Xiao Yi Chun
Empress Xiao Yi Chun (* 1727 in China ; † February 28, 1775 in Beijing ) was the concubine of the Chinese Emperor Qianlong from the Qing Dynasty .
Life
Xiao Yi Chun was born into a family of Han Chinese in the fifth year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign . Her father's family, Wei Qingtai , had been in the service of the Manchu dynasty for a long time .
In 1745, Yi Chun came to the Forbidden City in Beijing and became a concubine of Emperor Qianlong. She received the title of Imperial Wife Ling and bore the emperor six children, including Prince Yong Yan as the second son, who succeeded his father as Emperor Jiaqing . In 1765 she went on an inspection trip with the emperor to southern China, south of the Yangtze River . Further business trips to Tai Shan in Shandong and north to Jehol followed .
After the death of Ulanara , the second empress, no further empress was appointed; the imperial wife Ling was responsible for matters relating to the imperial household. She made sure that her son Prince Yong Yan of Qianlong was secretly named heir to the throne.
Yi Chun was buried outside Beijing in the Yuling mausoleum , in which Qianlong's first wife was also buried. She was posthumously awarded the title of Imperial Consort Ling Yi . After her son's accession to the throne, she was made Empress Xiao Yi Chun. The Chinese name of her family Wei was changed to the Manchu name Weigiya .
Trivia
In the popular Chinese television series Princess Returning Pearl or Huan Zhu Ge Ge , the Empress Xiao Yi Chun is portrayed under the name of Concubine Ling .
literature
- Chuimei Ho, Bennet Bronson: Splendors of China's Forbidden City. The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong. Merrell, London 2004, ISBN 1-85894-203-9 .
- Evelyn S. Rawski: The Last Emperors. A Social History of Qing Imperial Institutions. University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 1998, ISBN 0-520-22837-5 (Paperback printing. Ibid 2001).
- Marion Sabattini, Nicoletta Celli: Imperial Beijing. The magnificent cultural heritage of China. White Star Verlag, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-86726-027-5 .
- Wan Yi et al .: Daily Life in the Forbidden City: The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912 . Viking, New York City 1988, ISBN 0-670-81164-5 .
Web links
- Family tree of the Empress ( Memento from December 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Xiao Yi Chun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Imperial consort Ling |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Concubine of the Chinese Emperor Qianlong |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1727 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | China |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1775 |
| Place of death | Beijing , China |