Why Bother Being Born into a Royal Family - The Real Lives of Qing Dynasty Princesses

Author: Li Jingping
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The daughter of Hong Taiji married Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingxiong, demonstrating the Qing government's reliance on Han defectors. However, for the princess, it ultimately led to the loss of her husband and child, leaving her to live a lonely old life. The daughter of Qianlong, Guren Hohao Princess, married Fengshenyinde, the son of Heshang, though the marriage had no political purpose, the personality differences between the couple left her only with loneliness and isolation. Later, she had to become a victim of the conflict between Jiaqing and Heshang. Rongshou Guren Princess was originally the daughter of Prince Gong Yixu, but became the adopted daughter of Xianfeng, eventually becoming the last princess of the Qing Dynasty. Based on historical records such as the Qing Imperial Chronicles, Qing archives, and notes by Qing scholars, this book focuses on princesses as a special female class. While describing the joys and sorrows, rises and falls of twelve Qing princesses, it also reveals the historical inevitability of the rise and fall of China's last feudal dynasty.