Which queens in Chinese history became nuns?

Since the introduction of Buddhism, in China's feudal dynasties, there are many concubines who came from nunneries in the early years or escaped into Buddhism in the last days.

Such as the famous Wu Zetian.

However, like the middle and late Northern Dynasties, in more than a hundred years, there were only eleven emperors of Wei, Qi, and Zhou, and seventeen concubines came out of the palace to become nuns, which is really rare.

Whenever historians discuss this matter, they often explain it on the grounds that they are sycophants of Buddha.

However, according to the historical records, the author found that the backgrounds of concubines becoming nuns in the Northern Dynasties were not the same, and they can be roughly summarized into the following five categories.

It is worth noting that none of these reasons seems to be related to the Buddha.

First of all, it is for health reasons.

Feng, Queen You of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was very beautiful and good at pleasing people, so she was deeply favored by the emperor. However, "after a few illnesses, the civilized queen mother was sent back to her family as a nun."

Emperor Xiaowen "heard that the rash was cured, and sent the eunuch to read the seal twice and ask questions, and then he went to Luoyang.

When he arrived, he favored Benchu" (" Wei Shu? Biography of the Queen").

The second one was expelled from the palace and became a nun due to falling out of favor.

Feng, the queen deposed by Emperor Wei Xiaowen, is the sister of the above-mentioned Queen You.

When his sister was a nun, the Sixth Palace had no owner, so she was appointed queen.

Emperor Xiaowen introduced Youhou back to the palace.

The sisters competed for favor, but failed after being deposed. "So she became a practicing nun, and finally ended up in Yaoguang Buddhist Temple."

In some cases, there were emperors who became nuns after succumbing to political pressure and deposing them.

Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty was unable to deal with the strong bandit Rouran and wanted to get married and seek peace.

Emperor Wen did not dare to take his mistress Rouran as his concubine, so he ordered the former Empress Yifu to "live in a separate palace and become a nun" ("Northern History? Biography of the Empress").

Once again, they fell victim to changes in thrones or dynasties.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, those who were removed from the palace after the former emperor were Empress Hu of Wei Xiaoming, Empress Erzhu of Wei Xiaozhuang, Empress Li Zu'e of Qi Wenxuan, and Empress Yuan Humo of Northern Zhou Xiaomin.

The fourth category is the losers in the struggle for power between the two queen mothers after the young master takes the throne.

After the death of Emperor Xuanwu of Wei, Gao was honored as the Queen Mother by the new emperor Su Zong. However, she was ostracized by Su Zong’s biological mother Hu, and she “sought to be a nun and lived in Yaoguang Temple.

No one is allowed in the palace except for major festivals" ("Book of Wei? Biography of the Queen").

Finally, it was the Xitu people seeking political asylum.

At the end of the Wei Dynasty during the Suzong Dynasty, Qihu Chief Commander Er Zhurong raised troops to attack the capital Luoyang.

The Hu family was afraid of being killed, so "all the six palaces of Suzong were summoned, and the Queen Mother also lost her hair" ("Book of Wei? Biography of the Queen").

In the middle and late period of the Northern Dynasties, the temples were extremely luxurious. The Yaoguang Temple, which housed the concubine Ni Liangduo, also had a large number of Yeting palace maids who served the concubine.

That’s why this place is called a temple, but it is actually another palace where the emperor and empress enjoyed their leisure time. The deposed concubine only lost the dignity of the concubine, but her material life was not much different from that of the palace.

If viewed from this perspective, being a concubine in the Northern Dynasty was a far more preferential treatment than being demoted to the cold palace in other dynasties.

Buddhism claims that monasteries are places outside the world, and monks and nuns are monastics who do not care about worldly affairs.

Queen Ling Hu's voluntary ordination as a nun also expressed her love to Erzhu Rong. She had admitted her political failure and was willing to retire and convert to Buddhism, no longer posing a threat to her political opponents.

In addition, because "Buddhism does not kill", the Hu family temple also begged Er Zhurong to be merciful and save her life in this compassionate place that abstains from killing.

However, the Buddha and God had no power, and the monastery first became the focus of rape, burning and killing by the barbaric Qi Hu army. Empress Hu and the little emperor she supported were also taken out by Er Zhurong and thrown into the Yellow River. .

Attachment 1 (B Freund's details):

Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty (507-551), that is, Yuan Baoju.

Reigned from 535 to 551 AD.

In the bright light, I paid homage to General Zhige.

In the third year of Yong'an (530), he was granted the title of King of Nanyang.

After Emperor Xiaowu was poisoned by Prime Minister Yuwentai, he took the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty to the Great Unification, which was known as the Western Wei Dynasty in history.

The government is controlled by Yu Wentai, who only obeys orders.

Queen Yi Fu was deposed under Yu Wentai's coercion, leaving Queen Qingdeng of the Western Wei Dynasty as her companion.

The Queen Yifu of Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties was a native of Luoyang, Henan.

Empress Yifu's father, Yifuyuan, was the governor of Yitong Sansi and Yanzhou, and her mother was the eldest princess of Huaiyang, the fourth daughter of Emperor Xiaowen of Wei.

Yi Freund has a beautiful appearance and has been serious about speech since childhood.

When she was very young, her parents pointed at her proudly and said to relatives: "What's the harm in having a daughter."

A daughter like ours is much better than a boy. "When Yi Fu was sixteen years old, she was adopted as a concubine by the prince Yuan Baoju.

After Emperor Wen of Wei Yuan Baoju came to the throne, in the first year of Datong, he named Fu Shi as the queen.

Yifu is frugal by nature. She usually eats vegetables and wears old clothes, but Luoqi never wears accessories.

Emperor Wei Wen respected her because she was kind and without jealousy.

Yi Fu gave birth to twelve children, most of whom died young, leaving only the prince Yuan Qin and the king of Wudu Yuan Wu.

After the once powerful Northern Wei Dynasty split into two regimes, the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty, the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty continued to war for years. However, they both won and lost each other and were in a stalemate.

The northern Mongolian Rouran tribe, which was originally in decline, gradually became stronger due to its participation in suppressing the military rebellion in the six towns. Khan Anagui was dominant in Monan and had invincible power.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Rouran declared himself a minister to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

At this time, the Northern Wei Dynasty had split into two parts, and Rouran no longer claimed vassalage, but became the target of the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties competing to please and win over.

Rouran was in good contact with the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties at the same time, so as to seek benefits from being in the middle.

Anagui Khan first proposed to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and the powerful official Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty married the clan daughter Princess Lanling to the Khan as his wife.

So Rouran sent troops to help the Eastern Wei invade the Western Wei.

The Western Wei Dynasty was unable to deal with Rouran and the Eastern Wei Dynasty, so it had no choice but to use women as bait for Rouran.

The imperial court sent Kudizhi, a member of Zhongshushe, to go north to Rouran to discuss the marriage with the Khan.

Anagui Khan had a younger brother named Tahan who was not yet married, so he proposed to the Western Wei Dynasty.

The daughter of Yuan Yi, a concubine in the Western Wei Dynasty, was granted the title of Princess Huazheng and was married to Tahan.

Although both the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties used marriage arrangements to win over Rouran, the women in the Eastern Wei Dynasty were married to clan members, and they were married to Anagui Khan; the clan girls in the Western Wei Dynasty were only married to Yuan Yi. His daughter has the right to serve, and she is marrying the Khan's brother.

The weight of the Western Wei Dynasty in Rouran inevitably pales in comparison.

The powerful minister Yu Wentai persuaded Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty to marry the daughter of Anagui Khan as his concubine.

But Anagui Khan told Emperor Wei Wen that if he wanted to marry his daughter, he must make her the queen, otherwise there would be no discussion.

Yu Wentai had no choice but to ask Emperor Wen of Wei to depose Queen Yi Fu.

Emperor Wei Wen was originally a puppet in the hands of Yuwentai, so Yuwentai was quite polite to discuss with him.

At this time, Emperor Wen of Wei had no choice but to abolish the Yifu family and live in a separate palace to marry a new man.

With tears in his eyes, Yi Fu asked to become a nun, cut off a piece of his hair, and accompanied him with green lanterns and yellow curls.

Emperor Wen of Wei ordered Fufeng Wang Yuanfu to greet Princess Rouran.

Princess Rouran came with seven hundred chariots, thousands of fine horses, and thousands of camels.

When we arrived at the Black Salt Pond, we met the ceremonial guards of the Western Wei Dynasty.

Yuan Fu asked Princess Rouran to face the south to show her dignity. Princess Rouran said: "I am still the daughter of Rouran. Rouran respects the east. Wei Zhan faces south, and I face the east. "Everyone should abide by the customs of the country." So the ceremonial guards of the Western Wei Dynasty all faced south, and the tents and seats in Rouran still faced east.

When I arrived in Chang'an, I performed the post-registration ceremony.

Princess Rouran is called Yujiulu. She is only fourteen years old. She is unique in appearance and intelligence, but she is extremely jealous.

Even though Yi Fu had his hair cut off and became a nun, he still lived in the capital. Princess Rouran was very dissatisfied.

In order to please his new wife, Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty sent his second son to be the governor of Qinzhou and went to the town with his mother Yifu.

Yi Fu's mother and son entered the palace to say goodbye to Emperor Wen of Wei.

Emperor Wei Wen couldn't help crying. The scenes of the past couple appeared in front of his eyes, and Mrs. Yifu also shed tears like rain.

Emperor Wen of Wei secretly asked Mrs. Yi to grow her hair outside, hoping that the couple would meet again if they had the chance in the future.

In the second year, the whole country of Rouran invaded, and their troops reached Xiazhou.

Emperor Wen of Wei sent envoys to question Anagui Khan about why he raised troops.

The Khan said that a country cannot have two queens. The deposed queen of the Western Wei Dynasty is still alive and will still try to regain the title of queen in the future. The princess will inevitably be deposed, so he raises an army to investigate.

This is all because when Princess Rouran heard that Yifu was leaving, Emperor Wei Wen secretly asked her to grow her hair, so she felt dissatisfied and secretly communicated with Rouran Khan to raise an army to force Emperor Wei Wen to remove Yifu.

Seeing this, Emperor Wen of Wei couldn't help but hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed: "How can millions of people be raised for one woman? Even so, if I refuse to renounce my love for my old wife, I will invite trouble from the invaders. How can this theory of things be seen as evil by the general? "It's really strange. What does being sorry for the general have to do with killing his wife? So he sent his regular servant Cao Chong to Qinzhou and ordered Yifu to commit suicide.

Yi Fu said to Cao Chong in tears: "May the Supreme Lord live for thousands of years, the world be prosperous, and die without regrets!" He also called his second son, Wang Yuanwu of Wudu, to come and give instructions on the funeral arrangements.

He asked him to tell the crown prince to take care of himself and not miss his biological mother. The farewell scene was extremely sad and he cried for a long time.

Everyone on the left and right could not bear to see this miserable scene.

At that time, Yi Fu had secretly grown his hair in anticipation of meeting Emperor Wen. At this time, he cut off his hair in front of the Buddha statue, then entered the room and took poison, covered his body with a quilt and lay on the bed. He died soon after, at the age of three. Eleven years old.

A niche was carved out of Maiji Cliff, and the coffin containing Freund's body was placed in the niche.

Two clouds flickered in and out of the tomb, which surprised everyone at the time.

Yifushi was dead, and the Rouran soldiers had no choice but to retreat.

This year Princess Rouran was pregnant and gave birth and lived in Yaohua Palace.

I felt very uncomfortable when I heard a dog barking.

When she was in labor, the baby couldn't be born for a long time. She stared and talked delirium.

Princess Rouran saw a strange woman dressed up in front of her, and asked her left and right: "Who is she?" He was so scared that his hair stood on end.

After finally giving birth to a child, Princess Rouran also died of dystocia at the age of sixteen.

Emperor Wen of Wei Yuan Baoju reigned for seventeen years and died of illness at the age of forty-five.

Prince Yuan Qin ascended the throne and named his mother Yi Fu as Empress Wen. She was buried with Emperor Wen of Wei in Yongling.

There are more detailed records of Yi Fu's deeds in the "Biography of the Concubines" in "Northern History".

From the time when the Tuoba clan established the Wei Dynasty in the Northern Dynasties to the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, fifteen queens successively became nuns.

Later generations always have a sympathetic attitude towards the tragedies of emperors and concubines of past dynasties, such as the eternal masterpiece of Yang Yuhuan and Tang Xuanzong.

But behind these so-called affections, there are actually many flaws.

Ordinary people can easily make sacrifices for their loved ones, but you can't find an emperor who has done so.

"The Peacock Flies Southeast" has this sentence: "Plant pines and cypresses to the east and west, and sycamores to the left and right.

The branches cover each other and the leaves communicate with each other.

They raised their heads and sang to each other every night.

Pedestrians stopped to listen, and the widow became hesitant. "Every time I think of "the widow is hesitant", I can't help but feel sad and moved. It's the emotion of life and death. It can be regarded as shocking, but as for Yi Fu, he was just the victim of a coward.

Appendix 2:

Statistics start from the Western Han Dynasty.

There were 36 concubines in the Western Han Dynasty recorded in historical records, of whom 8 were killed (including killed, poisoned, and worried to death). They are: Mrs. Qi, the wife of the great ancestor Liu Bang, and Liu Yingzhi, the emperor Hui. Wife: Empress Xiaohui Zhang Yan, Emperor Jing Liu Qi's wife Li Ji, Emperor Wu Liu Che's wife Zhao Jieyu, Prince Wei Liu Ju's wife Ruo Empress Shi Shi, Emperor Xuan Liu Xun's wife Gongai Empress Xu Pingjun, Empress Xiaoxuan Huo Chengjun, Cheng Emperor Liu Ao His wife Xiaocheng was the Queen Xu; 6 people committed suicide. They are: Emperor Wu Liu Che’s wife Empress Wei, Yuan Emperor Liu Xi’s wife Feng Zhaoyi, Cheng Emperor Liu Ao’s wife Xiaocheng the Queen Zhao Feiyan, Zhao Zhaoyi, Ai Emperor Liu Xin’s wife Xiaoai Queen Fu, and Ping Emperor Liu Xi’s wife Queen Xiaoping, Wang family; 2 deposed people: Emperor Wu Liu Che's wife, Queen Xiaowu Chen Jiao, Emperor Jing Liu Qi's wife, Queen Xiaojing's Bo family.

There were 29 concubines in the Eastern Han Dynasty, 11 of whom were killed. They are: Emperor He, Liu Zhao’s wife, Xiaohe, Queen Yang, Emperor An, Liu Hu’s wife, Queen Ansi, Yan Ji, Queen Gongmin, Li, and Heng. Emperor Liu Zhi’s wife, Empress Yixian Liang, Empress Xiaoheng Deng Mengnu, Cainv Tian Sheng, Emperor Ling Liu Hong’s wife Empress Xiaoling Song, Empress Lingsi He, Empress Linghuai Wang Meiren, Emperor Xian Liu Xie’s wife Empress Xiaoxian Fu family, Dong Guiren; 2 people who committed suicide: Emperor Zhang Liu Xuan's wife Song Guiren, Ling Emperor Liu Hong's mother Empress Xiaoren Dong family; 1 person who was deposed: Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu's wife Guo Shengtong, Queen Guangwu.

During the Three Kingdoms Period: Cao Wei had 9 concubines, 3 of whom were killed: Empress Wen Zhao Zhen Luo, wife of Emperor Wen, Queen Guo of Wen De, Mao Shi, wife of Emperor Ming Cao Rui; 1 was deposed Person: Empress Zhang, wife of the third emperor Cao Fang.

The concubine of Shu Han is safe.

There were 13 concubines in Soochow, 5 of whom were killed: Mrs. Xu, Queen Pan, Mrs. Wang, wife of the great emperor Sun Quan, Queen Quan, wife of the second emperor Sun Liang, and Zhang Meiren, wife of the last emperor Sun Hao.

There were 28 concubines during the two Jin Dynasties, 5 of whom were killed: Emperor Wu Sima Yan’s wife, Empress Wu Yao Yang Zhi, Emperor Hui Sima Zhong’s wife Hui Empress Jia Nanfeng, his wife Xie Jiu, Ming Emperor Sima Shao’s wife Ming Mu Queen Yu Wenjun, Emperor Jianwen's wife Sima Yu's wife Shun Queen Wang Jianji; 1 missing person: Emperor Huai Sima Chi's wife was pregnant with the queen Liang Lanbi; 1 person forced to remarry: Emperor Hui Sima Zhong's wife Hui Queen Yang Xianrong.

Era of the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms: The concubines of the Cheng Han Empire were safe.

There were 23 concubines in the former Zhao Empire, of which 2 were killed: Queen Jin, wife of Emperor Yin Liu Can, and Queen Xuanming, wife of Emperor Xuancheng Liu Lu; 2 people committed suicide: wife of Emperor Guangwen Liu Yuan The Shan family and the wife of Emperor Zhaowu Liu Cong were Queen Jin Yueguang.

There were 8 concubines in the Hou Zhao Empire, and 7 of them were killed. They are: Empress Liu and Empress Cheng, wife of Emperor Ming Shi Le, wife of Emperor Wu Shi Hu, Mrs. Guo, Mrs. Cui, Empress Zheng, and Empress Liu, the fifth term Emperor Shi Zun’s wife, Empress Zhang; one of the deposed persons: Emperor Wu Shi Hu’s wife, Heavenly King and Empress Du Zhu.

There were 9 concubines in the former Qin Dynasty, and 3 were killed: Empress Liang, the wife of the second emperor Fu, Empress Yang, the wife of Emperor Aiping Fu Pi, and Empress Mao, the wife of Emperor Fu Deng; 1 committed suicide: Xuan Zhao Mrs. Zhang, wife of Emperor Fu Jian; one person who was forced to remarry: Empress Li, wife of Emperor Fu Deng.

The Later Qin Empire had four concubines, all of whom were safe.

There were four concubines in the Western Qin Empire. The third emperor, Emperor Wenzhao, begged Chipan’s wife Tufa to be killed, and the rest were safe.

All the concubines of the former Yan Empire are safe.

There were 10 concubines in the Later Yan Empire, three of whom were killed: Mrs. Duan, wife of Emperor Wucheng Murong Chui, Queen Duan of Chengai, and Ding, wife of Emperor Huimin Murong Bao and wife Xianyou.

All the concubines of the Southern Yan and Northern Yan empires are safe.

There were 9 concubines in Qianliang Kingdom, 1 was killed: Pei, the wife of the third emperor Zhang Chonghua; 2 committed suicide: Yan Ji and Xue Ji, the wives of the seventh emperor Zhang Tianxi.

There were 5 concubines in the Houliang Empire, and 1 committed suicide: Emperor Ling Lv usurped his wife, Empress Mu Yang.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties: The Liu Song Empire had 17 concubines, 3 of whom were killed: Empress Zhang Hu Daonv, wife of Emperor Wu Liu Yu, Concubine Pan Shu, wife of Emperor Wen Liu Yilong, and Empress Yin, wife of the fourth emperor Liu Shao; One person died: Lu Huinan, the wife of Emperor Wen Liu Yilong and Empress Zhao.

There were 9 concubines in the Southern Qi Empire, of which 1 was deposed: Empress Chu, the wife of the sixth emperor Xiao Baojuan; 1 died by hanging: Xiao Baojuan's wife Pan Guifei.

There were 9 concubines in the Southern Liang Empire, and one of them was killed: Concubine Xu, wife of Emperor Xiao Yi of the Yuan Dynasty (this person is the "Xu Niang" in the idiom "a young woman is half old, her charm is still there") .

The Chen Empire had eight concubines, of which one was killed: Zhang Lihua, the wife of the concubine Chen Shubao, and one missing person: Empress Shen, the wife of Chen Shubao.

There were 29 concubines in the Northern Wei Empire, 9 of whom were killed: Emperor Daowu Tuobagui’s wife, Queen Xuanmu’s Liu family, Mrs. He, Emperor Wencheng Tuoba Jun’s wife, Queen Yuan Li’s wife, Emperor Xianwen Tuo’s wife Mrs. Li, wife of Ba Hong, Queen Zhen, wife of Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong, Queen You Feng Run, Queen Hu, wife of Emperor Xuanwu Yuanke, Queen Wen Yifu, wife of Emperor Wen Yuanbaoju, Yuwen, wife of the seventeenth emperor Yuanqin Queen; 3 people died violently: Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong's wife, Queen Wenzhao, the Gao family, Emperor Xuanwu Yuanke's wife, Queen Shun, the Yu family, Gaoguiren; 3 people who were forced to escape into Buddhism and became nuns: Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong's wife, Queen Xiaowen Feng Qing, Emperor Xiaoming's wife Yuanxu's wife, Queen Xiaoming's wife Hu, and Emperor Gong's Tuoba Kuo's wife had several surnames.

There were 10 concubines in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and 1 was killed: Xue Bin, the wife of Emperor Wenxuan Gao Yang; 3 were forced to remarry: Duan Zhaoyi, the wife of Gao Yang, Empress Hulu and Empress Hu, the wives of the concubine Gao Wei; remarried One person committed suicide later: Feng Xiaoling, the left empress and wife of the empress Gao Wei.

There were 10 concubines in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and 5 were forced to become nuns: Emperor Wu Wenyong’s wife, the Tianyuan Sheng Empress Dowager Li Ezi, Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun’s wife Tianda Empress Zhu Manyue, Tianzhong Empress Chen Yueyi, and Tianyou Empress Yuan Leshang, Queen Tianzuo Yuchi Fanchi; one person who was forced to remarry: Sima Lingji, wife of Emperor Jing Yuwenchan.

The concubines of the Sui Empire are safe.

There were 39 concubines in the Tang Empire, 11 of whom were killed: Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi’s wife, Queen Wang, Xiao Shufei, Zhongzong Li Xian’s wife, Queen Wei, Zhaorong Shangguan Wan’er, Ruizong Li Dan’s wife Su Empress Liu of Ming Shunsheng, Empress Dou of Zhaocheng Shunsheng, Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji’s wife, Empress Wang, Yang Guifei, Suzong Li Heng’s wife Empress Zhang, Zhaozong Li Ye’s wife Mrs. Pei, Li Zhaoyi; 1 person died of starvation: Zhongzong Li Xian’s wife and Sishun Holy Queen Zhao; 2 missing people: Emperor Daizong Li Yu’s wife, Queen Ruizhen Shen, and Yizong Li Yu’s wife Guo Shufei; 1 person died violently: Emperor Xianzong Li Chun’s wife Guo Guifei; 1 person hanged himself : Concubine Wang Shu, wife of Emperor Wuzong Li Yan.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: the Houliang Empire had 6 concubines, including 1 who was killed: Empress Zhang, wife of the second emperor Zhu Yougui; 2 were forced to become nuns: Chen Zhaoyi, wife of Taizu Zhu Wen, Concubine Guo, wife of the last emperor Zhu Youzhen.

There were 10 concubines in the Later Tang Dynasty, 3 of whom were killed: Emperor Zhuangzong Li Cunxu’s wife, Queen Minjing Liu Yuniang, Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan’s wife Wang Shufei, and Emperor Min Li Conghou’s wife Queen Kong; 2 people who self-immolated: Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan’s wife and Empress Cao of Wu Xian, Empress Liu, the wife of the last emperor Li Congke; three people who were forced to become nuns: Zhuangzong Li Cunxu's wife Han Shufei, Yi Defei, and Mrs. Xia.

There were 4 concubines in the Later Jin Dynasty, one of whom ended up unknown: Emperor Shi Chong’s noble wife Empress Feng.

The concubines of the Later Han Dynasty are safe.

In the Later Zhou Dynasty, there were 7 concubines, 2 of whom were killed: Chai, the wife of Taizu Guo Wei, the empress of the Holy Mu, and Liu, the wife of Sejong Guo Rong, Queen Zhenhui.

There were 7 concubines in the former Shu Empire, 2 of whom were killed: Concubine Xu Xian, wife of Gaozu Wang Jian, and Mrs. Xu of Huarui; 1 was deposed: empress Wang Yanjun, empress Gao.

The Queen of Southern Wu is safe.

There were two concubines in the Jieyan Empire, and they were all killed.

The concubines of the Southern Han Empire are safe.

There were 7 concubines in the Fujian Empire, 2 of whom were killed: Queen Chen Jinfeng, wife of King Huizong Yanjun, and Li Chunyan, wife of King Kangzong Jipeng.

There were three concubines in the Later Shu Empire, one of whom died on hunger strike. This person was Empress Li, the wife of the great ancestor Meng Zhixiang.

In the Southern Tang Dynasty, there were 5 concubines. The wife of the martyr Li Sheng remarried another person.

There were 62 concubines in the two Song dynasties (Northern and Southern Song dynasties), including 2 who were killed: Empress Guo, wife of Renzong Zhao, and Huang Guifei, wife of Zhao Dun, Guangzong; 2 committed suicide: wife of Zhao Xu, wife of Zhezong Queen Zhaohuai Liu Qingjing, Duzong Zhao Mengqi's wife Yang Shufei; 2 people who were deposed: Huizong Zhao Ji's wife Cui Fei, Gaozong Zhao Gou's wife Liu Cairen; 3 people who died in the feudal state: Huizong Zhao Ji's wife Xiansu Queen Zheng, Qiao The imperial concubine, the wife of Qinzong Zhao Huan, Renhuai, Queen Zhu; there are two people who became nuns: Queen Quan, wife of Zhao Mengqi of Duzong, and Hu Guifei.

There were 20 concubines in the Liao Empire, and 6 were killed: Emperor Yelutu’s desired wife, Empress Rouzhen Xiao, Shizong Yeluwu’s desired wife, Empress Xiao Sagezhi, Princess Zhen, The benevolent empress Xiao Bodhisattva, wife of Shengzong Yelu Longxu, Xiao Guanyin, the wife of Daozong Yelu Hongji, the empress Xuanyi, and Xiao Sese, the wife of Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Tianzuo, Chengyi Wenfei.

There were 47 concubines in the Jin Empire, 8 of whom were killed: Taizu Wanyan Agu beat his wife Chongfei Xiao, Xizong Wanyan Dan’s wife Yuping Empress Pei Man, Defei Wugu Lun, The fourth emperor Wanyan Liang’s wife Zhaofei Pucha Alihu, the noble concubine Tang Kuodingge, Zhaoyuan Yeluchaba, Zhangzong Wanyanjing’s wife Yuanfei Li Shier, Chengyu Jia; 2 suicides: Shizong Wanyanyong’s wife Mingde Queen Wulinda, Xuanzong Wanyanxun's wife Baofu imperial attendant Li; 2 people taken captive: Xuanzong Wanyanxun's wife, Queen Wang, Aizong Wanyan Shouxu's wife and disciple Queen Shan; 1 person who became a nun: Zhangzong Wanyanjing His wife is Fan Chengyu.

There were 105 concubines in the Yuan Dynasty, 4 of whom were killed: Buluhan, wife of Chengzong Tiemuer (Yawu), and Hongji Ci, wife of Wenzongtu Tiemuer, did not answer. Shili, Mingzong Heshi? His wife is Ma Zhen? Queen Babusha, Huizong Tuohuan, Tiemu'er's wife, Danasili, Queen Bo? Danasili; 1 exiled person: Emperor Taiding's grandson, Tiemu'er's wife, Hong Ji Ci? Queen Babuhan.

There were 69 concubines in the Ming Dynasty, 16 of whom were killed: Guo Bin, wife of Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, Concubine Duanjing, Concubine Chunjing, Concubine Zhenshun Hui, Concubine Zhuangjing Shu, Concubine Zhuang Shunjing, Concubine Zhenhuishun Concubine Gongding Li, Concubine Zhenjing Shu, Concubine Gongshun, Concubine Suxi, Concubine Zhang, wife of King Shizong, Concubine Cao Duan, Concubine Wang Ning, Concubine Zhao Xuanshi, wife of Guangzong Zhu Changluo, Concubine Zhang Yu, wife of Emperor Xizong Zhu Youxiao; committed suicide. 3 people died: Empress Ma, wife of Emperor Hui Zhu Yunjie, Queen Yi'an, wife of Emperor Xizong Zhu Youxiao, Queen Zeng, wife of Zhu Yujian, wife of Emperor Shaozong; 1 person died violently: wife Ji of Xianzong Zhu Jianshen; 3 people were deposed: Zhu Zhan, wife of Xuanzong Ji's wife, Empress Zhang Hu Shanbai, Xianzong Zhu Jianshen's wife, Empress Wu, Shizong's wife, Zhang Shunfei; 1 person whose whereabouts are unknown: Xuanzong Zhu Zhan's wife, an unknown person from the palace of Ji (this woman is the biological mother of Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, not only does no one know her whereabouts , and even his surname and given name are not mentioned in historical records!).

There were 149 concubines in the Qing Empire, 2 of whom were killed: Emperor Dezong (Guangxu) Zai Dan’s wife, Zhen Zhen, the wife of the last emperor Puyi; 1 committed suicide: Shizu Fulin’s wife Zhen Concubine Dong E (according to legend, during the Fulin Dynasty, there were three Dong E's in the harem, one was Concubine Ning, the mother of Prince Yu Fuquan, the other was the concubine Zhen we mentioned, and there was another Dong E who died. The posthumous title was "Queen of Xiaoxianzhuang and Zhide Xuanren, Wenhui Duanjing"; two people were deposed: Jingfei Borjijit, wife of Shizu Fulin, and Nala, wife of Emperor Gaozong Hongli.

< p> From the above statistics, we can see that, except for a few short-lived small dynasties, almost every concubine in the past dynasties faced the threat of dethronement and death.

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