Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Su.

Consort Su
Issue
Yongzhang, Prince Xun of the Commandary Yongrong, Prince Zhuang of Zhi Princess Hejia of the Commandary
Posthumous name
Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui 纯惠皇贵妃 Titles Concubine of the Prince 庶福晋 1735-1737: Concubine Chun 纯嫔 1737-1745: Consort Chun 纯妃 1745-1760:Noble Consort Chun 纯贵妃 1760: Imperial Noble Consort Chun 纯皇贵妃
Father	Su Jinam
Born	1713
Died	1760 (aged 46–47)

The Imperial Noble Consort Chun Hui (Chinese: 纯惠皇贵妃) was a concubine of the Qianlong Emperor. Emperor Qianlong was emperor China from 1736 til 1795.

Biography

Imperial Noble Consort Chun Hui nee Su (蘇氏) was the daughter of Sujinam (蘇召南) and Han Chinese of origin. She was born in the fifty- second year of Emperor Kangxi's reign and lived 1713 - 1760. She entered the Forbidden City in Beijing during Yongzheng Emperor's reign and became a concubine of the then Prince Hong Li. When in 1735 Prince Hong Li ascended the throne as the Qianlong Emperor, Lady Su was given the title of Imperial Concubine Chun (Chinese: 纯嫔). After the mourning period of the late Yongzheng Emperor she was raised by rank to consort (纯妃) and to Noble Consort (纯贵妃) in 1745.

In 1760 Lady Su was given the title of Imperial Noble Consort Chun (meaning purity). However, Lady Su died several days year later in the twenty-fifth year of Qianlong Emperor's reign. She was given the posthumous title of Imperial Noble Consort Chun Hui and was later interred in the Yuling Mausoleum for concubines. In 1765 Qianlong's second empress was demoted. She died the following year and was interred next to Lady Su's chest.

Children

Imperial Noble Consort Chun Hui gave birth to two sons and a daughter, all survived to adulthood.

• Prince Yongzhang, born on 15 July 1735, died on 26 August 1760(1760-08-26) (aged 25)
  • Prince Minyi, Beili
    • Prince Yixu, Beizi
      • Prince Zaiquan, Zhengguogong
        • Prince Pukui, Fuguogong
          • Prince Yushen, Fuguogong
• Prince Yongrong, born on 28 January 1744, died on 13 June 1790(1790-06-13) (aged 46)
  • Prince Minqin, Prince Ke of Zhi (second rank)
    • Prince Yiqi, Beili
• Princess Hejia (second rank), born on 24 December 1745, died on 29 October 1767(1767-10-29) (aged 21)

Mistake

Qing Sigao (清史稿) factual documents about the Qing dynasty made a mistake in Lady Su's surname. Her surname has never changed to Sugiya like some of Qianlong's concubines.

Sources

1. Draft history of the Qing dynasty 《清史稿》卷二百十四．列傳一．后妃傳．高宗纯惠皇贵妃.
2. China, The Three Emperors 1662-1795. ISBN:1-903973694 (hardback), edited by Evelyn S. Rawski and Jessica Rawson.

See also

• Category:Qing Dynasty emperors
• Category:Qing Dynasty empresses
• Category:Qing Dynasty imperial consorts

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Name	Chun, Hui
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Date of birth	1713
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Date of death	1760
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