Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Dowager as a royal family member. This record brings together 3 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 | 皇太後 | |
| Title | Empress Dowager | 皇太後 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:014:s0061
Roles
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 皇建末 · Western Year: AD 561Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:014:s0061
Family
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- Parent of Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝)Kinship Term: Empress Dowager / 皇太后
- Parent of Prince Zhan of Changguang (長廣王湛)Kinship Term: Empress Dowager / 皇太后
Source notes
- Statement: the sovereign was said to have seized the throne through her order, according to Yuanhai’s accountExplicit · beiqishu:014:s0074
- Statement: Yuanhai told Wucheng she enjoyed boundless fortune and would not harbor other feeling toward himExplicit · beiqishu:014:s0061
- Statement: Yuanhai’s stratagem proposed Wucheng seek mercy from her before addressing the sovereignExplicit · beiqishu:014:s0068
References in the histories
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