Imperial Noble Consort Shujia | |
Birth Date: | 14 September 1713 (康熙五十二年 七月 二十五日) |
Death Date: | (乾隆二十年 十一月 十五日) |
Death Place: | Forbidden City |
Burial Place: | Yu Mausoleum, Eastern Qing tombs |
Issue: | Yongcheng, Prince Lüduan of the First Rank Yongxuan, Prince Yishen of the First Rank Yongyu Yongxing, Prince Chengzhe of the First Rank |
Posthumous Name: | Imperial Noble Consort Shujia (淑嘉皇貴妃) |
House: | Jin, later Gingiya (金佳; by birth) Aisin Gioro (by marriage) |
Imperial Noble Consort Shujia (14 September 1713 – 17 December 1755), of the Korean Gingiya clan which was placed into the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner after her death, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was two years his junior.Imperial Noble Consort Shujia was also the Qing dynasty's only imperial concubine of ethnic Korean heritage.
Imperial Noble Consort Shujia's family was born into the Korean Gin clan, a family originally from Uiju, Joseon, which surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and eventually moved to China during the Qing invasion of Joseon in 1636.[1] Her family was very influenced by Manchurian culture and was later moved into a Manchu banner.[2] Her original surname Jin (Kim) was Manchufied to Gingiya.
Lady Jin was born on 14 September 1713, in Uiju, Joseon. Little is known about her life before she became a Mistress to Hongli, the future Qianlong Emperor.
It is not known when Lady Jin became a mistress to Hongli, the future Qianlong Emperor, but she did marry him before he married his Primary Consort Fuca. It is highly possible she and the Secondary Consort Gao were close friends, as their families were also very closely allied. Hongli did not seem to favor Lady Jin very much.
Lady Jin was titled as a Noble Lady on 8 November 1735. On 23 January 1738 she was promoted to and titled as "Imperial Concubine Jia". On 21 February 1739 she gave birth to the emperor's fourth son Yongcheng. In December 1741 or January 1742 she was promoted to "Consort Jia". While holding this title Lady Jin had another two sons, Yongxuan on 31 August 1746 and Yongyu on 2 August 1748 who would die prematurely on 11 June 1749, a month after Lady Jin was promoted to "Noble Consort Jia" on 20 May.On 22 March 1752 Lady Jin had her last child, Yongxing. Lady Jin died on 17 December 1755 at 42 years old. She was promoted to Imperial Noble Consort the following day, and the day after that, she was given her final title, "Imperial Noble Consort Shujia".