Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Dowager as a consort and ruler. This record brings together 10 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Dowager | 皇太后 | |
| Title | empress | 皇后 | |
| Title | empress dowager | 皇太后 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleExplicit · songshi:013:s0026
Roles
- Consort
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 嘉祐八年 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit event contextual date · songshi:013:s0026, songshi:013:s0035
- Source Date: Text: 治平元年 · Western Year: AD 1064Explicit event contextual date · songshi:013:s0073
Family
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- Spouse of Emperor Renzong (仁宗)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
Works and attributed material
- Kind: letter · Role: author · Quote: trueExplicit · songshi:013:s0152, songshi:013:s0153
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: regent · Action: held-curtain-audience · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉祐八年四月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1063Explicit · songshi:013:s0037
- Kind: political · Role: regent · Action: returned-government · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 治平元年五月戊申 · Western Year: AD 1064Explicit · songshi:013:s0073
References in the histories
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