Guo Ai
{{Short description|Concubine of Xuande Emperor}}
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Xuande 3
(宣德三年)
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Concubine Guo ({{zh|t=國嬪|s=国嫔|p=Guó Pín}}; died 1428), personal name Guo Ai ({{zh|c=郭愛|p=Guō Ài}}), courtesy name Shanli (善理), was a concubine of Xuande Emperor.
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.{{sfn|Lee|Wiles|2014|p=106}}{{sfn|Lee|Wiles|2015|p=106}} She died of illness soon after she was selected into the palace.{{sfn|Lee|Wiles|2014|p=107}}{{sfn|Lee|Wiles|2015|p=107}}
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.{{sfn|Lee|Wiles|2014|pp=106–107}}{{sfn|Lee|Wiles|2015|pp=106–107}} 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.{{sfn|Lee|Wiles|2014|p=107}}{{sfn|Lee|Wiles|2015|p=107}} 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).{{sfn|Lee|Wiles|2014|p=107}}{{sfn|Lee|Wiles|2015|p=107}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|first1=Lily Xiao Hong |last1=Lee|first2=Sue |last2=Wiles|title=Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644|date=13 March 2014|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-4316-2}}
- {{cite book|first1=Lily Xiao Hong |last1=Lee|first2=Sue |last2=Wiles|title=Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II: Tang Through Ming 618 - 1644|date=28 January 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-51562-3}}
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Category:Year of birth missing
Category:Ming dynasty imperial consorts
Category:15th-century Chinese women