Consort Ji (Xianfeng) Explained

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.

Life

Family background

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]

Daoguang era

Consort Ji was born in 1846. Her father and grandfather died, leaving her together with mother, lady Wu, who received only one tael monthly.

Xianfeng era

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]

Tongzhi era

In 1861, Noble Lady Ji was promoted to "Concubine Ji" (吉嫔) together with other Four Spring ladies.

Guangxu era

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Li, Xiaobo. "曾国藩演义"/"Memoirs of Zeng Guofan". 2013. Tainan. 306.
  2. Book: Wang, Peihuan. "Qing dynasty imperial consorts". Liaoning University press. 1993. Shenyang. 36.
  3. Book: Wang (王), Wenshan (文善). "Early years of Cixi"/《慈禧早年軼事》.
  4. Book: Wang, Peihuan. "Qing dynasty imperial consorts". Liaoning University press. 1993. Shenyang. 351.