The Mongols had a very honorable surname in the Qing Dynasty, called Borjigit (there are also sources that boer only jin clan). This surname was very popular in the early Qing Dynasty, especially in the Imperial Taiji period, when all the surnames of the top five imperial concubines were Borjigit. But during the Nurhaci period, probably because the business had not yet expanded, the Borzigit clan did not gain the attention of others in the dynasty. The only one of Nurhaci's side concubines, Borjigit, was only a side concubine in the Nurhaci era, but she had a good fate, lived to the Kangxi era, and became nurhaci's longest-lived concubine, and her status was naturally promoted, she was the Shoukang princess of the Qing Taizu Nurhaci.
Princess Shoukang, of the Borzigit clan, was the daughter of the King of the Mongol Horqin Bingtu County, and was not of a low birth. In the forty-third year of the Wanli Calendar, the king of Bingtu County submitted to Nurhaci and sent his daughter to Nurhaci as a concubine as a gift of surrender. At that time, Nurhaci was already 56 years old, this was not an uncle, it was simply a great uncle, if it was a normal age marriage, then Shou Kang Princess was only 16 years old at most. Faced with a husband who is 50 years older than herself, Princess Shoukang is probably resistant in her heart. But there was no way, the Jurchen tribe also believed in the words of their parents, and could only grievance this little girl.
Princess Shoukang was the daughter of the King of Bingtu County, and the cousin of Borjigit Zhezhe (Empress Taiji). This Shou Kang Princess is younger than Zhe Zhe, but this marriage has become Zhe Zhe's mother-in-law, and this kind of generational transformation, I don't know if it will make them feel a little embarrassed? However, the marriage from the husband, before the cousin returned, this Zhezhe was Nurhaci's daughter-in-law, then the two cousins were the relationship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law.
Princess Shoukang was a gift of surrender, and certainly did not receive too much attention, she married Nurhaci for 11 years, but did not give birth to a child. This is the same as the Ambfort Jin Borzigit clan, both of whom were married to the elderly Nurhaci as a teenager, and neither of them had children.
In 1626, the eleventh year that Princess Shoukang married Nurhaci, the elderly Nurhaci died, and Princess Shoukang, who was only in her twenties, became a widow. If this age is placed in modern times, it can be said that it is a yellow flower girl, but in the feudal and backward post-Jin Qing Dynasty, she can only continue to be widowed alive.
Nurhaci died, and Princess Shoukang was only in her 20s at most, so why not remarry? Didn't Hou Jin always believe in the so-called father's death and son's succession, brother's death and brother's death? It turned out that from the time of Emperor Taiji, this tradition changed, first of all, Emperor Taiji did not marry Nurhaci's last concubine, of course, he did not want Nurhaci's other concubines, like Shoukang Taifei, who was not a threat and did not get the emperor Taiji's favor, could only remain widowed for a lifetime, and could not go anywhere.
When Emperor Taiji ascended the throne, Princess Shoukang did not get any benefits, except that the family was strong, and she herself could not escape the cage of the harem. Emperor Taiji died, Princess Shoukang was still alive, Shunzhi ascended the throne as Shouren Palace Concubine, and Kangxi ascended the throne as Shoukang Princess. After the death of Kangxi in the fourth year, although her life was not long, she lived through 4 dynasties, which can be said to have watched the Qing Dynasty prosper from its establishment to the beginning. Is her life worth it or not?