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Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang (Bumbutai)

Type Figure Region Qing dynasty Time 1613–1688 Also known as Empress Xiaozhuang Wen、Bumbutai、Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang、Consort Zhuang

Empress Xiaozhuang Wen, Bumbutai (1613–1688), of the Mongolian Khorchin tribe, consort of Qing founder Hong Taiji, mother of the Shunzhi Emperor and …

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  1. 1651–1660Forbidden City · BeijingAfter Dorgon died, the Shunzhi Emperor took personal rule; Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, as his birth mother, maintained the Manchu-Mongol noble alliance in the palace and urged the emperor to govern diligently and employ the talented. During this period she coordinated relations between Shunzhi and the imperial clan and Han officials, acting as a stabilizer in the early Qing transition from regency to imperial personal rule, and selected Manchu and Han tutors for the young Xuanye's upbringing.

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