Consort Wen (文妃) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Consort Wen as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 7 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Consort Wen	文妃	Wenfei
Title	Consort Wen	文妃	Wenfei
Title	Consort Wen	文妃	Wén fēi
Title	Literary Consort	文妃
Title	Literary Consort of the Xiao clan	文妃蕭氏
Title	Tianzuo's Literary Consort	天祚文妃
Surname	Xiao	蕭

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · liaoshi:062:s0092, liaoshi:065:s0256, liaoshi:072:s0182, liaoshi:102:s0081

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0190
Manner: granted death
Explicit · liaoshi:102:s0085
Manner: ordered-to-suicide
Explicit · liaoshi:062:s0095

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 保大初 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1121
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:102:s0081, liaoshi:102:s0085
Source Date: Text: 保大元年 · Western Year: AD 1121
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:072:s0190
Source Date: Text: 天祚六女 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1101 · End: AD 1125
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:065:s0255, liaoshi:065:s0256
Source Date: Text: 天祚未年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1110 · End: AD 1125
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:062:s0092, liaoshi:062:s0091

Family

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Parent of Yuliyan (余里衍)
Kinship Term: bore one daughter / 生一女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter
Parent of Prince of Jin (晉王)
Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Parent of Aoluwo (敖盧斡)
Kinship Term: born of / 所生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother · Line: maternal
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Spouse of Yelü Yanxi (延禧)
Kinship Term: Consort Wen / 文妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: Literary Consort / 文妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: consort
Kinship Term: Literary Consort / 文妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage
Kinship Term: Consort Wen / 文妃 · Union Category: concubinage · Relationship State: active
Sibling of Elder Sister of Consort Wen (文妃之女兄)
Kinship Term: elder sister / 女兄 · Subject Role: elder-sister · Object Role: sister · Subject Relative Age: elder
Sibling of Younger Sister of Consort Wen (文妃之女弟)
Kinship Term: younger sister / 女弟 · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: sister · Subject Relative Age: younger
Sibling of Wife of Yelu Yudu (余睹之妻)
Kinship Term: younger sister / 妹 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-sister

Kinship Role: daughters · Count: 1
Explicit · liaoshi:065:s0256

Career and standing

Label: ordered to take own life / 賜文妃自盡 · Action: suffered · Authority Person Id: Yelü Yanxi (延禧)
Explicit · liaoshi:062:s0095

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: active-in
Explicit · liaoshi:062:s0092
Polity Id: liao · Relation: associated-with
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0182, liaoshi:102:s0081
Polity Id: liao · Relation: member-of
Explicit · liaoshi:065:s0256

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted-to-enthrone · Other Person Id: Aoluwo (敖盧斡)
Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0190

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 62Volume 62 Treatises 32: Punishment and Law 2 · 2 passages

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諸子惟文妃所生敖盧斡最賢。 Of all his sons, only Aoluwo, born of Consort Wen, was truly worthy.

遂戮撻曷裏及其妻，賜文妃自盡。 Tahieli and his wife were executed, and Consort Wen was ordered to take her own life.

History of Liao, Chapter 65Volume 65 Tables 3: Princesses · 1 passage

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文妃生一女： Born to Consort Wen, one daughter:

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 2 passages

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晉王，小字敖盧斡，天祚皇帝長子，母曰文妃蕭氏。 The Prince of Jin, childhood name Aolugan, was Emperor Tianzuo's eldest son; his mother was Literary Consort of the Xiao clan.

保大元年，南軍都統耶律余睹與其母文妃密謀立之，事覺，余睹降金，文妃伏誅，敖盧斡實不與謀，免。 In Baoda year 1 Southern Army commander-in-chief Yelu Yudu and Aolugan's mother Literary Consort secretly plotted to put him on the throne; when the plot was exposed Yudu defected to Jin, Literary Consort was executed, and Aolugan, who had not joined the plot, was spared.

History of Liao, Chapter 102Volume 102 Biographies 32: Xiao Fengxian, Li Chuwen, Zhang Lin, Yelu Yudu · 2 passages

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其妻天祚文妃之妹，文妃生晉王，最賢，國人皆屬望。 His wife was the younger sister of Tianzuo's Literary Consort, who had borne the Prince of Jin, the most worthy of the princes, on whom the people of the realm had pinned their hopes.

事覺，殺昱及撻葛裏妻，賜文妃死。 When the plot was exposed, Yu and Tage Li's wife were executed, and the Literary Consort was ordered to take her own life.