| Empress Xiaozhuangwen | |||||||||
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| Grand Empress Dowager Zhaosheng | |||||||||
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| Empress dowager of the Qing dynasty | |||||||||
| Tenure | 21 September 1643 – 5 February 1661 | ||||||||
| Successor | Empress Dowager Cihe and Empress Xiaohuizhang | ||||||||
| Grand empress dowager of the Qing dynasty | |||||||||
| Tenure | 5 February 1661 – 27 January 1688 | ||||||||
| Born | Borjigit Bumbutai (博爾濟吉特·布木布泰) 28 March 1613 (萬曆四十一年 閏二月 八日) | ||||||||
| Died | 27 January 1688 (aged 74) (康熙二十六年 十二月 二十五日) Cining Palace, Forbidden City | ||||||||
| Burial | Western Zhao Mausoleum, near Eastern Qing Tombs | ||||||||
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| Issue | Princess Yongmu of the First Rank Princess Shuhui of the First Rank Princess Shuzhe of the First Rank Shunzhi Emperor | ||||||||
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| House | Borjigit (博爾濟吉特) | ||||||||
| Father | Zhaisang | ||||||||
| Mother | Boli | ||||||||
| Empress Xiaozhuangwen | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 孝莊文皇后 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孝庄文皇后 | ||||||
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Bumbutai (Mongolian: Бумбутай; Manchu: ᠪᡠᠮᠪᡠᡨᠠᡳ; Chinese: 布木布泰; 28 March 1613 – 27 January 1688), of the Khorchin Mongol Borjigit clan, was the consort of Hong Taiji. She was 21 years his junior. She was honoured as Empress Dowager Zhaosheng during the reign of her son, Fulin, the Shunzhi Emperor, and as Grand Empress Dowager Zhaosheng during the reign of her grandson, Xuanye, the Kangxi Emperor.
As empress dowager and grand empress dowager, she had significant influence in the Qing imperial court and was highly respected for her political wisdom and insight. After her death, she was posthumously honoured with the title Empress Xiaozhuangwen, although she never held the rank of empress consort during her lifetime.