Noble Consort Xun (Qianlong)

Noble Consort Xun
Noble Consort Xun
Traditional Chinese	循貴妃
Simplified Chinese	循贵妃
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xún Guìfēi

Posthumous name
	Noble Consort Xun; (循貴妃)

Noble Consort Xun
Noble Consort Xun
Born	29 October 1758; (乾隆二十三年九月二十八日)
Died	10 January 1798 (aged 39); (嘉庆二年十一月二十四日); Forbidden City
Burial	Yu Mausoleum, Eastern Qing tombs
Spouse	Qianlong Emperor (m. 1776⁠–⁠1797)
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Noble Consort Xun; (循貴妃)
House	Irgen Gioro (伊爾根覺羅; by birth); Aisin Gioro (by marriage)

Noble Consort Xun (29 October 1758 – 10 January 1798), of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner Irgen Gioro clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was 47 years his junior.

Life

Family background

Noble Consort Xun's personal name was not recorded in history.

Father: Guilin (桂林), served as the Viceroy of Liangguang from 1778–1780
- Paternal grandfather: Henian (鶴年; d. 1758), served as the Viceroy of Liangguang from 1757–1758

Qianlong era

The future Noble Consort Xun was born on the 28th day of the ninth lunar month in the 23rd year of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, which translates to 29 October 1758 in the Gregorian calendar.

On 28 December 1776, Lady Irgen Gioro entered the Forbidden City and was granted the title "Concubine Xun" by the Qianlong Emperor. It is not known when she was demoted to "Noble Lady". On 14 November 1779, she was restored as "Concubine Xun". In December 1794 or January 1795, she was elevated to "Consort Xun".

Jiaqing era

Lady Irgen Gioro died on 10 January 1798 during the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor, the Qianlong Emperor's 15th son. The Jiaqing Emperor posthumously elevated her to "Noble Consort Xun" and arranged for her a funeral befitting that of a Noble Consort.

Titles

During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735–1796):
- Lady Irgen Gioro (from 29 October 1758)
- Concubine Xun (循嬪; from 28 December 1776^[1]), fifth rank consort
- Noble Lady (貴人; from unknown date), sixth rank consort
- Concubine Xun (循嬪; from 14 November 1779^[2]), fifth rank consort
- Consort Xun (循妃; from December 1794 or January 1795^[3]), fourth rank consort
During the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor (r. 1796–1820):
- Noble Consort Xun (循貴妃; from 9 October 1799^[4]), third rank consort

Notes

^ 乾隆四十一年十一月十八日
^ 乾隆四十四年十月七日
^ 乾隆五十九年十二月
^ 嘉庆四年九月十一日

References

Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) (in Chinese). Vol. 214.

[1] 乾隆四十一年十一月十八日

[2] 乾隆四十四年十月七日

[3] 乾隆五十九年十二月

[4] 嘉庆四年九月十一日

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