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Wenxiu (20 December 1909 – 17 September 1953), also known as Consort Shu (淑妃) and Ailian (愛蓮), was a consort of Puyi, the last Emperor of China and final ruler of the Qing dynasty. She was from the Mongol Erdet (額爾德特) Clan and her family was under the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners .
Wenxiu Puyi's first choice for his wife was Wenxiu, from the Erdet (鄂爾德特) clan. She married Puyi in 1922. Although she was Puyi's first choice, the Four Dowager Consorts felt that Wenxiu came from an unacceptable impoverished family and was not beautiful enough to be Empress, so they told the court officials to ask Puyi to choose again.
After the wedding was complete, Puyi, Wanrong, and his secondary consort Wenxiu (whom he married the same night) went to the Palace of Earthly Tranquility, where everything was red – the colour of love and sex in China – and where emperors had traditionally consummated their marriages.
When Wenxiu married Emperor Puyi of China and became his Imperial Consort, she likely imagined a life filled with luxury. Instead, she got tragedy. 1. She Was High Class, Low Money. When Wenxiu was born in 1909, it didn’t look like she would become the next Imperial Consort of China.
Mar 20, 2023 · In this article, I will detail the Imperial Consort’s life in the Forbidden City to the day of her expulsion. On 20 December 1909, Erdet Wenxiu was born in Beijing. She was from a prominent Manchu family. Her father was Duanhong, and her mother was Lady Jiang.
Erdet Wenxiu was 12 when she was chosen as the secondary wife of Aisin Gioro Puyi. Scorned, she served him divorce papers, became a teacher, then an editor – and was buried in a pauper’s grave ...
Dec 17, 2023 · Story of Erdet Wenxiu, the former pure consort of Chinese emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi, was depicted in a 1987 Hollywood film. This page is for students who want to take their reading comprehension...
Jun 10, 2022 · Then in his early 20s, Puyi was living in Tianjin with his wife Wanrong and concubine Wenxiu, leading a dissipated life by selling treasures taken out of the palace. Subsequently, Wenxiu - influenced by modern thinking - no longer wanted to lead a bound life or share a husband, and decided to divorce Puyi; an emperor of old China signing ...
Apr 23, 2021 · Puyi’s first choice, Wenxiu (Source: public domain) In 1922 when Puyi was 16 years old, the Dowager Consorts decided that it was high time for him to be married.
Nov 5, 2021 · Wenxiu was the Last Consort of China. She was the rival of Empress Wanrong but she was never the favorite of Emperor Puyi. Wenxiu lived luxuriously in the Forbidden City but she was dissatisfied...
