Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Empress Dowager Ling 靈太后

Ling taihou

Attested AD 525 - AD 528

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Ling was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 525 to AD 528 孝昌以後至明帝崩前
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 1, passages 58, 74

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Regent in
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 74

Assessments and attributes

Assessment debauched-and-disorderly · Mode speech Speaker Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 58

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 58

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 1Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Shenwu 1 · 2 passages

神武曰：「方今天子愚弱，太后淫亂，孽寵擅命，朝政不行。 Gao Huan said, "The emperor is weak and the empress dowager debauched; favored creatures command at will and the court has ceased to govern.

于於時魏明帝銜鄭儼、徐紇，逼靈太后，未敢制，私使榮舉兵內向。 At that time Emperor Ming of Northern Wei loathed Zheng Yan and Xu He, who dominated Empress Dowager Ling, but dared not move against them openly; he secretly urged Erzhu Rong to march on the capital.