Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort and Royal Family Member

Empress Dowager 皇太后

Attested AD 1022 - AD 1033

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Dowager as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Dowager 皇太后
Title Empress Dowager 皇太后
Title 太后

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 仁宗…皇太后為長寧節 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1022 · End: AD 1033
    Explicit event contextual date · songshi:112:s0016, songshi:112:s0017

Family

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  • Parent of Emperor Renzong (仁宗)
    Kinship Term: Empress Dowager / 皇太后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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History of Song, Chapter 112Volume 112 Treatises 65: Rites 15 · 6 passages
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詔定長寧節上壽儀：太后垂簾崇政殿，百官及契丹使班庭下，宰臣以下進奉上壽，閣門使於殿上簾外立 侍，百官再拜，宰臣升殿，跪進酒簾外，內臣跪承以入。 An edict prescribed the Changning Festival birthday rite. The Empress Dowager held court from behind a curtain in the Hall of Promoting Governance. Officials and Khitan envoys formed ranks in the courtyard below. From the chief counselor down, they advanced to offer birthday congratulations. A Gate Office commissioner stood in attendance outside the curtain on the dais. Officials bowed twice. The chief counselor ascended, knelt, and presented wine outside the curtain; an inner attendant knelt to receive it and carry it within.