建宁 (Jiànníng) · Princess Jianning, youngest daughter of Hong…

Meanings

1 Princess Jianning, youngest daughter of Hong Taiji in Qing history; a fiery female lead in Jin Yong's novel The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎记)

About Princess Jianning

1642–1705 · 历史人物 historical figure

Qing princess, a daughter of 皇太极, married to 吴应熊, son of the general 吴三桂. 金庸's novel 鹿鼎记 makes her Kangxi's wild younger sister and a wife of 韦小宝, which is how most Chinese know her.

Also called 恪纯长公主

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HSK 6

建宁公主是韦小宝七个老婆中最厉害的一个。

Jiànníng gōngzhǔ shì Wéi Xiǎobǎo qī gè lǎopo zhōng zuì lìhai de yí ge.

Princess Jianning is the fiercest of Wei Xiaobao's seven wives.

HSK 6

历史上的建宁公主其实是皇太极的女儿，不是康熙的妹妹。

Lìshǐ shàng de Jiànníng gōngzhǔ qíshí shì Huáng Tàijí de nǚ'ér, búshì Kāngxī de mèimei.

The historical Princess Jianning was actually Huangtaiji's daughter, not Kangxi's sister.

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history

The real princess was Kangxi's aunt: his father, the Shunzhi Emperor, was her younger brother. During the Revolt of the Three Feudatories led by 吴三桂, her husband and their son 吴世霖 were executed, in 1674.

history

建宁 was a title, not her name: in 1659 she became 和硕建宁长公主, and the title was later changed to 恪纯. Literally, 建宁 is 'establish peace' and 恪纯 'reverent and pure'.