Princess Duanjing Of The Second Rank

Heshuo Princess Duanjing, born in 1674 on the sixth day of the fifth lunar month of the 13th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, was the fifth daughter of Emperor Kangxi. Her mother was the concubine Bo Gui Ren Zhao Jia Shi. In the 31st year of Kangxi (1692), she was granted the title of Heshuo Duanjing Princess. In October of the same year, she married Galarzang, the second son of the Duling Junwang (Prince of the Mongolian Kharachin Banner), and court archives also refer to her as Heshuo Zhengwen Princess.

On March 29th of the 35th year of Kangxi (1696), the duty officer Zhu Malaga submitted a letter written by Princess Duanjing. The letter records that in the first month of the 35th year of Kangxi, her consort Garsang asked the Holy Ancestor for permission to farm in Ulan Buwen and Xihua Ming'an areas, but the land had already been allocated to the gege (princesses or noble daughters) of Princess Duanjing. The Holy Ancestor issued an imperial edict permitting the princess's consort and the gege to share the land. Princess Duanjing then sent people to deliver seeds, farming tools, and hired workers to the land for cultivation. However, the gege refused permission. The princess wrote to inform the gege of the imperial edict and requested the Crown Prince Yianrang to handle the matter.

Princess Duanjing died in March of the 49th year of Kangxi (1710) at the age of 37, leaving her consort Garsang and a daughter. On April 16th of the 50th year (1711), during the mourning period for the princess, her consort Garsang seized Sonomu's wife and other women's wives and also committed murder, which triggered Empress Dowager Kangxi's anger. Garsang was imprisoned in Beijing until his death in custody; his accomplices were also executed by hanging. The "Jiju Zhù" (Imperial Chronicles) contains some controversy regarding the phrasing about their deaths, referring to some as "adulterous wives" and other terms.

In the third month of the 61st year of Kangxi (around March), Garsang died and was buried together with Princess Duanjing by imperial order.

Reference: "History of Qing" (Qing Shi Gao), Volume 166, Table 6, Princesses.