Song, Liao, and Jin · Empress Dowager

Chengtian 承天

Attested AD 1004

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chengtian was an empress Dowager.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1004 承天之禦戎澶淵
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passage 199

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Of
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passage 198

Events and relationships

Resisted enemy
AD 1004 承天之禦戎澶淵 · Military · Commander · At Chanyuan 澶淵 · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 199

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 71Volume 71 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

如應天之奮擊室韋，承天之禦戎澶淵，仁懿之親破重元，古所未有，亦其俗也。 Yingtian's fierce rout of the Shiwei, Chengtian's command at Chanyuan, Renyi's personal defeat of Chongyuan—such deeds are unheard in antiquity, yet they fit Khitan custom.