The verses, composed by the Qianlong emperor, record the pacification of the frontier borders under the successful leadership of military leader Fu Kangan (? - 1790) who was a bordered yellow bannersman, cf. Zhongguo Lishi Renming Da Cidian, A Biographical Dictionary of Historical Chinese Dignitaries, Shanghai guji chubanshe, 1999, part II, p. 2435. Fu was also the wealthy nephew of Empress Xiaoxianchun, Qianlong's Consort who died in the thirteenth year of his reign, corresponding to 1748.