Empress Xiaoshengxian
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| Empress Xiaoshengxian | |||||
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| Empress dowager of Qing | |||||
| Tenure | October 1735 – 2 March 1777 | ||||
| Predecessor | Empress Xiaogongren | ||||
| Successor | Empress Xiaoherui | ||||
| Born | 12 January 1692 (康熙三十年 十一月 二十五日) | ||||
| Died | 2 March 1777 (aged 85) (乾隆四十二年 正月 二十三日) Changchunxian Guan, Old Summer Palace | ||||
| Burial | Tai Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Hongli | ||||
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| House | Niohuru (鈕祜祿; by birth) Aisin Gioro (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Lingzhu (凌柱) | ||||
| Empress Xiaoshengxian | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 孝聖憲皇后 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孝圣宪皇后 | ||||||
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Empress Xiaoshengxian (12 January 1692 – 2 March 1777), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a consort of the Yongzheng Emperor.
Life
Empress Xiaoshengxian's personal name was not recorded in history.
Titles
- From 12 January 1692: Lady Niohuru
- From 1704: Ordinary consort (格格)
- From 28 March 1723[1]: Consort Xi (熹妃)
- From 1730: Noble Consort Xi (熹貴妃)
- From October 1735[2]: Empress Dowager Chongqing (崇慶皇太后)
- From 1777: Empress Xiaoshengxian (孝聖憲皇后)
Issue
- Hongli (弘曆; 25 September 1711 – 7 February 1799), the Yongzheng Emperor's fifth (fourth) son, enthroned on 18 October 1735 as the Qianlong Emperor
In fiction and popular culture
- Portrayed by Chan Choiyin in The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty (1988)
- Portrayed by Zhao Minfen in My Fair Princess (1998) and My Fair Princess III (2003)
- Portrayed by Shi Xiaoqun in Huang Taizi Mishi (2004)
- Portrayed by Leanne Liu in New My Fair Princess (2011)
- Portrayed by Sun Li in Empresses in the Palace (2011)
- Portrayed by Yuan Shanshan in Palace II (2012)
- Portrayed by Lily Leung in Succession War (2018)
- Portrayed by Song Chunli in Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
- Portrayed by Vivian Wu in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)
See also
Notes
References
- Ho, Chuimei; Bronson, Bennet (2004). Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong (Illustrated ed.). Merrell. ISBN 1858942039.
- Rawski, Evelyn S. (1998). The Last Emperors: A Social History of Qing Imperial Institutions (Reprint ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 052092679X.
- Rawski, Evelyn S.; Rawson, Jessica (2006). China: The Three Emperors 1662-1795. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 1903973694.
- Wan, Yi; Shuqing, Wang; Yanzhen, Lu; Scott, Rosemary E. (1988). Daily Life in the Forbidden City: The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912 (Illustrated ed.). Viking. ISBN 0670811645.
- Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) (in Chinese).