Kurun Princess Zhuangjing

Princess Zhuangjing Guolen (October 20, 1784 – June 27, 1811) was the fourth daughter of the Jiaqing Emperor. Her mother was Empress Xiaoshurui Xitara. Her father was Yongyan, who later became the Jiaqing Emperor. She was born on the seventh day of the ninth lunar month in the forty-ninth year of Qianlong's reign (October 20, 1784), in the Forbidden City. On the first day of the first lunar month of the first year of Jiaqing (February 1801), the Fourth Princess accompanied Princess Zhuangjing Heshuo to the rear palace to pay respects to Empress Xiaoshurui.

In the seventh year of Jiaqing (1802), she was awarded the title of Princess Zhuangjing Guolen as the fourth daughter of Emperor Renzong. In October of that year, she completed her initial formalities, and Emperor Jiaqing hosted a banquet at the Yu Baohe Hall, with the Baohe Palace as the reception site. In November, the princess was married to Mani Batala of the Borjigit Mongol clan. The emperor held a banquet at the Yu Baohe Hall to celebrate. She was also granted a residence within the city, east of Jiangjia, inside the Deshengmen Gate. Additionally, an eighth-rank gift of the Yinquan Mountain mountain water conduit was given, bringing water into her residence from Chengzhe Prince’s Fourth Rank estate.

On October 24, in the tenth year of Jiaqing (1805), Emperor Jiaqing visited Princess Zhuangjing Guolen’s residence. Around April of the thirteenth year of Jiaqing (1810), the princess returned to Beijing, though details of her stay are not recorded. She passed away on the seventh day of the fifth month in the sixteenth year of Jiaqing (May 7, 1811), at the age of twenty-eight. After her death, she was buried alongside Princess Zhuangjing Heshuo in the garden tomb at Wangzuo Village, now known as Beijing Princess Tomb.

On August 10, in the twenty-fifth year of Jiaqing (1820), the official sent Guolen Empress Dowager’s brother, Manibadala, back to Beijing to pay respects. Dao Guang Emperor wrote a poem memorializing the mourning for her and Princess Zhuangjing Heshuo, recounting their childhood friendship and shared experiences of filial piety and family affection.

References: "Draft of the History of Qing" ("Qingshizonggao") — "Princess Tables"; Tang Bangzhi — "Four Genealogies of the Qing Royal Family."