State Princess Jingduan

Gurun Jingduan Princess, named Dazhe, was born in 1628 and passed away in 1686. She was the third daughter of Qing Emperor Taizong, Huang Taiji, and her mother was Empress Dowager Xiaoduan Wen, of the Børĵigit clan.

Life: In the fourth year of Chongde (1639), she was married to the Horqin Dolo Prince Qitatet. Qitatet was the son of the princess dowager of Horqin, named Gulen, who was the elder sister of her maternal grandfather. Therefore, from her maternal paternal lineage, he was her maternal nephew; from her maternal maternal lineage, he was her uncle. On the fifteenth day of the second lunar month in the fourteenth year of Shunzhi (1657), she was conferred as Gurun Third Princess and mother of the Erlendji Prince Gulong, known as Gurun Dazhe. On December 24th of the sixteenth year of Shunzhi (1659), an imperial edict titled her as Gurun Yanqing Great Princess. Later, her title was changed to Jingduan Great Princess. Palace archives also refer to her as Chongxin Gui Gurun Princess.

During the Kangxi period, records mention: On September 26th of the second year of Kangxi (1663), the memorial titled "Feyanggu and others’ tribute horse and rewards record" noted that the mother of the Horqin Erlendji Prince, Lady Chongxin Gui Gurun Princess, came to present 18 horses. It was proposed to bestow a silver tea brewing vessel, thirty silk bolts, ten dyed sable furs, six otter furs, a carved saddle, six bamboo tea baskets. On March 3rd of the tenth year of Kangxi (1671), in the memorial "Galu and others’ tribute to foreign vassals for horses, camels, and white pearls" it was recorded that Lady Chongxin Gui Gurun Princess of Horqin presented one horse for official use, a barded riding horse, with a proposal to bestow three bolts of silk. On March 2nd of the sixteenth year of Kangxi (1677), another memorial recorded that she again presented one horse, a poor-quality horse, with a proposal to give one bolt of silk.

In May 1686, Gurun Jingduan Great Princess passed away at the age of fifty-nine.