Consort Qi (Yongzheng)
| Consort Qi | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1737 |
| Burial | Tailing Mausoleum, Western Qing Tombs, Hebei |
| Spouse | Yongzheng Emperor[1] |
| Issue | Heshuo Princess Huaike Hongpan Hongyun Hongshi |
| Father | Li Wenhui |
| Consort Qi | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 齊妃 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 齐妃 | ||||||
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Consort Qi (died 1737) was a concubine of the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing dynasty.[2] She is played by Li Man in Palace II.
Biography
Consort Qi was a Han Chinese by birth and her family name was Li (李). Her father was Li Wenhui (李文輝), a prefecture governor.
Lady Li became a concubine of the Kangxi Emperor’s fourth son Yinzhen (the future Yongzheng Emperor)[3] and was given the title of a side chamber consort (側福晉). In 1695 she gave birth to Yinzhen’s second daughter, Heshuo Princess Huaike (和碩懷恪公主). Two years later she gave birth to Yinzhen’s second son Hongpan (弘昐). She bore Yinzhen his third son (but was named second son) Hongyun (弘昀) in 1700 and his third son Hongshi in 1704. Of her four children, only Hongshi lived to see his father ascend to the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor in 1722.
After the Yongzheng Emperor came to the throne, Lady Li was granted the title of Consort Qi (齊妃).[4][5] In 1727 Lady Li’s son Hongshi was expelled from the imperial clan and forced to commit suicide for plotting against his younger half-brother Hongli (the future Qianlong Emperor) in a rivalry for succession to the throne. Lady Li, as Hongshi’s mother, was disgraced and was never promoted from then on.
Lady Li died in 1737 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor and was interred in the Tailing Mausoleum in the Western Qing Tombs.
Family
- Father: Li Wenhui (李文輝)
- Spouse: Yongzheng Emperor
- Children:
- Heshuo Princess Huaike (和碩懷恪公主; 1695-1717), the Yongzheng Emperor’s second daughter. She was the only of Yongzheng’s daughters to survive into adulthood.[6]
- Hongpan (弘昐; 1697), Yongzheng's second son, died prematurely[7]
- Hongyun (弘昀; 1700), Yongzheng's third son (officially second), died prematurely
- Hongshi (弘時; 1704-1727), Yongzheng's third son
References
- ^ Schirokauer, Conrad; Miranda Brown (2006). A Brief History of Chinese Civilization. Belmont, California: Thomson Higher Education. ISBN 0-534-64305-1.
- ^ Family tree of Chinese Emperors
- ^ Wang, Qinggong houfei, 341.
- ^ Qi means "even" or "uniformly". See Qi for more information.
- ^ The Selection of Women for the Qing Imperial Harem. "The Yongzheng Emperor had a Chinese concubine when he was a prince and granted this concubine an official title (Qi fei, 齐妃) after succeeding to the throne in 1723."
- ^ Consort Qi (Qing dynasty); family and biography
- ^ The family tree of the Chinese Emperors, "With the princess."