Overview
The translated histories identify Daji as a consort, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 26 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Daji | 答己 | Daji |
| Title | Consort Daji | 答己妃子 | |
| Personal | Daji | 答己 | |
| Title | Empress Dowager | 皇太后 | |
| Title | Empress Dowager Yitian Xingsheng Ciren Zhaoyi Shouyuan | 儀天興聖慈仁昭懿壽元皇太后 | |
| Title | Empress Dowager Yitian Xingsheng Ciren Zhaoyi Shouyuan Quande Taining Fuqing | 儀天興聖慈仁昭懿壽元全德泰寧福慶皇太后 | |
| Posthumous | Empress Zhaoxian Yuansheng | 昭獻元聖皇后 | |
| Title | Grand Empress Dowager | 太皇太后 | |
| Title | Grand Empress Dowager Yitian Xingsheng Ciren Zhaoyi Shouyuan Quande Taining Fuqing Huiwen Chongyou | 儀天興聖慈仁昭懿壽元全德泰寧福慶徽文崇佑太皇太后 | |
| Clan | Hongjira | 弘吉剌氏 | |
| Surname | Kongirat | 弘吉列氏 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleExplicit · yuanshi:106:s0046, yuanshi:116:s0066
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至治三年 · Western Year: AD 1322Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至治三年二月 · Western Year: AD 1323Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0120
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 大德九年 · Western Year: AD 1305Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:116:s0068
- Source Date: Text: 大德十一年 · Western Year: AD 1307Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 大德十一年五月 · Western Year: AD 1307Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0084
- Source Date: Text: 大德十一年正月 · Western Year: AD 1307Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:116:s0070, yuanshi:116:s0071
- Source Date: Text: 大德十年十二月 · Western Year: AD 1306Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0069
- Source Date: Text: 延祐七年 · Western Year: AD 1320Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 延祐七年十二月 · Western Year: AD 1320Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0097
- Source Date: Text: 延祐二年 · Western Year: AD 1315Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 延祐二年三月 · Western Year: AD 1315Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0096
- Source Date: Text: 至大二年正月 · Western Year: AD 1309Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0089
- Source Date: Text: 至大元年三月 · Western Year: AD 1308Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:116:s0088
- Source Date: Text: 至治三年 · Western Year: AD 1322Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 至治三年二月 · Western Year: AD 1323Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0120
Family
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- Parent of Renzong (仁宗)Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Parent of Wuzong (武宗)Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Spouse of Darmabala (順宗答剌麻八剌)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
Kinship Term: consort / 妃子 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active - Child of Qundutemür (渾都帖木兒)Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
Origins and identity
- Ethnicity: Kongirat / 弘吉列氏Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Label: Hongjira / 弘吉剌氏Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0066
Career and standing
- Title: Empress Zhaoxian Yuansheng / 昭獻元聖皇后 · Action: posthumously-titledExplicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Title: Empress Dowager Yitian Xingsheng Ciren Zhaoyi Shouyuan Quande Taining Fuqing / 儀天興聖慈仁昭懿壽元全德泰寧福慶皇太后 · Action: receivedExplicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Title: Weiwen Chongyou / 徽文崇祐 · Action: receivedExplicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Status: empress-dowager · Action: honored-as · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大德十一年 · Western Year: AD 1307Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Status: empress-dowager · Action: honored-as · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大德十一年五月 · Western Year: AD 1307Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0084
- Status: grand-empress-dowager · Action: honored-as · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延祐七年 · Western Year: AD 1320Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Status: grand-empress-dowager · Action: honored-as · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延祐七年十二月 · Western Year: AD 1320Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0097
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: yuan · Relation: associated-withStrongly inferred · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Polity Id: yuan · Relation: associated-withExplicit · yuanshi:116:s0066
- Place: Huaizhou / 懷州 · Relation: exiled-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大德九年 · Western Year: AD 1305Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0068, yuanshi:116:s0069
- Place: Huaizhou / 懷州 · Relation: arrived-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大德十年十二月 · Western Year: AD 1306Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0069
- Place: Mount Wutai / 五臺山 · Relation: visited · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至大二年正月 · Western Year: AD 1309Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0089
- Organization: Bureau of Imperial Governance context / Xingsheng Palace establishments / 興聖宮 · Relation: patron-of
Learning and skills
- Belief: Buddhism / 佛事 · Relation: patron-ofExplicit · yuanshi:116:s0089
Works and attributed material
- Kind: investiture-document · Role: honoree · Quoted: trueExplicit · yuanshi:116:s0097, yuanshi:116:s0098, yuanshi:116:s0099, yuanshi:116:s0100, yuanshi:116:s0101, yuanshi:116:s0102, yuanshi:116:s0103, yuanshi:116:s0104, yuanshi:116:s0105, yuanshi:116:s0106, yuanshi:116:s0107, yuanshi:116:s0108, yuanshi:116:s0109, yuanshi:116:s0110, yuanshi:116:s0111, yuanshi:116:s0112, yuanshi:116:s0113, yuanshi:116:s0114
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: patron · Action: favorites-dominated-court · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大德十一年至至治 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1307 · End: AD 1322Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: rushed-back-to-capital · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大德十一年正月 · Western Year: AD 1307Explicit · yuanshi:116:s0071
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Yilieshiba (亦列失八)Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Niulin (紐鄰)Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Tiemudier (迭木帖兒)Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Shiliemen (失列門)Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: did not restrain herself; debauchery grew; corrupted government through favorites · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · yuanshi:116:s0122
- Assessment: intelligent but unrestrained; excesses deepened after taking the eastern court · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · yuanshi:106:s0046
- Assessment: intelligent; assisted three reigns; taught palace women; personally did domestic work · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · yuanshi:116:s0121
- Item: Palace of Sagely Inception / 興聖宮 · Relation: receivedExplicit · yuanshi:116:s0088
References in the histories
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