Consort Ji | |
Birth Date: | 1846 |
Death Place: | Forbidden City |
Burial Place: | Ding Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs |
House: | Wang (王; by birth) Aisin Gioro (by marriage) |
Father: | Qingyuan (清远) |
Mother: | Lady Wu (伍氏) |
Consort Ji (; 1846 – 12 November 1905), of the Han Chinese Plain Yellow Banner Wang clan, was a consort of the Xianfeng Emperor.
Consort Ji was a member of Han Chinese Plain Yellow Banner Wang clan.
Father: Qingyuan, served as a guard in imperial gardens department.
Mother: Lady Wu (伍氏)
One brother:Wenyuan (文元)[1]
Consort Ji was born in 1846. Her father and grandfather died, leaving her together with mother, lady Wu, who received only one tael monthly.
In 1858, Lady Wang entered the Forbidden City, and was given the title of "Noble Lady Ji" (吉贵人; "ji" meaning "auspicious"). She lived under the supervision of Empress Xiaozhenxian in Zhongcui palace. Lady Wang joined a clique called "Four spring ladies" together with Noble Lady Lu, Noble Lady Xi and Noble Lady Qing.[2] According to the "Early years of Cixi" lady Wang and Consort Yi were holding crippled Xianfeng Emperor. Once, when Noble Lady Ji was pregnant, she was walking together with Lady Yehe Nara in Imperial Garden. Lady Nara accidentally kicked lady Wang causing her a miscarriage.[3]
In 1861, Noble Lady Ji was promoted to "Concubine Ji" (吉嫔) together with other Four Spring ladies.
In 1875, Concubine Ji was promoted to "Consort Ji" (吉妃). Consort Ji died on 12 November 1905. She was interred at the Ding Mausoleum in Eastern Qing tombs in 1907.[4]