Empress Dowager Liang (梁太后)

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Dowager Liang as a consort, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 19 passages from 7 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Empress Dowager Liang	梁太后	Liang Taihou
Title	Dowager Liang	梁太后
Title	empress dowager	太后
Title	Empress Dowager Liang	梁太后	Liang Taihou
Title	Empress Dowager Liang	梁太后
Title	Empress Dowager Liang	梁太后	Liáng tàihòu
Descriptive kinship	Empress, daughter of Liang Shang	皇后
Surname	Liang	梁
Surname	Liang	梁	Liáng
Surname	Liang	梁	Liang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0096, houhanshu:113:s0013, houhanshu:115:s0048, houhanshu:116:s0039, houhanshu:117:s0071, houhanshu:119:s0134, houhanshu:119:s0144
Sex: female
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:110:s0132

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died / 崩 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 和平元年二月甲寅 · Western Year: AD 150
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0013
Manner: died · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 150
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0148
Statement: died
Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0049

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 149
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0043
Source Date: Text: 和平元年 · Western Year: AD 150
Explicit · houhanshu:117:s0078
Source Date: Text: 和平元年二月甲寅 · Western Year: AD 150
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0013
Source Date: Text: 建和三年 · Western Year: AD 149
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0097, houhanshu:119:s0147
Source Date: Text: 建和三年明年 · Western Year: AD 150
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0148
Source Date: Text: 建和二年 · Western Year: AD 148
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:115:s0048, houhanshu:115:s0047
Source Date: Text: 建和元年 · Western Year: AD 147
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0077, houhanshu:117:s0075
Source Date: Text: 建和元年 · Western Year: AD 147
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0144
Source Date: Text: 建康元年九月 · Western Year: AD 144
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0071, houhanshu:117:s0070
Source Date: Text: 本初元年 · Western Year: AD 146
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0096
Source Date: Text: 桓帝建和三年 · Western Year: AD 149
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0108
Source Date: Text: 梁太后摄政 · Western Year: AD 144
Explicit · houhanshu:110:s0132
Source Date: Text: 永和三年明年 · Western Year: AD 139
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0134
Source Date: Text: 质帝本初元年 · Western Year: AD 146
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0039

Family

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Sibling of Liang Ji (梁冀)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: sister · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: sister
Kinship Term: brother / 兄 · Subject Role: sister · Object Role: brother · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Relative Age: younger · Parentage: biological
Spouse of Emperor Shun (順帝)
Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor · Relationship State: widowed
Child of Liang Shang (梁商)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter · Line: paternal
Sibling of Empress Liang (梁皇后)
Kinship Term: sisters / 姐妹 · Subject Role: sister · Object Role: sister · Parentage: biological · Shared Parentage: uncertain

Career and standing

Status: regent · Action: held-regency
Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0129
Status: regent · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:116:s0039, houhanshu:116:s0043, houhanshu:117:s0071, houhanshu:119:s0144

Places and affiliations

Label: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: under
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:115:s0048
Label: Later Han / 後漢 · Relation: active-in
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0013

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: regent · Action: acted-as-regent
Explicit · houhanshu:110:s0132
Kind: political · Role: summoner · Action: summoned Yang Hou
Explicit · houhanshu:034:s0096, houhanshu:034:s0097
Relation: regent-for · Person Id: Emperor Zhi (质帝)
Explicit · houhanshu:110:s0132
Relation: regent-for · Person Id: Emperor Chong (冲帝)
Explicit · houhanshu:110:s0132