Wen Xiu

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Wen Xiu (Chinese: 文绣), also known as the Imperial Consort Shu (Chinese: 淑妃), (1907–1950/51), was an Imperial Consort of the last Emperor of China's Qing Dyasty, the Xuan-Tong Emperor Puyi.

Along with the Xuan-Tong Emperor, and Empress Wan Rong, Wen Xiu left the Forbidden City in 1924, and moved to the Zhang Garden in Tianjin. She filed and was granted a divorce in 1931. Wen Xiu never remarried.

Following the divorce, the Xuan-Tong Emperor, urged by former Qing courtiers, stripped Wen Xiu of her imperial titles.

In 2004, the descendants of the Qing Imperial House granted posthumous titles to the Xuan-Tong Emperor, his two wives and two consorts. However, they did not give Wen Xiu a posthumous title, citing the fact that she was demoted to commoner following her divorce.

Preceded by —

Wife of Puyi Wan Rong as empress

Succeeded by Tan Yuling