Consort Xian (喻賢妃; died 1421), of the Yu clan, was a consort of the

Yongle Emperor The Yongle Emperor (; pronounced ; 2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), personal name Zhu Di (), was the third Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424. Zhu Di was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dyn ...

.Tsai, Shih-Shan Henry, Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle, University of Washington Press, 2002. She famously committed adultery by having an affair with a

eunuch A eunuch ( ) is a male who has been castrated. Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium ...

. This was one of the incidents which caused the mass execution in the emperor's harem, where many of the emperor's concubines, their maids and eunuchs were executed. They were accused of having participated in a murder plot against the emperor.

Titles

*During the reign of the

Hongwu Emperor The Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), personal name Zhu Yuanzhang (), courtesy name Guorui (), was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1368 to 1398. As famine, plagues and peasant revolts in ...

(r. 1368–1398): **Lady Yu (喻氏) *During the reign of the

(r. 1402–1424) **Consort Xian (賢妃; from unknown date) **''Consort Zhaoshunxian'' (昭順賢妃; from 1421) **''Consort Zhongjingzhaoshunxian'' (忠敬昭順賢妃; from 1421)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Consort Year of birth unknown 1421 deaths Consorts of the Yongle Emperor