After Dolgon s death, what happened to his daughter Tungor Gege?

Mondo History Updated on 2024-02-02

During the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the Qing Taizu Nurhachi and the Qing Taizong Emperor Taiji, there was another person who had a significant impact on the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, he was Nurhachi's fourteenth son, the regent Dorgon.

Dolgon assisted the young Shunzhi Emperor and led the Qing Dynasty into the Shanhai Pass and eventually unified the country. Dolgon played a crucial role in this process.

However, in the winter of the seventh year of Shunzhi (1750), Dolgon died due to an accidental fall of his horse. In order to appease Dorgon's henchmen, Shunzhi deliberately issued an order to posthumously crown him as the righteous emperor, and went to the temple to be called Qing Chengzong.

However, in fact, Shunzhi's posthumous seizure of Dolgon was only a stopgap measure. Because he was controlled by Dolgon, he was forced to become his puppet and endured dissatisfaction for a long time.

While Dorgon was alive, he could hold back, but with Dorgon's death, he was bound to liquidate Dorgon and his henchmen.

In the eighth year of Shunzhi (1751), only one year after Dolgon's death, he suffered the liquidation of Emperor Shunzhi. All the honors and the emperor's and temple titles that he had made during his lifetime were all posthumously taken, and even his title of Prince Rui was abolished.

However, although Dolgon had ten wives, he did not have a high fertility rate, with only one daughter born to the daughter of Yi Se-su of the Joseon dynasty of the Yi dynasty, named Aisin Kyoro Dongor.

However, Dolgon had been the adopted son of his younger brother Dorbo, the fifth son of Prince Duoduo of Yu, so his title of Prince Rui was eventually inherited by Dolbo. However, with the death of Dolgon, his family property was confiscated, and the title of Prince Rui was abolished by Shunzhi, and Dolbo naturally lost this title.

Tungor Gege and Dolbo were still young, only 13 and 8 years old respectively, so Shunzhi left them in the care of Doni, the second son of Duoduo. Despite the great changes in Dorgon's life, his children have not been completely forgotten.

Under Dhoni's care, they were able to grow up in a more stable and comfortable environment with the hope of making a difference in the future.

As the adopted son of Dorgon, Dolbo was reclassified into the Duoduo lineage at the behest of Emperor Shunzhi, and was named Dorobelle as the son of Duoduo when he became an adult.

In the Qianlong period, the Qianlong Emperor ordered the restoration of Dolgon's title of Prince Rui, and let the descendants of Dolgon's family continue to inherit the incense for Dolgon. In the end, Dolgon's fifth grandson, Chunying, inherited the title of Prince Rui, and so far, Dolgon's title of Prince Rui was inherited again.

As for Dolgon's only daughter, Tungor Gege, the history is more confusing, and the historical records of Dolgon were basically lost after Dolgon's liquidation, but the folk rumors about her are extremely legendary.

It is said that after Dolbo and Tangor Gege were handed over to Doni by Emperor Shunzhi, Dolbo returned to the Duoduo lineage and had no relationship with Dolgon in the rituals, so he would not be implicated again.

However, Tungor Gege was the only descendant of Dolgon's bloodline, both in terms of ritual and blood, so Doni feared that Emperor Shunzhi would poison her, so he took the risk and let her go privately.

Doni gave a huge sum of money to Tungor Gege, so that she could stay away from the chaos of the capital and go south to a village in the south of the Yangtze River. Tungor Gege was well-educated and spoke elegantly, so he met a teacher in the village who was interested in the imperial examination.

The two are attracted to each other and eventually become husband and wife. Mr. Jiaoshu hoped to change his fate through the imperial examination, but due to his poor family, he could only temporarily teach in the village to save money to go to Beijing.

After he married Mr. Teach, Mr. Tung Gege left the capital with a large amount of money, and Mr. Teach, who hoped that she would sponsor him to go to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination. However, Tungor Gege was born into an aristocracy and was deeply disgusted by the hypocrisy of the power field, so she opposed Mr. Jiaoshu's participation in the imperial examination, hoping that the two would live their lives peacefully.

Mr. Jiaoshu insisted on participating in the imperial examination, but Tangor Gege did not want him to go because he feared for his safety. Eventually, Mr. Teach's concern was understood when he learned that his wife was the only daughter of the regent Dorgon.

He also recognized the sinister nature of his career and dismissed the idea of going to Beijing for the imperial examination. From then on, he focused on teaching and lived happily ever after with Tungor Gege. However, this happy ending is only the sympathy and glorification of Dongguo Gege by the people, in fact, it is impossible for Doni to risk offending Shunzhi to let Dongor Gege go privately, and Shunzhi has no intention of killing her.

Tengor Gege's life was not threatened, but if she was given a large sum of money to live among the people, that would really leave her to fend for herself.

Although there is another legend about Donggu Gege, that is, she was adopted by the minister of Eshuo, and when she became an adult, she was favored by the Shunzhi Emperor as a concubine, that is, the much-loved concubine Dong Ege, but this statement is not reliable.

According to the blood relationship, Donggu Gege and Emperor Shunzhi are cousins, as early as the Nurhachi period, Aixinjue Luo clan has a rule that the same surname is not allowed to intermarry. Therefore, it is impossible for Concubine Dong E's true identity to be concealed, and her life experience will definitely be clearly recorded in the royal family roster of the Zongren Mansion.

It is impossible for Emperor Shunzhi to include her in the harem knowing that she is his cousin, which is neither in line with the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty royal family, nor in line with the law of human ethics.

Despite the denial of folklore, the true outcome of the historical Tangor Gege is still mysterious. Although the relevant historical sources do not directly record her final fate, some local chronicles mention her descendants, which provides clues to our revelation of her fate.

The Chronicles of Princess Gulun Kejing records that a great-granddaughter of Dolgon lived here, and Dolgon had only one daughter, Tungor Gege, so this Dolgon's great-granddaughter was the granddaughter of Tungor Gege.

In addition, Princess Gulun Kejing was the sixth princess of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, one of the princesses of Heqin Mongolia, and her husband was Tushetu Khan of the Mongolian Khalkha Department. Therefore, according to the records of the Chronicles of Princess Gulun Kejing, we can infer that Donggu Gege may have married to the Mongolian Khalkha Ministry as a princess.

Which Mongol prince and nobleman did Tungor Gege marry in the end? We can find the answer by consulting the historical records of the Shunzhi period. According to historical records, during the Shunzhi period, there were four princesses of the Qing Dynasty who married Mongolian princes and nobles, but the first two princesses were still alive when they married, so these two can be excluded.

The remaining two princesses were married in the thirteenth and fifteenth years of Shunzhi respectively, among which it was Dorogge who married Bayas Hulang, the prince of Tushetu of the Korqin Ministry, but her name and life history were not recorded in detail in the history books, and she was only known as a side blessing.

The one who married Horqin Taiji Ozir was also Dorogge, but she was a concubine. Therefore, on the whole, we cannot determine which Mongol prince and nobleman Tungor Gege eventually married.

Ozir is the clansman of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and in terms of seniority, he is the nephew of Xiaozhuang. And Dong Gege is regarded as the elder of the Ozir on the side of Xiaozhuang. In the Qing Dynasty, in the process of Manchu and Mongolian marriages, Qing Dynasty royal men could marry younger generations, for example, Huang Taiji's Empress Xiaoduanwen and Xiaozhuang were originally aunts and nephews, but in the process of marrying Mongolian princes and nobles, the Qing Dynasty royal family could not marry younger generations.

This is to maintain the requirements of royal decency. Therefore, it is very likely that the historical Tangor Gege married Bayas Hulang, the right-wing prince of Horqin, as a side blessing, which is also very in line with the situation at that time.

Prior to this, Bayas Hulang had married Princess Gulun Duanzhen, the eighth daughter of Huang Taiji, as his concubine. Dong Gege's marriage to Bayas Hulang happens to be a side blessing, which is also in line with her identity.

After all, she is the daughter of Dolgon, and her status is slightly lower than that of Huang Taiji's daughter, so her status is also below Huang Taiji's daughter.

During the Shunzhi period, in order to achieve a political exchange, Bayas Hulang personally sent his sister to the capital and relatives. His sister married Doni, King of Shingun, a cousin of Tungor Gege, and Dhoni married his own cousin Tungor Gege to Bayas Hurang as a side blessing.

According to the records of the Mansion of Princess Gulun Kejing, the great-granddaughter of Dolgon, who lived in the palace of Princess Gulun Kejing, was named Heshuo Gege. According to the Qing Dynasty's Mongolian princes and nobles' knighthood system, only the daughter or granddaughter of a prince could be named Heshuo Gege.

Therefore, the final outcome of Dong Gege was to serve a husband with his cousin Princess Gulun Duanzhen, and both of them married Bayas Hulang, the prince of Korqin, and became his side blessing.

Bayas's status was higher than that of Ozir, so his descendants could be named Heshuo Gege.

Dongguo Gege's marriage to the Mongolian prince can be seen as a relatively happy ending. Her father, Dolgon, was liquidated, and the royal family was the most ruthless, and she was not implicated by her father.

Therefore, being able to marry Mongolia far away and become a prince of the side of the Fujin has been a lucky arrangement for Tangor Gege.

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