce great artistic appeal. According to historical records, one day, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty held a celebration banquet in Qin Zhenglou, and ordered people to dance a hundred dances to entertain. At that time, there were countless ordinary people who came to see the performance, except for royalty and officials. There are tens of millions of spectators in the whole venue, and there are a lot of voices and noisy words. Such a sequence of performances makes the emperors, concubines and ministers sitting upstairs unable to hear the music of songs, dances and plays clearly. The deacon came out to maintain order and tried to make the meeting quiet, but it didn't work. Xuanzong was very unhappy. He wanted to leave after a banquet and no longer enjoyed himself with the people. At this moment, Gao Lishi in the palace hurried forward and invited Xuanzong to announce that he would go out to sing, which improved the order of the venue and stopped the noise. With the consent of Xuanzong, the official in charge of the performance immediately asked Xu to go upstairs to sing. As soon as Xu He Zi appeared, Gigi Lai took on a new look, stepped forward and began to sing. Suddenly the square was silent. Her singing is melodious, clear and loud, which gives people great artistic enjoyment; In particular, her emotional singing deeply touched the hearts of the audience, making justice feel passionate and worried. When the song ended, the audience cheered. Since then, the name of Yongxin Haoge has become more and more famous in the ruling and opposition circles and spread all over Kyushu.
In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, both of them fell, and the six palaces were scattered. As a singer, Xu suffered from the war with the people. On the run, she married a scholar, and the couple once lived in Guangling area. Soon, her husband died, and her life became more difficult. However, she didn't forget to use songs to comfort people in trouble. Only in this way can the singer's heart and the audience's heart stick together closely.
After the Anshi Rebellion subsided, Xu and his foster mother returned to Chang 'an. The glorious past of the Tang Dynasty is gone forever, and the wounds of war are everywhere. Seeing that the country is declining day by day, how can an artist who once sang for the country not feel dejected? In this way, the singer Xu passed away unhappy.
Regarding Xu's singing art, Duan Anjie in the Tang Dynasty once recorded in Yuefu Miscellaneous Songs: My wife has Xu, beautiful as a fairy, good at singing, and can change her voice. Autumn is crisp and the moon is empty, and the voice of the throat spreads to nine strangers. Ming Taizu tried to ask Li Mo to play the music one by one, and the music was finally cracked, which was wonderful. Wang Renyu, a native of the Tang Dynasty, also recorded a prostitute who was brave and good at singing, and was most loved by the Ming Emperor. Every pair of royal songs, the sound of silk and bamboo, can't stop. The emperor said to the left and right, this female song costs 1000 yuan.
People will never forget their artists. According to "Gui Yuan Cong Tan" edited by Feng in Tang Dynasty, in order to commemorate the outstanding female singer Xu, later generations compiled her songs into national music and named it "Yongxin Bride".