Consort Wang Shufei (王淑妃)

Overview

The translated histories identify Consort Wang Shufei as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 8 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Consort Wang Shufei	王淑妃	Wang Shufei
Title	Consort Wang	王淑妃	Wáng Shūfēi
Title	Consort Wang Shufei	王淑妃	Wang Shufei
Title	Consort Wang Shufei	王淑妃
Title	Shufei	淑妃	Shufei

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0122, jiuwudaishi:072:s0129
Sex: female
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:038:s0101
Value: female
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:066:s0091

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed / 殺 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 契丹主死 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0183, jiuwudaishi:051:s0184

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 契丹主死 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:051:s0183, jiuwudaishi:051:s0171
Source Date: Text: 明宗晚而多病，王淑妃專內 · Western Interval: Start: AD 930 · End: AD 933
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:038:s0101
Source Date: Text: 秦王…王淑妃 · Western Year: AD 933
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:072:s0129
Source Date: Text: 長興四年 · Western Year: AD 933
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:051:s0121, jiuwudaishi:051:s0122, jiuwudaishi:066:s0091

Family

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Spouse of Li Siyuan (李嗣源)
Kinship Term: consort / 淑妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage
Kinship Term: Consort Shu / 淑妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage
Parent of Li Congyi (李從益)
Kinship Term: foster mother / 母之 · Parentage: foster · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0122, jiuwudaishi:051:s0184

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 51Volume 51 Book of Later Tang 27: Biographies 3: Imperial Family · 4 passages

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王淑妃曰：「從榮在此。」 Consort Wang Shufei said, "Congrong is here."

明宗命王淑妃母之，嘗謂左右曰：「惟此兒生於皇宮，故尤所鍾愛。」 Mingzong appointed Consort Wang Shufei as his foster mother and once told his attendants, "Only this child was born in the palace itself, and so I cherish him above all."

〈（《五代史闕文》：漢高祖自太原起軍建號，至洛陽，會郭從義先入京師，受密旨殺王淑妃與許王從益。 (Lost Writings of the History of the Five Dynasties records that Gaozu of Han raised his army at Taiyuan and established his reign. Reaching Luoyang, he found Guo Congyi already in the capital with a secret order to kill Consort Wang Shufei and Prince Xu Congyi.

淑妃臨刑號泣曰：「吾家子母何罪，吾既為契丹所立，非敢與人爭國，何不且留吾兒，每年寒食，使持一盂飯灑明宗陵寢。」 Facing execution the consort wept aloud, "What crime have mother and son committed? The Khitan installed me; I never sought to contend for the realm. Why not spare my son, so that each Cold Food he may bring one bowl of rice to Mingzong's tomb?"

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66 Book of Later Tang 42: Biographies 8: an Zhonghui, Zhu Hongzhao, Zhu Hongshi, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou, Song Lingxun · 1 passage

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延壽使其妻興平公主入言於中，延光亦因孟漢瓊、王淑妃進說，故皆得免。 Yanshou's wife the Princess of Xingping pleaded within; Yanguang used Meng Hanqiong and Consort Wang—both won leave.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 2 passages

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初見秦王權重，及挾王淑妃勢，傾心事之； At first, seeing the Prince of Qin's great power and the backing of Consort Wang Shufei, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to serving him;

時王淑妃恒令漢瓊傳教旨於潞王，王善待之，故漢瓊自謂潞王於己有恩。 At that time Consort Wang Shufei constantly had Hanqiong convey imperial instructions to the Prince of Lu, and the prince treated him well. Hanqiong therefore considered that the Prince of Lu owed him a debt of gratitude.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 38Volume 38 Biographies 18: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan · 1 passage

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明宗晚而多病，王淑妃專內以幹政，宦者孟漢瓊因以用事。 Mingzong aged and fell ill; Consort Wang Shufei ruled within, and eunuch Meng Hanqiong seized the levers.