The Qianlong Emperor was an amorous son of heaven, and among his 43 well-known concubines, there were three empresses, five imperial concubines, five noble concubines, and six concubines, and in the emperor's family, the level of concubine titles was closely related to their favor and family lineage.
If a woman is both favored and high, then her position must not be low, but there is a woman in the Qianlong Emperor's concubines, her family is low, unfavored and even more childless, nor is she able to raise Yongyan like The Qinggong Emperor's noble concubines, and Ying Guifei can raise Yongxuan, but such a woman actually became the last noble concubine in the Qianlong Emperor's harem, from the eighth rank to the first rank, she spent more than sixty years.
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Princess Wan Gui, Chen Shi. Emperor Gaozong's residence. In the Qianlong period, the nobles gradually entered the concubine. Jiaqingjian is honored as a noble concubine. Shoukang Palace is at the top. --"Draft History of the Qing Dynasty and Biography of Later Concubines"
Actor Cao Xiwen played by Chen Shi (play title Chen Wanyin)
This woman's surname was Chen, she was an old man of the Qianlong Emperor's hidden residence, in the harem in the early days of Qianlong's reign, she was the same as Hai Changzai and Zhang Chang, after the expiration of the Yongzheng Emperor's mourning period, when the harem was officially awarded in the second year of Qianlong, she and Hai Chang were promoted to nobles at the same time, but the family became pregnant in the fifth year of Qianlong, and the following year she was named Yu Concubine, and soon gave birth to the fifth son of the Emperor Yongqi, and in the tenth year of Qianlong, Yu Concubine was given the title of Yu Concubine, and the later Yehenara, Bai and Wei clans were already Shu Concubines, Yi Concubines and Ling Concubines at this time.
In the thirteenth year of Qianlong, a major event occurred in the harem of the Qianlong Emperor or the whole country, when the empress Shaji Fucha died during the return journey of the Eastern Tour, at the age of 38. This was undoubtedly a major earthquake in the harem of the Qianlong Emperor, but the death of Empress Xiaoxian may be more happy than worried for these concubines in the harem.
Part of Lang Shining's "Portrait of the Empress Dowager Chongqing"
Empress Dowager Yi's will: Jia Concubine, Ling Concubine, Shu Concubine, chen Guiren served the palace court diligently and diligently, and Jia Concubine was promoted to a noble concubine. Concubine Ling and Concubine Shu were made concubines. Chen Guiren was given the title of concubine. Thanks. - Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty
Just a hundred days after the death of Empress Xiaoxian, the Qianlong Emperor made a big seal on the harem, and the "Fenghuang Empress Yi's will" mentioned here is the standard way of writing the will, as long as the empress dowager must write such a sentence, not that the emperor has no autonomy over the harem, at least the Qianlong Emperor's harem wants to seal who he himself can decide. In this great seal, the concubines of the Emperor and the Sixth Palace, Jia Concubine, Ling Concubine, Shu Concubine, and Chen Guiren were all promoted to the first rank, and at this time, Wan Concubine was finally considered a main concubine.
Speaking of concubines, this title has to be said that this may also be the most valuable text for understanding Chen's people. The words drawn up by the Cabinet Classics Department for Chen's concubines were wan, xun, and ying, from which the Qianlong Emperor chose the wan character. According to the records in the Ministry of Internal Affairs's "Hongzhi Universal", the Manchu meaning of "wan" is soft and obedient, and in Chinese there is a description of the woman's gentle and beautiful meaning, which can be said to be a general evaluation of the Chen family.
After the concubine was enthroned, she sat on the concubine seat for 46 years, and no one in the Qing Dynasty who had been a concubine for a long time had surpassed the Chen clan. This concubine is not ordinary, although it can only be regarded as medium among the eight ranks of the Qing Dynasty harem, but the concubine position has a very special significance for the women of the harem.
Above the concubines there are concubines, noble concubines, imperial concubines, and empresses, and there are nobles, always present, and promised under the concubines, and the women are promoted to the concubines to be considered to be organized, because the positions below the concubines are all indefinite, and when they reach the concubines, they are already considered to be medium concubines, and they can live in the main hall, take the main seat of the first palace, and control the affairs of the first palace. But Chen's concubine deserves that is really a grievance, of course, this resignation is the author's analysis, people may not care.
Why did I say that? According to the records of the Qing Palace, when the concubine took the concubine's seat, there was no record of a reward gift in the archives of her 40-year-old life (Qianlong twenty years), and when she was 50 years old, she sent a gift of 200 taels of silver with a birthday gift slightly higher than that of the nobles. Later, the Qianlong Emperor considered that after all, it was the fiftieth birthday of the people, so he ordered someone to reward her with three hundred and two silver and celebratory items. And the concubine's ordinary birthday reward was distributed according to the usual standard for many years.
Not only is the portion of the birthday gift not in line with the position for many years, even the basic salary is not guaranteed, it is said that the salary of the concubine is 200 taels a year, and it is about 16-17 taels a month, but the salary of the concubine is distributed according to the treatment of the noble position all year round, and it is only in the month of her birthday that she can receive the salary according to the normal treatment, until the concubine is seventy years old, and the normal treatment is restored. Under the surface of Chen's seemingly undegraded position, the share of the actual enjoyment was once reduced, and only the treatment of nobles was available.
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He ordered the university scholar Ah Gui to be the right envoy, and the left attendant of the Rebbe, Tie Bao, to be the deputy envoy, and the concubine Chen Shi was made a concubine. Booklet:... Erwan Concubine Chen Shi was regal with Hui Rou, allowed to be called Shu Shen, the old Yi Tong Residence, careful long serving Dan Chen, the new Yao Yi, so that Fan Ke passed on the Tong History, the grand event of qingye court. The eightieth birthday, the honor of the Ben Lun Silk, the Nine Emperors of Lilong. Zi Jin feng er was a concubine. - Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty
"Ruyi Zhuan" in the late Qianlong Emperor
In the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor considered that he would give way next year, and symbolically promoted some of the concubines in the harem, it should be mentioned that at this time, the first ranking in the harem of the Qianlong Emperor was the Ying Concubine Balin clan, followed by the Concubine Wang, the Qianlong Emperor gave a super-standard courtesy when he was a concubine in the Jin Dynasty, not to mention others, the envoys of the concubines were closely related to the identity and status of the recipients, such as the subsequent Nala clan concubines, shi Yizhi, a university scholar. Empress Xiaoyi's consort of consort Washu Chen Dashou (尚書大受), an assistant university official, who was a high-ranking official in the imperial court, but was not ranked high.
Who is Ah Gui? The last time the Qianlong Emperor sent an envoy of the same specifications, he had already crowned Qingfei as Qinggui concubine for thirty-three years, and in the qianlong dynasty, this rank was the highest level of the canonized concubine, Hugh said that it was a concubine, a concubine, a concubine, a concubine, an empress, and a concubine who made a concubine, and a concubine who was made an imperial concubine, but the rank of the deputy envoy was slightly different.
At the same time, the concubine who was registered as a concubine, the canonized right envoy was a university scholar Wang Jie, although he was also a core high-ranking official, but his status was far less than that of Ah Gui, so it can be seen that At the age of 78, Wanfei was finally a beautiful one. Five years later, the Qianlong Emperor died, and Princess Wan lived with the Balin clan, who was honored as Yinggui Princess, into the Shoukang Palace, which had been vacant for 22 years, and at this time, Princess Wanfei was somewhat stained with the light of Yinggui Princess, because she had raised The Jiaqing Emperor's younger brother YongXuan, and received special preferential treatment from the Jiaqing Emperor, and lived in the Shoukang Palace where the Empress Dowager Chongqing lived for 42 years. Only a year later, Princess Yinggui died, and Concubine Wan took the throne at Shoukang Palace.
Princess Wan's mother was given by the emperor's ancestors when she was in the imperial residence, served the imperial examination for many years, and was crowned as a concubine by jin, and now shoukang palace ranks first, and there are six in the eighty years, Kang Jian Yihe, And It is advisable to honor the title. He should be honored as a noble concubine, and all matters that should be carried out shall be held on April 15 in accordance with the usual rules. - Records of Emperor Qingrenzong
In the sixth year of Jiaqing, the Jiaqing Emperor honored Concubine Wan as a princess, and until this time, after more than sixty years, the Chen clan, who had survived the death of one of the harem figures, finally became the No. 1 of the qianlong emperor's concubines, but at this time, the Qianlong Emperor had already gone, and the harem that had once been full of flowers had already changed its owner. Six years later, Princess Wangui died at the age of 92, the crown of the Qianlong Emperor's concubine's lifespan.
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Looking at the Qianlong Emperor's 19 senior concubines (concubines and concubines above), the average life expectancy is 50 years old, of which only four are more than 60 years old, namely Yue Guifei, Ying Guifei and Concubine Huan, as well as the protagonist of this article, Chen Shi, of which Yu Guifei is the most important, she and Chen Are the same as the qianlong Emperor's old residence, the starting point of the two is also the same, but YuFei has been a concubine for 47 years, Wan Concubine is a concubine for 46 years, the difference in time between the two concubines is 49 years, but the history is so strange, the two started from the same, Although Princess Yue was able to be promoted to the throne because of the birth of the fifth brother, at the end of her life, she was a noble concubine, which was really touching.
From this table of the life expectancy and fertility of the main concubines of the Qianlong Emperor, it can be seen that the wangui concubine who has no children and no favors and no adopted sons and daughters in her life is a special case, compared to her brilliant sisters in the submerged residence, she is really inconspicuous, even Lingfei, Shufei, and so on, these rising stars she can not compare, but such an obscure woman actually laughed to the end, living in the Shoukang Palace where her mother-in-law lived, enjoying her old age, and passing away peacefully at the age of 92, there are many intriguing things behind this.
The Tale of Ruyi followed his death
As the saying goes, the high place is invincible, the companion is like a companion tiger, the imperial court is so, the harem is of course the same, Empress Xiaoxian, Huixian Emperor Concubine, Pure Hui Emperor Noble Concubine... None of these high-ranking concubines were deeply favored before they died, but the short life expectancy, the unsatisfactory unsatisfactory, and yongzhang, the third son of the emperor who wanted to be reprimanded at the funeral of Empress Xiaoxian, also made the pure Hui Emperor's concubines worry and fear for a long time. After her death, the Nala clan was even more miserable, the glory of her life, the evening scenery was desolate, and after her death, the Qianlong Emperor almost destroyed her records and paintings, and until now, this grand empress, even a surname, has to argue and explore for half a day. Concubine Ling seemed to be the final winner, but the birth of six children in ten years made her exhausted her qi and blood, and she died at the age of 49, not enjoying the glory of the empress dowager.
On the other hand, the Chen family, unfavored, childless, perennially deducted wages, it is reasonable to say that such a situation should be depressed, depressed, sad to ordinary people, such a mood on the body damage is self-evident, but the concubine actually lived to the age of 92, this age even today can be regarded as a high lifespan.
It can be seen that although Wan Concubine's life is not smooth, she must be a woman who knows how to dispatch and relieve her mood, and in her edict of consecrated concubines, the Qianlong Emperor praised her for "dreaming of Hui Rou and allowing her to be called ShuShen", and further pointed out that she "made Fan Ke pass on to the history of Tong", which means that her virtue is enough to be passed on in the history of Tong. Although this kind of sealing is basically to pick such a good word, the evaluation of "making Fan Ke pass on to Tong Shi" is unique among the concubines of the Qing Dynasty and is a very high evaluation.
It can be seen that in the long years, although the concubine was treated unfairly, she did not care about it, but was more diligent and cautious, thinking that she must also have her own pleasure, and put a lot of years here, and only then did she have a peaceful and stable mentality. Like the "Ru Yi Zhuan" in which Wan Concubine is portrayed as a gentle and versatile Danqing painter, this artistic processing is privately thought to be very good, in line with Wan Concubine's life experience, and also makes the "spiritual sustenance" concrete. In this place of the harem, it may be easy to see through, but it is really rare to be able to live transparently.
Lang Shining's "Portrait of a Half-Dressed Concubine"
Sometimes life is like this, vigorous and peaceful is a pair of contradictions, choosing which one seems to lose something, the so-called "fish and bear paws can not have both." "Augmenting the Sages" has a cloud "sometimes in fate must be, fate is not always demanding", this attitude of life is indifferent, it is not necessarily vigorous, nor is it necessarily plain, but should be moved from time to time, do not argue, comfortable, this may be the secret of concubines can still live a high life in many unsatisfactory.
Wei Luan's article traces back to the source: Wan Concubine is a role that the author likes very much in "Ruyi Zhuan", and her indifference and gentleness have greatly touched the author. When reading the original work, this concubine was the core figure who brought down Wei Wanwan, and at that time, the author was eager to understand what the real concubine in history was like. After inquiring about the historical materials, I contacted the situation of the Qianlong Emperor's harem to write this article, and welcome the literary friends to exchange and discuss together.
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