Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Gao as a consort and 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 Gao | 高皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Gao | 高皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Gao | 高后 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleExplicit · mingshi:115:s0003
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元至正十五年 · Western Year: AD 1355Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:115:s0003, mingshi:115:s0004
Family
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- Spouse of Hongwu Emperor (太祖)Kinship Term: Empress Gao / 高皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
- Parent of Zhu Biao (朱標)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: treated foster sons as her own · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · mingshi:115:s0172
References in the histories
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