A beautiful and moving woman, a beautiful woman with outstanding style, she exchanged her tenderness for the emperor's sincerity. However, she died early before the flower of love withered. What kind of woman is she? How much did the Shunzhi Emperor really love her? Why is there always a great interest in her identity? Who the hell is she?
The first emperor of the Qing Dynasty after entering the Customs, Chong Ling ascended the throne and died young, leaving many mysteries for posterity.
Concubine Dong E, the concubine of Emperor Fu Lin of The Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty, was given the title of Concubine Xian in August of the thirteenth year of Shunzhi (1656), and was promoted to imperial concubine in December, second only to the empress. At the time of the canonization ceremony, the Shunzhi Emperor also granted amnesty to the world, and at the same time made the father of Concubine Tong a third-class uncle. According to the usual practice, the emperor would only issue an edict to the world when he was crowned empress, and Dong Efei could be said to have set a precedent for the establishment of an imperial concubine and an edict. It can be seen that Princess Tong was extremely favored by the emperor. Why did Shunzhi treat this concubine so kindly?
Shunzhi grew up in an extremely complex environment, and although he was the king of a country, his life was always unsatisfactory. Politically, Dorgon manipulated everything, and at the time there was a serious factional struggle between The Two Koreas, which created Shunji's suspicious personality. Although Dorgon was already dead when Concubine Dong entered the palace, Shunzhi could breathe a sigh of relief, but Shunzhi still had to be on guard everywhere, so life was always very tense, and Xin Er could always get a little comfort from Concubine Dong. Whenever he came down from the dynasty, Dong Efei would accompany Shunzhi to talk and talk, so that he temporarily forgot the cruelty of politics.
On the side of life, Shunzhi did not have the freedom to choose marriage. He married two empresses, both chosen by his mother, Empress Xiaozhuang, one as the niece of the empress dowager and the other as the niece of the empress dowager. The first empress was born in the Mongolian steppe, with little knowledge and arrogance. For Shunzhi, this woman is too strong and does not know gentleness, so Shunzhi does not like her. After only two years, the empress was demoted to concubine. The second empress, the empress who reigned when Concubine Dong Efei entered the palace, was not the kind of woman he liked, so his feelings had always been in a state of suffocation. However, Dong Efei was different from them, not only born with unusual beauty, but also quiet and gentle, and more understanding of forbearance. What is even more rare is that Dong Efei is also a very talented woman, who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. For Shunzhi, such a woman is rare and just in line with his wishes.
After Concubine Dong entered the palace, Shunzhi's mood was actually better than a day, and the feelings between the two were getting deeper and deeper every day. Shunzhi finally found a spiritual companion, and the two often wrote poems and paintings together, and participated in Zen and Buddhism. In addition, Dong Efei also personally took care of Shunzhi's diet and living, and she must have tasted Shunzhi's meals first. Shunzhi often played until late at night, and she would accompany her. When Shunji fell ill, she stayed by his side and waited.
Princess Dong was deeply favored by Shunzhi and soon became pregnant. In the fourteenth year of Shunzhi (1657), she gave birth to a baby boy in the Chengqian Palace, which was the fourth son of Shunzhi.com. Princess Dong was already favored, and at this time she gave birth to a son, and for many people, she was a threat. Moreover, Shunzhi had always been dissatisfied with the empress, and had long wanted to depose the empress and establish Dong Efei as the queen, but he was suffering from not being able to find a reason. Empress Xiaozhuang saw everything in her eyes, and although she also liked Princess Dong's virtuousness, in politics and family struggles, this bit of liking to live could only become a sigh.
When Princess Dong was about to give birth, Empress Xiaozhuang had already thought of a countermeasure, and she first moved to the Nanyuan (a place dedicated to the royal winter hunting parade) outside the imperial palace. Soon after Princess Dong Efei gave birth to a crown prince, Empress Xiaozhuang asked Concubine Dong to stay and serve on the grounds that she was unwell. Although Princess Dong E, who had always been obedient, was very weak, she still went to Nanyuan to take care of Empress Xiaozhuang, and her health was greatly affected.
Soon, Dong Efei suffered the worst blow in her life, and her child did not live to a hundred days. After a great pain in this life, Dong Efei fell ill and struggled for three years, a generation of beautiful people finally died of incense and jade, and when they died, they "did not move their words, sat upright and called the Buddha, and died of booing." A few days after the death, his face was as calm as usual."
After Princess Dong's death, Shunzhi was very sad, in order to compensate for the regret of not being able to establish her as the queen before, two days after her death, he posthumously named her "Filial Piety Zhuang and Zhide Xuanren Wenhui Duanjing Empress", and also personally wrote the "Duanjing Empress's Deeds" to mourn her.
Dong E's funeral was very solemn, and Shunzhi even required that the prince go down to the sipin official, and all the princesses and women had to cry and mourn, "those who do not mourn discuss the punishment", and finally It was Empress Xiaozhuang who "solved the problem". At that time, there was no custom of martyrdom, but Shunzhi was afraid that Concubine Dong had no one to accompany and serve, so he wanted to execute and bury more than twenty palace women and eunuchs, but he gave up this idea because of empress dowager Xiaozhuang's persuasion.
When Dong Efei's Zi Palace was moved from the imperial palace to the Jingshan Guande Hall, the Zi Palace was carried for her by two or three members of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, which was unique in the Qing Dynasty, and even the emperor's funeral had never seen such a big battle. Then, Shunzhi held a large water and land dojo for her in the Guande Hall, where 108 monks chanted the sutra all day and continued to chant for 21 days.
According to the custom of the Qing Dynasty, when encountering national mourning, the emperor needed to use the blue pen instead of the Zhu pen to play the chapter until 27 days later. However, after Dong Eji's death, Shunzhi competed for the blue pen for 4 months.
Shunzhi was already frail and sickly, and after the loss of his beloved son and most important life partner, he also collapsed. A few months later, on the occasion of New Year's Day, there were lights everywhere, but Shunzhi was suffering from smallpox. The imperial court issued an order requiring the people of the whole country to "not fry beans, do not light lamps, and do not splash water" (the ancient superstitious practice of avoiding smallpox), and issued a general amnesty. However, within a few days, Shunzhi died of illness. There is also a legend that says that after Emperor Shunye lost Concubine Dong'e, his heart was like ashes, and he no longer loved the red dust, so he chose to become a monk.
Dong Efei can be said to be a mysterious woman, and this mystery first stems from her life.
According to the QingZheng history, Concubine Dong was the daughter of the Minister of the Interior, Eshuo. Because of concubine e, Eshuo was forced to be made a marquis when he died, and the emperor quit the dynasty for five days. This claim can also be proved by Shunzhi's "Imperial System of Dong Ehou Xing", which Shunzhi wrote: "After Dong E's clan, the Manchurian people also." Father, Minister of the Interior, Eshuo... In the eighteenth year, he was elected to the court with virtue, and his reputation was increasingly known, and he was praised by the Holy Emperor and Empress. ”
Some people say that Dong Efei is actually Dong Xiaowan, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai. Legend has it that Dong Xiaowan was originally the head of Qin Huai's Eight Yans, who was later captured when the Qing army captured Jiangnan and was later dedicated to the Shunzhi Emperor.
There is indeed a person in history, Dong Xiaowan. Dong Xiaowan's real name is Dong Bai, the character Xiaowan, and the character Qinglian, not only looks good, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is also good at cooking, and is the first popular figure on the Qinhuai River. Legend has it that she likes to be quiet, does not love a noisy and luxurious life, and is very indifferent. Later, she fell in love with Mao Xiang, one of the four princes at that time (Fang Yizhi, Chen Zhenhui, Hou Fangyu, and MaoXiang), and married the other as a concubine. Dong Xiaowan and Mao Xiang went through 9 years of difficult years together after marriage, and shunzhi died in the eighth year (1651) due to overwork, at the age of 28. Some people believe that Dong Xiaowan did not die, but was sent to the palace and favored by the emperor. Fearing guilt, Mao Xiang had to lie that Dong Xiaowan was dead. So is this Tong Xiaowan Dong Eji?
The answer is no, the so-called Dong Xiaowan is Dong Efei's claim is pure fiction. First of all, Dong Xiaowan was only 14 years old when he died, which is quite different from the historical records that Shunzhi married 18-year-old Concubine Dong E when he was 19 years old. Secondly, although Dong Xiaowan is a woman, she is very advocating integrity, and does not like luxurious life, and there is no reason to enter the palace to invite pets. Besides, the reason why Tong Xiaowan loves to take risks is most importantly because he appreciates his integrity of vowing to die and refusing to be clear, how could such a clean man pretend that his wife was dead because he was afraid of being guilty? In addition, the Qing system stipulated that manchus and Han were not allowed to intermarry, and even if the emperor liked her again, he could not give her such a high title, "the moon book was a virtuous concubine, and december was a noble concubine", and after his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of empress.
Since Dong Xiaowan is not Dong Eji, why do people always like to associate them? Perhaps because they both have a "Dong" character in their names, and both of them are extremely beautiful and moving, and both are talented women, some people deliberately mix these two women into one person in order to make the plot more tortuous and mournful when compiling novels.
In addition, there is another theory about The life of Concubine Dong Efei that is debatable. Legend has it that Dong Eshi was originally the wife of Shunzhi's younger brother Bomu Bogol the Prince of Xiang. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the harem had a system of ordering women to take turns to enter the palace to accompany the concubines, and Shunzhi met the most important partner in his life, Dong Eshi, under such an opportunity. It is said that Shunzhi is a talented person and has outstanding talent, so Dong Eshi also secretly approves of him. The two secretly fell in love, but could not hide from the eyes of Bomu bogol, who scolded his wife. After Shunzhi learned of this, he also slapped Bomu Bogol. Later, Bomu Bogol died inexplicably, some people said that he died of grief, some people said that he was poisoned by Shunzhi. After 50 days, Dong Eshi became Shunzhi's concubine. This statement is mentioned in a book written by a missionary.
There are not many records of Bomu Bogol in the History of the Qing Dynasty, the prince died at the age of 15, and there is no mention of Dong Eshi in the written materials left about him. Was Princess Dong Efei really his wife? Why is this historical fact not recorded in detail in the history of the Qing Dynasty?
Whether it is a legend or a conjecture, the in-depth investigation of Dong Efei's life is just a kind of sustenance that people cannot let go of their poignant love. In short, this graceful woman won Shunzhi's exclusive love and remained unswerving until death.