在秦淮八艳中,马湘兰应该是最无姿色的一位,不过是“姿首如常人”。以常人之容貌要在群芳争艳的金陵脱颖而出,必有奇异之处。她“神情开涤,濯濯如春柳早莺,吐辞流盼,巧伺人意”。这样的女人如沐春风,气场很强,一下就让人迷失在她的眼眸里。歌舞、音律、书画乃是高级交际花的必备技能,是吃饭的本事,马湘兰尤善画兰,作为秦淮八艳 In Qin Huai Banyan, Ma Xianglan should be the most unsightly one, but is “pose as ordinary people ”. To the appearance of ordinary people to stand out in the colorful Jinling Qunfang, there must be singularities. She “look dizzy, 濯 濯 such as Willow early warbler, spit rhetorical hope, clever servant meaning.” Such a woman Mu Spring, a strong aura, what makes people lost in her eyes. Song and dance, temperament, painting and calligraphy but the essential skills of advanced communication, is the ability to eat, Ma Xianglan You Shan Hua Lan, as Qinhuai Banyan