Empress Dowager (皇太后)

Overview

Empress Dowager was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1115 to AD 1234 冊皇太后儀
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passages 195, 200

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Member of
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 37, passages 195, 200
At their own palaces 本宮 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passage 214

Works and attributed material

Edict · Author · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passages 200, 202-203
Reply · Author · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passage 225

Events and relationships

Received investiture book ceremony
Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passages 195, 200
Returned in ordinary dress by palanquin to their own palaces
Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passage 214
Rose from the throne to Music Bureau accompaniment and returned to the rear canopy pavilion
Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passage 210
Took the throne in ordinary dress and received congratulations from inner and outer consorts
Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passages 216-218, 221, 225
Relation Honored alongside · Person Emperor (皇帝)
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passages 215, 228

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Heaven-given sagely goodness; received the great name · Mode quoted-speech
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passage 221

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

History of Jin, Chapter 37Volume 37 Treatises 18: Rites 10: Ceremony for Conferring Title of Empress; Ceremony for Reverence to Empress Dowager; Ceremony for Conferring Title of Crown Prince; Ceremony for Birth of a Crown Prince; Ceremony for Crown Prince to Receive Officials · 8 passages

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通事舍人引太師詣西階升，俯伏，跪奏稱：「文武百僚具官臣某等稽首言，皇太后殿下顯對冊儀，永安帝養。 Protocol secretaries led the Grand Preceptor up the western steps to prostrate himself, kneel, and report: "The civil and military officials, officers of record, your subjects [names], bow the head and state: under the empress dowager's exalted reception of the investiture book, may the emperor's nurture be forever secure.

宣徽使升自東階，取旨退，臨階西向稱：「兩宮皇太后旨。」 A Xuanhui Commissioner ascended the eastern steps, received the command, withdrew, and standing on the steps facing west announced: "The empress dowagers' edict."

扇合，皇太后並興，教坊樂作，降座，還殿后幄次，扇開，樂止。 The fans closed; both empress dowagers rose together to Music Bureau accompaniment, left their thrones for the rear canopy pavilion, and the fans opened as the music stopped.

皇太后常服乘輿，各還本宮，引導如來儀。 The empress dowagers, in ordinary dress, rode in palanquins back to their respective palaces with the same escort as before.

所司預於殿內設皇太后御座，司賓引內外命婦於殿庭北向依序立。 The responsible offices set the empress dowager's throne in the hall in advance; the Director of Guests led inner and outer consorts to stand in order in the courtyard, facing north.

尚儀奏請，皇太后常服即座。 The Director of Ceremonies requested her presence; the empress dowager in ordinary dress took the throne.

司賓引班首詣西階升，跪賀稱：「妾某氏等言，伏惟皇太后殿下，天資聖善，昭受鴻名，凡在照臨，不勝欣抃。」 The Director of Guests led the lead consort up the western steps to kneel and offer congratulations: "Your subjects [names] state: before the empress dowager's exalted person, by Heaven-given sagely virtue she has received the great name; all within her illumination overflow with joy."

赴別殿賀皇帝，亦如賀皇太后之儀，惟不致詞，不宣答。 They proceeded to another hall to congratulate the emperor by the same protocol as for the empress dowager, except without formal speeches or a proclaimed reply.