Was the shunzhi emperor in history a monk? Or do you die of smallpox?
Why has the cause of death of the Shunzhi Emperor always been a mystery in the field of historiography?
The picture shows the Shunzhi Emperor
People who have read the history of the Qing Dynasty know that Shunzhi was the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and during his reign, he used the era name of the first emperor, that is, the Qing Dynasty Zuai Xinjue Luo Fulin, from 1638 AD to 1661 AD, a total of eighteen years, Shunzhi eighteen years, that is, 1661 AD, reigned for eighteen years.
When Shunzhi ascended the throne, it belonged to the early Qing Dynasty, and the national contradictions in the country were relatively tense.
He was the ninth son of Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, and his biological mother was Empress Xiaozhuangwen of the Borjigit clan, who succeeded to the throne at the age of six and did not personally come to the imperial government until the age of thirteen, and was the first Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to enter the Customs and conquer the Ming Dynasty, reigning for a total of eighteen years, from 1644 to 1661.
Because he was young in the imperial government, in his early years, the imperial government was basically regent by his uncle Dorgon.
In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had just entered the customs, the ruling center of the Qing Dynasty was very weak, and the internal ethnic contradictions intensified, making the Qing Dynasty's rule crumbling.
Logically, Shunzhi was able to ascend to the throne at such a young age, so why did he die at the age of twenty-four, in 1661 AD?
Regarding the cause of Shunzhi's death, there have always been many views in the field of historiography, and these are all about the cause of death of the Shunzhi Emperor, which are not endless, but they are inconsistent.
There is no single point of view that can directly prove the true cause of Death in Shunzhi.
In the eighteenth year of Shunzhi, that is, in 1661 BC, which was the last year of his life, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, at night, Shunzhi, who was only twenty-four years old, died in the Yangxin Temple, at the age of twenty-four.
After Shunzhi's death, the news of his death came from the deep palace, and his death was also a great shock to the world.
Because his cause of death was smallpox infection, from the second day of the first lunar month in 1661 AD to the sixth day of the first lunar month in 1661 AD, in less than five days, the Shunzhi Emperor fell ill and died on the bed.
According to qing history, the Shunzhi Emperor was infected with smallpox and died of acne all over his body, because smallpox disease would die in a short period of time as long as it spread in the body.
In the early Qing Dynasty, it was still in the period of feudal dynasty rule, and smallpox was a terminal disease, and there was no cure at all.
The Shunzhi Emperor, on the other hand, happened to be infected with smallpox, and died less than five days after the onset of the disease.
As for the cause of death of the Shunzhi Emperor, in fact, it has been recorded in the Qing Dynasty Ancestral Records, but the text recorded in the history books, including the cause of his death, and whether the activities before his death are true or not, remains to be examined.
That is to say, the cause of death of the Shunzhi Emperor is still unknown, and through the written records in the history books, it is not possible to fully judge that the Shunzhi Emperor is smallpox.
However, it is worth noting that the death of the Shunzhi Emperor is only recorded in the Qing Dynasty Ancestral Records with only 11 such characters.
"Ding has, night, zi carved, collapsed in the Yangxin Hall!"
Just 11 words represent, proving the real cause of death of the Shunzhi Emperor, and few words are perfunctory.
Logically speaking, Shunzhi as an emperor, whether before he was alive or after his death, was at least an emperor, and a few words confirmed the cause of his death, which was a bit too sloppy.
However, the death of the Shunzhi Emperor is indeed described in the history books, but whether the truth is true or not cannot be fully affirmed.
Because just before the Shunzhi Emperor died of illness, that is, a few days before his death, in the five days from the second day of the first lunar month in 1661 AD to the sixth day of the first lunar month, Shunzhi lay in the Yangxin Hall, in fact, he was already terminally ill, to the point of dying.
Because of the infection with smallpox, his whole body was covered with acne, and as his condition worsened, he only had the qi out of the disease and no qi in the days before he died.
Finally, on the sixth day of the first lunar month in 1661 AD, he fell ill and died in the Yangxin Hall.
On the third day after Shunzhi's death, on the eighth day of the first lunar month in 1661, Kangxi, who was not yet eight years old, ascended to the throne of the Emperor of the Golden Ruan Hall in the Forbidden City.
After this, the Shunzhi Emperor was buried and buried in the Qing Dynasty, which is the territory of today's Hebei Province.
Why did Shunzhi die, why was he buried so quickly after his death, and why did Kangxi, who was less than eight years old, ascend to the throne of the Emperor of the Forbidden City in just a few days after his death?
It is rumored that in fact, the Shunzhi Emperor did not die of smallpox infection, but became depressed and died in the end.
One day in 1660, Princess Dong E, whom Shunzhi was very fond of, was forced to die by her own mother, because Shunzhi was infatuated with the woman Dong Efei when she was very young, and in order to be able to be with this woman every day, she often did not go to the early dynasty, which caused the dissatisfaction of her mother, Empress Xiaozhuang.
Empress Xiaozhuang, in order not to let the young Shunzhi Emperor be obsessed with beauty, forced Concubine Dong to die, and finally the Shunzhi Emperor knew about it, so he hated his mother very much, but he was also a filial son, so he had to abuse himself, and finally he killed himself.
There are also rumors that the Shunzhi Emperor died a hundred days after Princess Dong was forced to die by Empress Xiaozhuang.
Dong Efei was a noble concubine of the Shunzhi Emperor when he was young, why did Dong Efei just die a hundred days ago, and the Shunzhi Emperor also died successively?
Is this a cause, or is it pure coincidence?
There is also a saying in the folk that when the Shunzhi Emperor was young, the Qing soldiers attacked Nanjing and captured the famous prostitute Dong Xiaowan in a green building, dong Xiaowan, who was later crowned by the Shunzhi Emperor.
The young Shunzhi Emperor saw that Dong Xiaowan was very beautiful and beautiful, and he was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so he liked this Qinglou woman, so he took her into the palace, and finally made Dong Xiaowan a noble concubine.
You must know that the Qinglou woman belongs to the land of rouge dust, and it is also the kind that entertains guests, and belongs to the woman who is unclean.
Empress Xiaozhuang, as the mother of the Shunzhi Emperor, absolutely did not allow a Qinglou woman to serve her son, and her son, who was still the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was so honorable.
In order to maintain the dignity of the royal family, Empress Xiaozhuang was determined to force Dong Xiaowan to die.
After Dong Xiaowan's death, the Shunzhi Emperor was disheartened and died depressed.
There are also rumors that the Shunzhi Emperor went to become a monk after Dong Xiaowan's death, but he was mortal, and eventually died in the Buddhist Gate, and was not buried in the Qing Tombs after his death.
As for his final burial place, no one knows because there is no historical proof.
As to whether he became a monk ordained, in fact, it is indeed recorded in the historical data.
When Shunzhi was 14 years old, in 1651 AD, he led a group of Qing soldiers to Hunt in Zunhua and met a local monk who was meditating in a cave, and from then on, he had the idea of taking refuge in Buddhism.
After returning from hunting, he deliberately bought some Buddhist books in the folk to see, and he was deeply fascinated by the meditation ideas in the Buddhist books, day and night, and even forgot to eat.
Seeing the last to forget to eat, ignoring the government.
Shunzhi's mother, Empress Xiaozhuang, saw it in her heart and felt pain in her heart, so she persuaded him, but Shunzhi was obsessed with Buddhist books.
Empress Xiaozhuang, who was enraged, ordered the palace maid to go to his bedchamber and burn all the Buddhist books that Shunzhi had bought from the people when he went out to play, and the Shunzhi Emperor was furious when he learned of it.
So he ran away from home, and simply did not even do anything to the emperor, and went to Ningbo in Beijing, where he told the abbot of Tiantong Temple that he would become a monk in a gradient.
So later, Shunzhi fled, and Kangxi, who was only less than eight years old, became the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
Although these claims have not been fully and forcefully confirmed by historians, from the records in these history books, there is still a certain basis for the real cause of death and whereabouts of the Shunzhi Emperor.
Whether these statements are correct or incorrect, after all, they are all records left in the history books, and perhaps in the near future, scholars will further confirm the true whereabouts and causes of death of the Shunzhi Emperor.
In this way, the mystery of the real cause of death and whereabouts of the Shunzhi Emperor was also revealed.
Now hundreds of years later, the majestic Forbidden City of the past has long lost its former style, and many years later, the ancient Forbidden City is still solemn!