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Tan Yuling

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Tan Yuling (谭玉龄) (192014 August 1942) was of the Tatala clan. She changed her Manchurian clan to a common Han last name "Tan" (谭) based on their similarity of pronunciation. Tan Yuling held the title of Imperial Ming-Xian Noble Concubine conferred on her by Puyi during the period of the puppet Manchukuo regime.

At the time of her marriage, on 6 April 1937, she was granted the title of Imperial Concubine Xiang (祥貴人), which meant she was a consort of the Fifth Degree.

She died six years after her marriage while being attended for typhoid fever by a Japanese-occupation doctor, made suspect by the fact that she resented the Japanese.

After her death, she was posthumously elevated to the rank of "Gui-Fei", meaning: "Noble Concubine" (Consort of the Second Degree) and was given the name of "Ming-Xian" (明賢).

In 2004, the descendants of the Imperial Qing House further posthumously elevated her to the rank of "Huang-Gui-Fei", meaning: "Imperial Noble Consort" (皇貴妃) (Consort of the First Degree).

Preceded by
Empress Wan Rong and Wen Xiu
Wife of Puyi Succeeded by
Li Yuqin