Yehenara Jingfang

Lady Yehenara (嫡福晋 叶赫那拉氏) was primary consort of the Prince Shuncheng of the Second Rank Nalehe, 16th-generation descendant of Lekdehun, Daišan's grandson and Nurhaci's great-grandson. Her personal name was Jingfang (静芳, meaning "still fragrance").

Yehe Nara Jingfang
Princess Consort Shunchengzhi of the Second Rank
BornYehe Nara Jingfang
(叶赫那拉 静芳)
1870
Beijing
Died1898
Prince Shuncheng Mansion
Spouse
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(m. 1890; died 1898)​
Issuenone
Names
Yehe Nara Jingfang
(叶赫那拉 静芳)
HouseYehe Nara (葉赫那拉; by birth)
Aisin Gioro (by marriage)
FatherGuixiang
MotherLady Aisin Gioro

Life

Family background

Jingfang was a member of the Bordered Blue Banner lineage of the Yehe-Nara clan.

  • Guixiang (桂祥; 1849–1913), served as first rank military official (都統), and held the title of a third class duke (三等公)
    • Paternal grandfather: Huizheng (惠徵; 1805–1853), held the title of a third class duke (三等公)
    • Paternal grandmother: Lady Fuca
    • First paternal uncle: Zhaoxiang (照祥)
    • Third paternal uncle: Fuxiang (福祥)
    • Paternal aunt: Empress Xiaoqinxian (1835–1908), the mother of the Tongzhi Emperor (1856–1875)
    • Paternal aunt: Wanzhen (1841–1896), the mother of the Guangxu Emperor (1871–1908)
  • Mother: Lady Aisin Gioro
  • Two brothers: Deheng (德恒) and Deqi (德棋)
  • Two elder sisters:

Guangxu era

It was not known when was lady Yehenara born. It was said that she was beloved niece of Empress Dowager Cixi.[2] In 1889, she attended Elegant Women Selection together with her sisters. Jingfang married Prince Shuncheng of the Second Rank, Nalehe as a primary princess consort.[3] Apart from her, Nalehe did not have any other concubines.

The main motive of Cixi's choice was desire to strengthen ties between her maternal family and imperial clan. Her paternal aunt, Wanzhen, became princess consort Chun of the first rank,[4] her elder sister, Jingrong, married Zaize, 5th generation descendant of Yunxu, Prince Yuke of the Second Rank and Kangxi Emperor's 15th surviving son,[5] while her second elder sister was instated as an empress of the Guangxu Emperor.[6]

Jingfang is third from left
Jingfang is the lady second from left

Lady Yehenara remained childless and died in 1908.[7]

Controversy with marriage

Early sources claimed that lady Yehenara married Zaishu, a member of Prince Fu peerage. However, imperial genealogy (玉牒) states that it was daughter of Zhaoxiang, Jingfang's first paternal uncle, who was wed to Zaishu and bore two daughters (Yunrong (韫荣)[8] and wife of Tsewang Duanlub, Jasagh of the Aohan league).[9] Another sources mentioned that Jingfang was married to Zaiyi, Yicong's son.[10] According to "Genealogy of the Aisin-Gioro clan", Zaiyi had two spouses, including lady Irgen Gioro and lady Borjigit (daughter of Gongsangzhu'ermote of the Alxa league).[11]

References
  1. Xue, Bocheng (2005). 叶赫那拉氏家族史研究. Jilin University Press. p. 240.
  2. "嫁入豪門的慈禧侄女們，長得適合拍鬼片" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  3. Prince Shuncheng Mansion (1890). Promotional book of the Primary Princess Consort Shuncheng, lady Yehenara.
  4. 《玉牒》.
  5. 《愛新覺羅宗譜》/ "Genealogy of the Aisin Gioro clan", vol.2, part. 2. p. 1024.
  6. 《清实录·光绪帝实录·卷之二百六十六》/"Veritable records of Qing. Chronicles of the Guangxu era". Vol. 266.
  7. "中国第一历史档案馆 目录查询". www.lsdag.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  8. "详细资料介绍_爱新觉罗宗谱网". www.axjlzp.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  9. "档案中的三件清朝册封诰命". 2012-05-14. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  10. "作家". Writer Magazine. 7–12 – via 《作家》杂志社.
  11. "详细资料介绍_爱新觉罗宗谱网". www.axjlzp.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
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