The Taimiao plaque is the symbol of the Taimiao, the first plaque written in Chinese in the Qing Dynasty, and a model for the plaques of royal buildings of the Qing Dynasty since then. You may not think that this is directly related to the Shunzhi Emperor's favored Concubine Dong.
According to historical records: On December 24, the thirteenth year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1656 AD), the plaque of the Ming Tai Temple was only written in Chinese, and the Mongolian language was stopped.
Immediately afterwards, on the 10th day of the first lunar month of the 14th year of Shunzhi, he ordered the plaques on the temples of each altar to be like the temple system, and only Manchu and Chinese were written. Before this, the various plaques of the palaces of the Qing Dynasty were written simultaneously in Manchu, Han and Mongolian languages.
This is a manifestation of the intimate relationship between the "Mengman family" in the development of the Qing Dynasty, with the Manchu royal family and kinship marrying, so that most of the Qing empresses were Mongolian women.
The first two empresses of Shunzhi were both from the Mongolian Borzigit clan, and Concubine Dong was a different kind of concubine. And it is precisely this alternative that has been obsessively pampered by Shunzhi.
Concubine Dong entered the palace at the age of 18, was beautiful and virtuous, understood the emperor's thoughts, and was very affectionate with Shunzhi.
According to the "Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty", Concubine Dong was made a virtuous concubine on August 25, the thirteenth year of Shunzhi, and more than a month later, on the sixth day of December, she was officially canonized as an imperial concubine, second only to the empress.
In October of the following year, the day after the birth of the fourth son born to Concubine Dong, Shunzhi placed high hopes on inheriting the throne, calling him "the first son of Shuo". On the contrary, he was not even willing to look at the prince born to the Mongol queen concubine.
Eighteen days after canonizing Concubine Dong as an imperial concubine, Shunzhi issued a sacred decree to stop the book of Mengwen on the plaque of the Taimiao. The following year, the decision was fully implemented.
Shunzhi's intention to use this method to suppress the power of the Mongol empress concubines and protect Dong Efei was very obvious. Shunzhi did not hesitate to use the authority of the current saint to fight to the death with the Mongol empress concubines and traditional forces.
As Shunzhi worried, this happy love did not last long. Shunzhi's special treatment of Concubine Dong E's "Tron of Dependents and Favored Harem" was a rebellion against tradition, which surprised the Manchu Dynasty, and of course was hated by the extremely powerful Mongol empress and the empress family. There is no doubt that Shunzhi's resentment towards the Mongol empress concubines also grew day by day.
Concubine Dong was extremely intelligent, and she knew in her heart that although she was favored by the emperor after entering the palace, she would be jealous. She tried her best to please everyone, including Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, but failed to change the development of the situation. Under a series of persecutions, Concubine Dong's spirit was extremely tense, coupled with the grief of losing her beloved son, she soon fell ill and died on August 19, 1660.
Losing his prince and his beloved concubine, Shunzhi was almost crazy, "even looking for death and life, desperately", until he wanted to become a monk. He ordered a grand funeral for the imperial concubine and posthumously honored her as Empress Xiaoxian. Just over 130 days after Princess Dong's death, the Shunzhi Emperor also died.
Although the Shunzhi Emperor "favored Concubine Dong Elong" during his lifetime, after the death of the Shunzhi Emperor, Princess Dong's status changed significantly.
Although Concubine Dong was posthumously honoured as Empress Xiaoxian by Shunzhi after her death, according to the Qing imperial system, after the death of the empress, her divine tablet was to be promoted to the Xiandian and Taimiao. Although Concubine Dong was posthumously crowned empress, she did not receive such treatment.
Not only that, but she also lost a series of honors that empresses should enjoy, such as the empress's nickname should be followed by the emperor's temple, called "lineage", but Princess Dong could not be the temple of the ancestor Shunzhi, could not be called "Empress Xiaoxianzhang", could only be called "Empress Xiaoxian", referred to as Empress Duanjing;
According to the rules set by the Qianlong Emperor when he ascended the throne, the death day of the emperor and the empress were all big sacrifices, but only Concubine Dong was a small sacrifice; Concubine Dong's divine tablet cannot be enshrined in the Long'en Hall of the Shunzhi Emperor's Mausoleum, but is placed in the West Nuan Pavilion, and here it is dedicated to noble concubines, and it is also a downgraded treatment;
The title of the empress of the Qing Dynasty was added to 16 characters by later generations, but the title of Concubine Dong was no longer added to the title in later generations, and it was always 12 characters - Xiaoxian Zhuang and Zhide Xuanren Wen Hui Duanjing Empress.
What was the reason why Concubine Dong was snubbed after her death? First of all, it is her origin and the special experience of being "robbed" into the palace to become an imperial concubine. Concubine Dong's experience of entering the palace was different from that of other concubines, neither a marriage nor a draft, but the Shunzhi Emperor snatched into the palace.
According to Weitte's "Biography of John Tang", Tang recalled that the Shunzhi Emperor had a fiery love affair with the wife of a Manchu soldier, and when the soldier reprimanded his wife for this, he was slapped in the ears by the Son of Heaven, who had heard of his reprimand.
The soldier then died of resentment or suicide, and the emperor included the soldier's wife in the palace and made her "noble concubine". This is the true origin of Concubine Dong, and according to research, this soldier is Fulin's eleventh half-brother Bomu Bogol.
The second reason why Concubine Dong was snubbed after her death was that the Shunzhi Emperor favored her too much, causing Shunqia to commit a series of acts that violated the ancestral family law. Less than two months after entering the palace, Concubine Dong was promoted to imperial concubine, approaching the position of empress, so fast that the Manchu dynasty was surprised, and of course she would be hated by the empress and the empress family.
After the death of the fourth son of Concubine Dong, he was posthumously made a prince, solemnly took care of the funeral, and even executed two officials of the Ministry of Rites who had mistaken the date of the funeral in anger, and many officials were implicated and flogged or fined silver.
After Concubine Dong's death, the Shunzhi Emperor lavishly held funerals, and even asked high-ranking officials of Er and Sanpin to carry her coffin, and ordered 30 eunuchs and palace people to be martyred. According to the custom, the empress who died before the emperor only used two words.
After the death of Concubine Dong, Fu Lin ordered the courtiers to discuss it, and the initial 4 characters were not allowed, and the 6 characters and 8 characters were not approved by Fu Lin until 12 characters, apologizing for the absence of the words "heaven" and "holy" in the name.
The core of this series of "alternative" practices of Fu Lin is the trampling on the "law of the ancestors", which will inevitably cause strong dissatisfaction from Empress Xiaozhuang and the ministers of the imperial court. As soon as he died, he naturally wanted to anger Concubine Dong, so that Concubine Xuan's tablet could not enter the temple to enjoy worship.
The plaque of the Taimiao hanging high in the middle of the heavy eaves of the Taimiao Temple is a testimony to this embarrassing court history in the early Qing Dynasty.
Author: Jia Fulin
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