Chinese nobility
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The nobility of China represented the upper strata of aristocracy in premodern China, acting as the ruling class until the late seventh to ninth centuries during the Tang dynasty, and remaining a sign
Fuxi and Nuwa, mythical early sovereigns of China
Consort Zhen, favoured consort of the Qing Guangxu Emperor (r. 1871–1908)
2 pictures:Imperial Consort Jin (left) and Empress Long Yu (right)
Empress Dowager Cixi, Regent of China considered de facto sovereign of China for 47 years during 1861–1908
Gong (title)
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Gong was a title of ancient and imperial Chinese nobility roughly equivalent to and usually translated as duke. It was also historically used within Chinese fiefs as a respectful term of address to an
Chinese nobility
…by the Shang King in Qi (杞) and Zeng. When the Shang dynasty was overthrown by the Zhou dynasty, the Zhou King granted a Shang royal scion the title Gong and fief of Song. In 220 CE, Emperor Xian of Han abdicated his throne to Cao Pi, who granted the previous emperor the title Duke of Shanyang (山陽公). His…
Gong used for Chiang Kai-shek on the paifang at the Cihu Mausoleum in Taiwan
The portrait of the Duke of Zhou from the Wangs' Sancai Tuhui (c. 1607)