Guo Ai
Chinese concubine (died 1428)
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Concubine Guo (simplified Chinese: 国嫔; traditional Chinese: 國嬪; pinyin: Guó Pín; died 1428), personal name Guo Ai (Chinese: 郭愛; pinyin: Guō Ài), courtesy name Shanli (善理), was a concubine of Xuande Emperor.
| Guo Ai 郭愛 | |||||||||
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| Concubine Guo | |||||||||
| Born | Fengyang | ||||||||
| Died | 1428 Xuande 3 (宣德三年) | ||||||||
| Spouse | Xuande Emperor | ||||||||
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| Clan | Guo (郭) | ||||||||
Biography
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.[5][6] 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.[3][4] 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).[3][4]