故宫珍藏老照片，光绪的后妃们 EMPEROR GUANGXU'S EMPRESS AND CONCUBINES

端康与左起未知，婉容，文秀，唐石霞

隆裕太后与太监们

参加隆裕哀悼会的各界人士在太和门前

光緒后妃

光緒皇蒂載活(1871-1908年),共有后妃三人,即皇后和瑾、珍二妃。皇后葉赫那拉氏,滿洲鑲黃旗人,爲慈太后胞弟、副都之女。她生於同治七年(1868年),光緒十五年(1889年),在慈薦策動下,入宮做了光緒皇后。她才貌卒庸,且在慈禧與光緒的權力之傾向前者,故此終生不得載湉寵愛。溥儀即位後,她被镎駑隆裕皇太后。

光绪皇后

光绪瑾妃

光绪帝珍妃

宣铳三年(1911年),她主持“御前會議”,頒布了宣就带《退書》。隆裕死於1913年2月22日,終年46歲,民國政府她舉行了隆重的哀悼活動瑾、珍二妃,姓他他拉氏,滿洲鑲紅旗人,均爲醴部侍郎長叙之女,瑾妃生於同治十五年,珍妃生於光緒二年。光緒十五年,姐妹倆同入宮,被封駑嬪。二十年,雙雙晉封爲妃。珍妃天資聰穎,愛好頗多,很受載湉寵愛。光緒二十四年,慈蘑發動戊戌政變,載活、珍妃分到囚禁;二十六年,八國聯軍攻陷北京,慈薦倉皇出逃前,迫使年僅25歲的珍妃墜井身亡瑾妃於宣年間被擘皇貴太妃。清亡後,溥儀駑她上徽號“端康”。她死於1924年溥儀出宮前夕,享年51歲在三人現存照片中,數量上瑾妃最多,大都是她臨死前數年拍攝的。另外值得一提的是,保存至今的珍妃照片雖然衹有一張,但存清宮后妃照片中,卻以這張烏最早 (文前照片:隆裕太后居住的疆秤宮)

端康（瑾妃）

EMPEROR GUANGXU'S EMPRESS AND CONCUBINES

Emperor Guangxu(Zai Tian, 1871-1908)had an empress and two concubines, Jin and Zhen The Empress Yehonala, native of Bordered Yellow Banner of Manchuria, daughter of assistant lieutenant-general Gui Xiang(full-brother of Empress yager Cixi), born in 1868(7th year of Tongzhis reign). She entered the palace and became the Empress of Emperor Guangxu at the instigation of Cixi in 1889. She was a woman of limited ability and had indifferent features, and, in the scramble for power between Empress Dowager Ci and Emperor Guangxu, she prefered the former. For this reason, she had not found favour with Zai Tian all her life. After Pu Yi ascended the thro he was honored with Empress Dowager Long Yu. In 1911(3rd year of Xuantong's reign), she presided over"the meeting of the presence" and omulgated"the abdication edict" of the Emperor Xuantong. She died on February 22, 1913, aged 46. The government of Republic held grand The Concubines Jin and Zhen(Tatala clan), native of Bordered Red Banner of Manchuria, daughters of Chang Su, vice-minister of the Board of for mourning over her death Rites. Concubine Jin was born in 15th year of Tongzhis reign, and Concubine Zhen was born in 2nd year of Guangxu's reign. The two sisters entered the palace at the same time in 15th year of Guangxu's reign, and were granted Pin (ranking below the cor bine). Five years later, both of them 2 Having wide interests Concubine Zhen of intelligence and wisdom was in Zai Tian's good graces. When Cixi staged the Coup of wu Xu Year in were promoted to concubine 1898, Zai Tian and Concubine Zhen met with imprison respectively; when the Eight-Power Allied Forces occupied Beijing in 1900, Cixi had forced the twenty-five-year-old Concubine Zhen to fall into a well before the former fled in confusion Concubine Jin was honored with the title of "Imperial Dowager Consort of the First Rank "in the years of Xuantong's reign. After the Qing Dyansty was destroyed, Pu Yi offered her honourable title"Duan Kang". She was died on the eve of that Pu Yi left the palace in 1924, aged 51 In the existing pictures of the three persons, Concubine Jin is the most in number, of which the greater part had been taken in a few years before her death. In addition, it is worth mentioning that although only one picture of Concubine Zhen has been preserved to present, it is the earliest in the existing pictures of empresses and concubines of the Qing court