Ming · Consort and Royal Family Member

Empress Dowager 皇太后

Huang taihou

Attested AD 1505

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager was a consort and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1505 及孝宗崩，武宗即位
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passages 106, 115

Career and standing

Empress Dowager 皇太后
AD 1505 及孝宗崩，武宗即位 · Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 106

Places and affiliations

AD 1505 及孝宗崩，武宗即位
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 106

Events and relationships

AD 1505 及孝宗崩，武宗即位
Ritual · Welcomer · At Baoshan Gate 寶善門
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passages 106, 115

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 28: Rites 6 · 2 passages

至寶善門外，太皇太后、皇太后率宮妃迎於門內。 Outside the Baoshan Gate, the Grand Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager led the palace consorts to welcome them inside the gate.

畢，帝捧主興，仍安於神座訖，行安神禮如前，皇太后以下四拜。 When this was finished, the emperor bore the tablet and rose, again installed it on the spirit throne, performed the rite of pacifying the spirit as before, and the Empress Dowager and those below bowed four times.