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  2. Imperial Chinese harem system - Wikipedia

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    The empress and imperial consorts were expected to pay respect to the elders who held the positions above. However, the former emperor's low-ranked imperial concubines (noble lady, first class attendant and second class attendant) would simply be referred to as palace woman of the late emperor (先帝宮女; xiāndì gōngnü).

  3. Hongzhi Emperor - Wikipedia

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    In contrast to almost all of his predecessors, who had many consorts and concubines and fathered many children, the Hongzhi Emperor had only one empress, Empress Zhang. His empress gave birth to two sons, but the second one died at a young age. The Hongzhi Emperor showed a lot of love to his first son, which he himself lacked in his childhood.

  4. Puyi - Wikipedia

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    Puyi in 1908. Puyi was born on 7 February 1906 in Beijing, then called Beiping.His father was Zaifeng, the Prince Chun. [1] Zaifeng was a Manchu prince [2] His great-grandfather was the Daoguang Emperor, his great-uncle was the Xianfeng Emperor, and his grandfather was Yixuan, the first person to hold the title of Prince Chun.

  5. Chongzhen Emperor - Wikipedia

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    Using his sword, he killed Consort Yuan and Princess Zhaoren, and severed the arm of Princess Changping. A modern replacement of the tree from which the Chongzhen Emperor was said to have hanged himself. On 25 April, the Chongzhen Emperor was said to have walked to Meishan, a small hill in present-day Jingshan Park.

  6. Empress Lü - Wikipedia

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    Less than a year after Emperor Hui's accession to the throne, in 194 BC, Lü had one of the late Emperor Gaozu's consorts whom she deeply hated, Concubine Qi, put to death in a cruel manner. She also had Concubine Qi's son Liu Ruyi fatally poisoned. Emperor Hui was shocked by his mother's cruelty and fell sick for a year, and thereafter no ...

  7. Palace plot of Renyin year - Wikipedia

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    The Jiajing Emperor has been called the "Taoist emperor", [2] due to his adherence to Taoist beliefs, particularly that of divination and alchemy.One of the alchemical concoctions he took to prolong his life, at the urging of a Taoist priest in his court, was a substance made from the menstrual blood of female virgins called "red lead" (Chinese: 紅鉛).

  8. Consort Yang (Wenzong) - Wikipedia

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    Consort Yang, imperial consort rank Xianfei (楊賢妃, personal name unknown) (died February 12, 840 [1] [2]), was an imperial consort of the Chinese Tang dynasty.She was a concubine of Emperor Wenzong who became involved in the selection process of his heir and who died as a result of her involvement.

  9. Guangxu Emperor - Wikipedia

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    The Guangxu Emperor (14 August 1871 – 14 November 1908), [1] also known by his temple name Emperor Dezong of Qing, personal name Zaitian, [2] was the eleventh emperor of the Qing dynasty, [3] and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from 1875 to 1908.