Five Dynasties · Empress Dowager of Later Tang

Empress Dowager 皇太后

Died AD 925

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager was an empress Dowager of Later Tang.

Life and dates

Death

AD 925 同光三年秋七月壬寅
At Changshou Palace 長壽宮
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 3

Attested activity

AD 925 同光三年八月己酉
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 42
AD 925 同光三年秋七月壬寅
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 3

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Cunxu (帝)
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passages 43-44

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 3
AD 925 同光三年秋七月壬寅
At Changshou Palace 長壽宮 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 3

Works and attributed material

AD 925 同光三年秋七月壬寅
Testament · Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 3

Events and relationships

Posthumous title procedure planned
AD 925 同光三年八月己酉 · Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passages 42-44

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 3

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 33Volume 33 Book of Later Tang 9: Zhuangzong Annals 7 · 4 passages

壬寅，皇太后崩於長壽宮，帝執喪於內，出遺令以示於外。 On renyin the Empress Dowager died at Changshou Palace; Cunxu mourned within and published her last testament without.

以刑部尚書李琪充大行皇太后山陵禮儀使，河南尹張全義充山陵橋道排頓使，孔謙充監護使。 Li Qi of Punishments led the dowager's tomb rites; Zhang Quanyi of Henan handled roads and supply; Kong Qian oversaw the work.

己酉，中書門下上言：「據禮儀使狀，準故事，太常少卿定大行太后諡議，太常卿署定訖，告天地宗廟。 On jiyou the Secretariat cited precedent: "According to the rites commissioner's report and established precedent, the Ceremonies vice director drafts the dowager's posthumous evaluation, the director signs it, then Heaven, Earth, and the temples are told.

今大行太后諡，請太常卿署定後，集百官連署諡狀訖，讀於太廟太祖皇帝室，然後差丞郎一人撰冊文，別定日，命太尉上諡冊於西宮靈座，同日差官告天地、太微宮、宗廟，如常告之儀。」 They asked that after Ceremonies signed the dowager's title, all officials countersign, read it in Taizu's temple chamber, draft the patent, have the Grand Marshal present it at the western spirit seat, and that day notify Heaven, Earth, Taiwei, and the temples as usual."