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My father recognised your talent and promoted you to a high position. You should do your utmost to repay his grace. Even though your daughter is waiting on me, you should not be harbouring any ill intentions. This will not be tolerated by national law. If you serve the nation well with sincerity and
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On 23 February 1745, when Noble Consort Gao became critically ill, she was elevated to "Imperial Noble Consort Gao" by the Qianlong Emperor. However, she never managed to attend the promotion ceremony because she died 2 days after the emperor announced his decision. In 1752, she was interred in the
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The Yongzheng Emperor died on 8 October 1735 and was succeeded by Hongli, who was enthroned as the Qianlong Emperor. Around th time, Gao Bin wrote a memorial to the Yongzheng Emperor, thanking him for a bunch of lychees, but it was too late as the emperor had already died when the memorial reached
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Two cousin sisters: Gao-jia-shi (Gaogiya; father Gao Shuming), married respectively to Hu Zhao, an imperial senior bodyguard (shiwei) belonging to Plain Blue Banner (probably changed from the Imperial Household Department's Bordered Yellow Banner), and Li Weiping, an Imperial Household Department
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by birth and came from the Gao family, who were originally Han baoyi of the Imperial Household Department's Bordered Yellow Banner. It was Qing court protocol to put any non-Manchu consort and her close male relatives like brothers and cousins into a Manchu banner if they were a Han bannermen.
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Imperial Noble Consort Huixian and her brothers and cousins were put into the Manchu Yellow Bordered Banner effectively changing their ethnicity from Han to Manchu in the eyes of the Qing court. Their surname was Manchurized from Gao to Gaojia (高佳).
391:. On 23 January 1738, Consort Gao was granted the title of "Noble Consort". As she was the only woman in the imperial harem holding said rank at the time, she did not receive any special title to distinguish her from the emperor's other consorts. 365:'s fourth son. On 4 April 1734, she was elevated to the rank of secondary consort. She was greatly favored by her husband all her life and developed a wonderful relationship with his principal wife, 329:
army commander E Shi of the Xilinjueluo (Sirin Gioro) family belonging to Bordered Blue Banner and an Imperial Household Department officer Han Jin belonging to Plain Yellow Banner.   
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from 1747–1748. His first wife was Lady Chen, the daughter of Chen Alin, an Imperial Household Department staff captain belonging to Bordered Yellow Banner and a relative of Consort Chunyuqin (
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Lady Gao was considered to be "a beautiful and well-educated woman with a great personality and many capabilities". It is not known when she become a
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Mother: Gao Bin's third wife. She was the daughter of Ma Weifan, an Imperial Household Department army officer belonging to Plain White Banner.
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Paternal Uncles: Gao Shuming 高述明 (a regional commander in Gansu) and Gao Yu 高鈺 (a regional commander in Jiangsu)
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integrity, I will not refrain from giving rewards to avoid being criticised for showing favouritism.
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staff captain (zuoling) belonging to the Imperial Household Department's Plain White Banner.
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Consort Gao directly assisted Empress Fuca in managing the palace at large and caring for
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Imperial Noble Consort Huixian's personal name was not recorded in history. She was a
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Three younger sisters: Gao-jia-shi (Gaogiya), two of whom married respectively to an
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Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong
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the palace, so the Qianlong Emperor replied in place of his father:
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Wan, Yi; Shuqing, Wang; Yanzhen, Lu; Scott, Rosemary E. (1988).
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Daily Life in the Forbidden City: The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912
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staff captain (zuoling) belonging to Bordered Yellow Banner.
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Forbidden City
Beijing
Eastern Qing tombs
Qianlong Emperor
Posthumous name
House
Gao
Aisin-Gioro
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Manchu
Bordered Yellow Banner
Qianlong Emperor
Han Chinese
Minister of Personnel
Grand Secretary
Wenyuan Library
純裕勤太妃
Imperial Household Department
高恆
Nara clan
Eight Banners
高晉
lady-in-waiting
concubine
Aisin-Gioro Hongli
Yongzheng Emperor

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