Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Dowager as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 4 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 | 太后 | |
| Title | empress dowager | 太后 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Female
- Value: femaleStrongly inferred · liaoshi:079:s0015
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 統和元年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 983Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 八年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 8 · Western Year: AD 990Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0019
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: ruledExplicit · liaoshi:079:s0076
Events and relationships
- Kind: legal · Role: lawgiver · Action: accepted Ameli advice and wrote it into law · Other Person Id: Yelu Ameli (耶律阿沒裏)Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0083
- Kind: political · Role: regent · Action: held the regency · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和初 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 983Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0076
- Kind: political · Role: patron · Action: sent Li Congxun to comfort Shi Fang · Other Person Id: Li Congxun (李從訓)Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0019
References in the histories
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