Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Empress Dowager 太后

Attested AD 983 - AD 990

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Dowager 太后
Title empress dowager 太后

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Female

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 983
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0015
  • Source Date: Text: 八年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 8 · Western Year: AD 990
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0019

Places and affiliations

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 983
    Explicit · 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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History of Liao, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 9: Shi Fang, Yelu Xianshi, Nu Li, Guo Xi, Yelu Ameili · 4 passages