Consort Han (Yongle)

Consort Kanghuizhuangshuli (康惠莊淑麗妃; late 14th century – 1424), of the Korean Cheongju Han clan, was a consort of the Yongle Emperor.[1]

Consort Kanghuizhuangshuli
康惠莊淑麗妃
Consort Li (麗妃)
Born14th century
Kingdom of Joseon
Died12 August 1424
Yongle 22, 18th day of the 7th month
(永樂二十二年七月十八日)
Beijing
Burial
Changling Mausoleum
SpouseYongle Emperor
Posthumous name
Kanghuizhuangshu
(康惠莊淑)
ClanCheongju Han
FatherHan Yeong-jeong
MotherLady Kim of the Uiseong Kim clan

Biography

Joseon sent a total of 114 women as tribute to the Ming dynasty, consisting of 16 virgin girls including Lady Han who was chosen as an imperial concubine of the Yongle Emperor because of her outstanding beauty.[2][3]

In 1421, she was implicated in the alleged plot which resulted in the mass execution in the emperor's harem, where many of the emperor's concubines, their maids and eunuchs were executed, accused of having participated in a murder plot against the emperor.

She managed to avoid being executed but was imprisoned. When the emperor died in 1424, she belonged to the 30 people executed in order to join the emperor by being buried with him.[3]

After the Hongxi Emperor ascended, Consort Li knelt down and begged the new emperor to let her return to Joseon to support her elderly mother but the Hongxi Emperor didn't allow her and ordered to have Consort Li hanged and buried with the late emperor.[4] Consort Li was posthumously granted the title of Consort Kanghuizhuangshuli.[5]

Family

Consort Li was born in the Cheongju Han clan, one of the most proeminent korean clans who produced 6 Queens during the Joseon Dynasty.

Titles
  • During the reign of the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398):
  • During the reign of the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402– 1424):
    • Consort Li (麗妃)
    • Consort Kanghuizhuangshuli (康惠莊淑麗妃)[7]

References
  1. Tsai, Shih-Shan Henry, Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle, University of Washington Press, 2002. ISBN 0-295-98124-5
  2. 규장각한국학연구원 (2011). 조선 사람의 세계여행 (규장각 교양총서05) (in Korean). 글항아리. ISBN 9788967352790. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  3. "두 누이를 공녀로 바치고, 부귀영화를 누린 '한확'". Naver. Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. 《李朝实录·世宗庄宪大王实录一》
  5. "Veritable Records of Sejong: Vol 68". Sillok.history (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. "공신부인 한씨". 위키백과 (in Korean). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  7. "Veritable Records of Sejong: Vol 68". Sillok.history (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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