Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Empress and Royal Family Member

Empress Chenggong 成恭皇后

Chenggong huanghou

Born AD 317

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Chenggong was an empress and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Birth

AD 317 to AD 335 生后而乂終
Relative before father’s death
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 109

Attested activity

AD 317 to AD 335 生后而乂終
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passages 104, 109

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Du Yi (杜乂)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passages 104, 109
Child of Lady Pei (裴氏)
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 93, passage 109

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 93Volume 93 Biographies 63: Imperial Affines · 2 passages

杜乂，字弘理，成恭皇后父，鎮南將軍預孫，尚書左丞錫之子也。 Du Yi, courtesy name Hongli, father of Empress Chenggong, was a grandson of Du Yu, South-Pacifying General, and son of Du Xi, Left Assistant Director in the Department of State Affairs.

早卒，無男，生后而乂終，妻裴氏嫠居養后，以禮自防，甚有德音。 He died young and sonless soon after his daughter was born. Lady Pei raised the girl alone, kept strict propriety as a widow, and was widely praised.