- Tan Yuling
Tan Yuling (谭玉龄) (1920 –
14 August 1942 ) was aconcubine of the Emperor ofManchukuo ,Puyi . Her name is sometimes transliterated into English as “Jade Years”.Biography
An ethnic
Manchu of the Tatala clan, Yuling changed her Manchurian clan to a commonHan last name "Tan" (谭) based on their similarity of pronunciation, due toanti-Manchuism inChina following theXinhai Revolution which overthrew the ManchuQing dynasty. In 1927, while still a child, she entered the service of the court, and she accompanied the court to the Japanesepuppet state of Manchukuo when it was formed in 1932.On
6 April 1937 , she was selected by Puyi as imperial concubine, and was granted the title of "Imperial Concubine Xiang" (祥貴人), which meant she was a consort of the Fifth Degree. She died six years after her marriage while being treated fortyphoid fever . Puyi felt that the death was suspicious, since she died shortly after an injection given by her Japanese doctor. Tan Yuling was known to have resented the Japanese control over the Emperor, and Puyi came under pressure from the JapaneseKwantung Army to select a Japanese as her replacement. [ [http://www.gochinatravel.com/n243c147.aspx Emperor Xuantong] ]After her death, Ta Yuling was posthumously elevated to the rank of "Gui-Fei", meaning: "Noble Concubine" (Consort of the Second Degree) and was given the name of "Ming-Xian" (明賢).
In 2004, the descendants of the Imperial Qing House further posthumously elevated her to the rank of "Huang-Gui-Fei", meaning: "Imperial Noble Consort" (皇貴妃) (Consort of the First Degree).
References
*cite book
last = Behr
first = Edward
coauthors =
year = 1977
title = The Last Emperor
publisher = Bantam
id = ISBN 0553344749
*cite book
last = Puyi
first = Edward
coauthors = Paul Kramer
year = 1967
title = the Last Manchu; the Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China
publisher = Putnam
id = ASIN: B000NRUCZ8
* [http://www.gochinatravel.com/n243c147.aspx Emperor Xuantong]
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