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12-11-2003, 08:15 PM
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In some of the photos, does she have looong nails? What's the significance of having long nails?
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12-20-2003, 05:26 AM
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The Imperial Concubine Xiang (Princess Xiang). She did not like her husband, the Emperor who adored her very much. Once when she was cutting something, the Emperor embraced her from the back. The embrace was so sudden that the Princess accidentally cut the Emperor on the hand. The Emperor was not annoyed but the Empress Dowager was and she quickly ordered the Princess to comit suicide. The Emperor was very much hurt by her death.
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06-02-2005, 08:37 AM
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06-02-2005, 02:26 PM
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Xiang's real title was Concubine Jung (or Rong). She was the concubine of Emperor Qiang Long. Legend has it that she was born with a fragrance around her, thus the name Xiang (which means fragrance). She was not Manchurian and was the only Islamic concubine in the history of the Qing Dynasty. The story that she cut the Emperor and was ordered to commit suicide by the Empress Dowager is a false legend, told by authors and tv series producers. The real Concubine Jung was loved by the Empress Dowager, who promoted her to the title of Jung Fei (Concubine Jung) from Gui-Ren. The Empress Dowager died 11 years before Jung Fei's death, proving that the Empress Dowager did not order that she commit suicide. Towards the end of Qiang Long's reign, there was no empress. Thus, Jung Fei's rank among the concubines was the third highest. She was also loved by the Emperor Qiang Long. She went with the Emperor on two of his numerous tours of China. The Emperor also allowed her to wear her homeland's clothes, and the imperial kitchen provided her cultural food. Archaeologists and historians have found proof of the celebrations of her 40th and 50th birthdays. She was 55 years old when she died. So the rumor that she died young was false. Archaeologists have also found her tomb.
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12-20-2003, 05:39 AM
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The Imperial Grand Concubine Zhen (of the first class).
She was the second last Emperor's favourite wife, friend and companion. Throughout the Emperor's whole life, she was his only love. They shared many hobbies and interests including wearing Western clothes and taking photos, and they were all broad-minded people longing to modernize China and even thinking about turning the monachy into a Constitutional Monarchy. She was ordered to be thrown into a well and drowned by the Empress Dowager Cixi who was astonished and annoyed so much by her encouragement for reforms. She was probably pregnant at that time. Today the well is a landmark in the Forbidden City.
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07-04-2007, 03:34 PM
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12-24-2003, 09:56 AM
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[The picture: With foreign officials]
Allow me to make clear that the person standing on the right side of the former Emperor Pu Yi is no more that Reginald Johnston ( he played a big role in Pu Yi's life, but i assume that most of you know that). The lady in the middle is Noona Ransom (but i'm not quite sure). I'm very glad that you (gaoshan1021 and Poppy) contributet this pictures for us to see thank you!
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12-26-2003, 12:56 AM
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You have just seen the movie of this particular emperor, and you gain immediate interest to this lame king. Wait till you've read the epics of Kang-xi(the 3rd Emperor of the manchu dynasty), you'll love the whole Chinese imperial history! Kang-Xi's time is one of the most magnificent time of the Ching dynasty, follow by his son Yong-Zheng and his grandson Qian-Long. It is said that during the reign of Qian-Long, the Ching dynasty is at its peak.
To many chinese, Pu-Yi is just one of the last emperors of a dynasty who cannot be of any use to either the country or his people. He is merely a puppet! He might be able to cut his long braid off to show his heart for revolution, but other than that, he is no match for the revolutionary armies' gunfire. All last emperors of dynasties ended badly, he is consider one of the luckier ones, being able to live to a ripe old age. Five thousand years' history of imperial China, ends in the hands of Tsuh-Xi, the dowager empress, it is her that put shattered China into Pu Yi's hands. For all I can say, he is one poor guy.
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