Empress Xiaojingxian

Empress Xiaojingxian
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	孝敬憲皇后
Simplified Chinese	孝敬宪皇后
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiàojìngxiàn Huánghòu
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡥᡳᠶᠣᠣᡧᡠᠩᡤᠠ; ᡝᠩᡤᡠᠨ; ᡨᡝᠮᡤᡝᡨᡠᠯᡝᡥᡝ; ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ
Romanization	hiyoošungga enggun temgetulehe hūwangheo

Full name
	Ula Nara Duoqimuli; (烏拉那拉多棋木里)
Posthumous name
	Empress Xiaojing Gonghe Yishun Zhaohui Zhuangsu Ankang Zuotian Yisheng Xian; (孝敬恭和懿順昭惠莊肅安康佐天翊聖憲皇后)

Empress Xiaojingxian
Empress Xiaojingxian
Empress consort of Qing
Tenure	28 March 1723 – 29 October 1731
Predecessor	Empress Xiaoyiren
Successor	Empress Xiaoxianchun
Born	Ula Nara Duoqimuli; (烏拉那拉多棋木里); 28 June 1681; (康熙二十年五月十三日)
Died	29 October 1731 (aged 50); (雍正九年九月二十九日); Garden of Eternal Spring, Old Summer Palace
Burial	Tai Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs
Spouse	Yongzheng Emperor (m. 1691⁠–⁠1731)
Issue	Honghui
Full name
	Ula Nara Duoqimuli; (烏拉那拉多棋木里)
Posthumous name
	Empress Xiaojing Gonghe Yishun Zhaohui Zhuangsu Ankang Zuotian Yisheng Xian; (孝敬恭和懿順昭惠莊肅安康佐天翊聖憲皇后)
House	Ula Nara (烏拉那拉; by birth); Aisin Gioro (by marriage)

Empress Xiaojingxian (28 June 1681 – 29 October 1731), of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Ula Nara clan, personal name Duoqimuli, was a consort of the Yongzheng Emperor. She was three years his junior.

Life

Family background

Father: Fiyanggū (費揚古), served as a first rank military official (領侍衛內大臣), and held the title of a first class duke (一等公)
- Paternal grandfather: Bohucha (博瑚察)
Mother: Lady Aisin Gioro
- Maternal grandfather: Murhu (穆爾祜; d. 1654), Cuyen's grandson
- Maternal grandmother: Lady Borjigit
Three elder brothers and one younger brother

Kangxi era

The future Empress Xiaojingxian was born on the 13th day of the fifth lunar month in the 20th year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, which translates to 28 June 1681 in the Gregorian calendar.

In 1691, Lady Ula Nara married Yinzhen, the fourth son of the Kangxi Emperor, and became his primary consort. On 17 April 1697, she gave birth to his first son, Honghui, who would die prematurely on 7 July 1704.

Yongzheng era

The Kangxi Emperor died on 20 December 1722 and was succeeded by Yinzhen, who was enthroned as the Yongzheng Emperor. On 28 March 1723, Lady Ula Nara, as the Yongzheng Emperor's primary consort, was instated as Empress and put in charge of the emperor's harem.

Lady Ula Nara died on 29 October 1731 and was interred in the Tai Mausoleum of the Western Qing tombs. The Yongzheng Emperor did not elevate any of his other consorts to the position of Empress to replace Lady Ula Nara after she died.

Titles

During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722):
- Lady Ula Nara (from 28 June 1681)
- Primary consort (嫡福晉; from 1691)
During the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1722–1735):
- Empress (皇后; from 28 March 1723[1])
- Empress Xiaojing (孝敬皇后; from December 1731 or January 1732[2])
During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735–1796):
- Empress Xiaojingxian (孝敬憲皇后; from 1737)

Issue

As primary consort:
- Honghui (弘暉; 17 April 1697 – 7 July 1704), the Yongzheng Emperor's first (first) son

In fiction and popular culture

Portrayed by Zhuang Li in Yongzheng Dynasty (1999)
Portrayed by Amber Xu in Palace (2011)
Portrayed by Mu Tingting in Scarlet Heart (2011)
Portrayed by Ada Choi in Empresses in the Palace (2011)
Portrayed by Sun Feifei in Palace II (2012)
Portrayed by Annie Yi in The Palace (2013)
Portrayed by Ma Chunyan in Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
Portrayed by Joan Chen in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)

Notes

雍正元年二月二十二日
雍正九年十二月

References

Wan, Yi; Shuqing, Wang; Yanzhen, Lu; Scott, Rosemary E. (1988). Daily Life in the Forbidden City: The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912 (Illustrated ed.). Viking. ISBN 0670811645.

Chinese royalty
Preceded by Empress Xiaogongren	Empress of China 1722–1731	Succeeded by Empress Xiaoshengxian (actual living successor Empress Xiaoxianchun)

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[1] 雍正元年二月二十二日

[2] 雍正九年十二月