Guo Ai
Concubine Guo (died 1428), personal name Guo Ai, courtesy name Shanli (善理), was a concubine of Xuande Emperor.
Also recorded as Concubine Guo · Guopin · Shanli
Guo Ai
- Name
- Guo Ai
- Birthplace
- Fengyang
- Died
- 1428 Xuande 3 (宣德三年)
- Spouse
- Xuande Emperor
- Born
- 1415
- Nationality
- Ming dynasty
- Occupation
- poet
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Guo Ai • Title — Concubine Guo • Birthplace — Fengyang • Died — 1428 Xuande 3 (宣德三年) • Spouse — Xuande Emperor • Full Name — Guo Ai (郭愛) • Posthumous Name — Zhen'ai (貞哀) • House — Guo (郭) • House Type — Clan
Biography
Biography
Concubine Guo was born as Guo Ai in Fengyang in present day Anhui province. She was selected into the palace because she was intelligent and quick witted, and excelled at poetry and prose. She died of illness soon after she was selected into the palace.
Poetry
Poetry
Well versed in poetry, Gao composed a poem in the ancient rhapsody (fu) style, for her previous life didn't seem to be happy, and probably due to illness. Later critics commented that this poem lamenting her fate was in the style of Cai Yan, a Chinese composer, poet, and writer who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. The way she expressed her feeling was neither overblown nor undignified. The poem appears in different anthologies with slight textual variations. The variant titles are version of "Feeling Sorry for Myself When Seriously Ill in My Residence in the Capital" (jingdi bingji zi'ai/Bingley zi'ai/zi'ai).
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- Lee, Lily Xiao Hong. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644. M.E. Sharpe. 13 March 2014. 978-0-7656-4316-2.
- Lee, Lily Xiao Hong. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II: Tang Through Ming 618 - 1644. Routledge. 28 January 2015. 978-1-317-51562-3.
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