Wenxiu
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| Photograph of Wenxiu | |
| Spouse | Puyi Liu Zhendong |
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| Erdet Wenxiu (額爾德特·文繡) |
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| House | House of Erdet (by birth) House of Aisin-Gioro (by marriage) |
| Father | Duangong |
| Born | 20 December 1909 |
| Died | 17 September 1953 (aged 43) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 文繡 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 文绣 | ||||||
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| Lady Erdet, Consort Shu | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 淑妃額爾德特氏 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 淑妃额尔德特氏 | ||||||
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Wenxiu (20 December 1909 - 17 September 1953), also known as Consort Shu, was a concubine of Puyi, the last Emperor of China and final ruler of the Qing Dynasty. She was from the Mongol Erdet (額爾德特) clan and her family was under the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners.
Along with Puyi and Empress Wanrong, Wenxiu left the Forbidden City in 1924, and moved to the Zhang Garden in Tianjin. She filed and was granted a divorce in 1931. Following the divorce, Puyi, urged by former Qing officials, stripped Wenxiu of her imperial titles. She married Major Liu Zhendong in 1947.
In 2004 descendants of the imperial house of the Qing Dynasty granted posthumous titles to Puyi, his two spouses and two consorts. However Wenxiu did not receive a posthumous title because she is considered to have been reduced to the status of a commoner after she divorced Puyi.
