This is actually one of the main catalysts for the show, because two of the concubines are pregnant and being poisoned. This hierarchy was the same in ancient China. The emperor took on multiple ...

In their eyes, concubines and mistresses are commodities ... Technically, there's a difference--and a hierarchy--between a kept woman, a karaoke hostess who entertains men sexually, a naive ...

More importantly, it indicates a concubine’s political prominence ... their status in a “competitive polity and evolving jati hierarchy”. However, the increasing inability of the Mughal ...

Governed by the real-life Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong, and built around the stratagems and maneuvers of his many concubines ... palace’s intricate social hierarchy — and a thorn in the ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a film covering more historical tumult than Farewell My Concubine, a deeply felt blurring of the line between art and performer. Director Chen Kaige’s masterwork ...

Lee Yi Dam plays Chae Ryeong, Won Gyeong’s former maid who becomes the king’s concubine after catching his attention. Lee Shi Ah stars as Yeong Sil, a royal concubine who bore the king’s child.