Who would have thought that a woman from a wrapped family would actually gain the favor of the young Kangxi and not only give birth to the second daughter of the emperor, but also be honored as a concubine in the first great seal. But the wind and clouds suddenly changed, as she grew older, she had become a yellow flower of tomorrow, no longer favored by the emperor, and after the sideburns slightly invaded the wind and frost, she finally ended up with a tragic ending of an unknown death.
A woman in a yellow flag
Duan Concubine, one of the concubines of the Kangxi Emperor, was a clothed man of the Yellow Banner and the daughter of Dong Deqi, a member of the Outer Lang.
According to the "Eight Banners of Manchuria Clan Genealogy", the grandmother of the Duan Concubine Dong clan was named Dong Wenxuan, who lived in Fushun for generations, and after returning to the imperial court, he was incorporated into the Zhenghuang Banner Wrapping, from which it can be seen that the Dong family was a Han person who wrapped the banner.
The Dong clan was originally a very ordinary wrapped family, and this family was able to develop in the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty, thanks to Dong Wenxuan's great-grandson Dong Degui. In that year, the Qing army entered The Dingding Yanjing, Dong Degui and Tan Tai defeated Li Zicheng's 200,000 troops, and made great achievements, so Dong Degui was awarded the title of Worshiping Him Labul Hafan (Riding Capital Lieutenant).
Not only that, but later Dong Degui was also enthroned and was added to the second class of light vehicle lieutenants, and even his two wives, Shu Mulu and Nala, were also named Lady Yipin, and the Dong clan flourished from then on.
This Dong Degui was none other than Dong Deqi's brother, the uncle of Duan Concubine Dong.
Beginning in the ninth year of Shunzhi, due to Dong Degui's old age and illness, the title was inherited by his son Dong Dianbang, who served as the general manager of the Internal Affairs Office, and kangxi 55 years as the general manager of the Internal Affairs Office, the three dynasties of Kang Yongqian, which lasted for more than sixty years, and was known as "the shuofu of the three dynasties, the great man of a generation".
Moreover, this Dong Degui also had nine sons, the highest one was called Dong Haoshan, who had served as a general of the Green Camp and became a close confidant of the emperor because of his achievements in controlling the Han army.
It can be seen that the family origin of the Duan Concubine Dong clan is still very good, and the family prospered because of its military achievements, intermarried with Manchuria, and then became a family of internal affairs.
He was the seventh concubine of Kangxi
Duan Concubine Dong's origin determined that she was definitely not selected to enter the palace through the Eight Flags Draft, it is very likely that she was selected by the palace women to enter the palace, and the time of entering the palace was relatively early, it should be in the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty.
Around the tenth year of Kangxi was a peak of Kangxi's early fertility, when Kangxi had just captured Aobai and regained the power of the imperial court, and naturally full of vigor, at this time, dong also gained the favor of Kangxi, and gave birth to the second daughter of the emperor in early March of the tenth year of Kangxi. However, the little princess only lived for two years before she died.
Although the second daughter of the Emperor died prematurely in her early years, it still did not seem to affect the position of the Dong clan in Kangxi's heart, so in the sixteenth year of Kangxi, the first time since Kangxi succeeded to the throne, the harem arrived.
In this year's canonization, the daughter of the former auxiliary chancellor Shu Bilong, Niu Hulu , succeeded li zhonggong and became the new empress of the Qing Dynasty, and the daughter of tong Guowei , the daughter of her uncle Tong Guowei , was given the title of noble concubine. In addition, Kangxi also enthroned seven concubines, including the Dong clan.
"Kangxi Sixteenth Year August Bingyin ,...... Shangshang Shangshu Wu Zhengzhi, Shilang Erxingge, Yang Zhengzhong, Ma La, Fu Hongji, Scholars Xiang Jingxiang, Li Tianfu, etc. held the festival and made Li a concubine, Wang Jia as a concubine, Dong as a duan concubine, Ma Jia as a rong concubine, Nala clan as a Hui concubine, Guo Luo Luo as a Yi concubine, and Hesheli as a concubine. ”
As you can see, in this canonization, the Dong clan was named Duan Concubine, ranking third among the seven concubines, second only to An Concubine and Jing Concubine, even if it is placed in the entire Qing Harem, the Dong Clan can also rank fifth, and later the favored Concubines Rong, Hui, and Yi Concubines are all behind the Dong Clan at this time, and the favor of the Dong Clan can be seen.
The first of the three concubines of the Kangxi Dynasty
Although the Dong clan was full of vigor and made the most of the limelight in the sixteenth year of Kangxi's canonization, we should not forget that the root of a woman's foothold in the harem is to give birth to a crown princess, and although the Dong clan once gave birth to an imperial second daughter, she died very early, and in this regard, the Dong clan is really much worse than Rongfei, Huifei, Yifei, and Defei.
In the twenty years of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Dong clan was excluded, and the four concubines of Hui, Yi, De, and Rong became the new favorites of the emperor, which also heralded the beginning of Dong's harem career to decline.
Sure enough, after that, the Dong clan never received the canonization, until the forty-sixth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Dong clan had been in the concubine position for a full thirty years, at this time the Qing harem ranked as the noble concubine Tong Shi (悫惠皇贵妃), Hui, Yi, De, Rong four concubines, and then duan concubines, and concubines and concubines, although Dong was the head of the three concubines, ranked sixth in the harem, but it could not be compared with the status of the four concubines.
What is even more tragic is that there is no relevant record of this concubine Dong Shi, and even the year in which she died is not known, only that she was buried in the Kangxi Jingling Concubine Garden on the ninth day of September in the 59th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, and it is speculated that the time of death should be around the 57th year of the Kangxi Dynasty.
Zichen said:
Among the seven concubines of Kangxi, Duan Concubine was a loser, she lost to Concubine Hui, Concubine Rong, and Concubine Yi in the harem competition for favors, although she had given birth to the second daughter of the emperor for the 18-year-old Kangxi, but this imperial daughter died early, and this concubine was never able to give birth again, which doomed her to a tragic end. In fact, from the duan concubine, we can see the shadow of most women in the Qing Palace, after all, there are only a few who continue to be favored, compared with the first two concubines of the seven concubines, the concubine is still very good, at least there is no place to die.
References: "Eight Banners of Manchurian Clan Genealogy", "Qing History Draft", "Qing Dynasty Concubine Biography"