Empress Dowager (皇太后)

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Dowager as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 11 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	皇太后
Title	Empress Dowager	皇太后

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十一年 · Western Year: AD 1042
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0038, liaoshi:019:s0061, liaoshi:019:s0063
Source Date: Text: 十三年 · Western Year: AD 1044
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0107, liaoshi:019:s0149
Source Date: Text: 十二年 · Western Year: AD 1043
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0068, liaoshi:019:s0094, liaoshi:019:s0105
Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Western Year: AD 1045
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0154, liaoshi:019:s0159
Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 1041
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0002, liaoshi:019:s0017, liaoshi:019:s0019, liaoshi:019:s0026

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0017

Events and relationships

Kind: hunt · Role: shot and captured a bear
Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0019
Kind: memorial-ritual · Role: wore plain dress and fed monks on Empress Xuanxian's death anniversary · Other Person Id: Empress Xuanxian (宣獻皇后)
Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0063

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 19Volume 19 Annals 19: Xingzong 2 · 11 passages

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九月辛亥，朝皇太后。 On xinhai day of the ninth month the Emperor paid respects to the Empress Dowager.

庚申，皇太后射獲熊，上進酒為壽。 On gengshen day the Empress Dowager shot and captured a bear, and the Emperor offered wine to wish her long life.

壬辰，復飲皇太后殿，以皇子生，肆赦。 On renchen day the court drank again in the Empress Dowager's hall; because an imperial prince had been born, a general amnesty was proclaimed.

十一年春正月戊申，奉迎皇太后於內殿。 In the eleventh year, on wushen day of the first spring month the Empress Dowager was escorted into the inner hall.

十二月癸卯，朝皇太后。 On guimao day of the twelfth month the Emperor paid respects to the Empress Dowager.

己酉，以宣獻皇后忌日，上與皇太后素服，飯僧於延壽、憫忠、三學三寺。 On jiyou day, because it was Empress Xuanxian's death anniversary, the Emperor and Empress Dowager wore plain dress and fed monks at Yanshou, Minzhong, and Sanxue temples.

九月壬申，朝皇太后，謁望仙殿。 On renshen day of the ninth month the Emperor paid respects to the Empress Dowager and visited Wangxian Hall.

癸巳，朝皇太后。 On guisi day the court paid respects to the Empress Dowager.

十三年春正月甲子朔，朝皇太后。 In the thirteenth year, on the jiazi new moon of the first spring month, the court paid respects to the Empress Dowager.

辛巳，朝皇太后。 On xinsi day the court paid respects to the Empress Dowager.

二月庚子，朝皇太后。 On gengzi day of the second month the court paid respects to the Empress Dowager.