Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Li as a consort, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 38 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Li | 李氏 | Lǐ shì |
| Title | Empress | 皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Dowager | 皇太后 | |
| Title | Empress Dowager Zhaosheng | 昭聖皇太后 | |
| Personal name | Empress Li | 李氏 | Lǐ shì |
| Descriptive kinship | Empress of Gaozu | 高祖皇后 | |
| Title | Lady of Wei | 魏國夫人 | |
| Surname | Li | 李 | Lǐ |
| Title | Virtuous and Sagely Empress Dowager | 德聖皇太后 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Date: Source Date: Text: 顯德元年春 · Western Year: AD 954 · Place: UnknownExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0021
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 周顯德元年春 · Western Year: AD 954Explicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0029
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 周顯德元年春 · Western Year: AD 954Explicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0029
- Source Date: Text: 天福十二年 · Western Year: AD 947Explicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 是歲 · Western Year: AD 951Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:104:s0021, jiuwudaishi:104:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 開運四年 · Western Year: AD 947Explicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0071, xinwudaishi:018:s0075
- Source Date: Text: 隱帝即位 · Western Year: AD 948Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:104:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 顯德元年春 · Western Year: AD 954Explicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 高祖微時 · Western Interval: Start: c. AD 940 · End: AD 946Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:104:s0001, jiuwudaishi:104:s0002
Family
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- Parent of Emperor Yin (隱帝)Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: empress dowager / 皇太后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son - Spouse of Later Han Gaozu (漢高祖)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active - Child of Father of Empress LiKinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
Career and standing
- Label: Empress Dowager / 皇太后 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0076
- Label: Empress / 皇后 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0075
- Label: temporary attendance at court to hear government / 權臨朝聽政 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0022
- Title: Empress Dowager Zhaosheng / 昭聖皇太后 · Action: bestowedExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0020
- Title: Virtuous and Sagely Empress Dowager / 德聖皇太后 · Action: receivedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0028
- Title: Lady of Wei / 魏國夫人 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0070
- Title: Empress / 皇后 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福十二年 · Western Year: AD 947Explicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0010
- Title: Empress Dowager / 皇太后 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0011
- Title: Lady of Wei / 魏國夫人 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0003
- Title: Virtuous and Sagely Empress Dowager / 德聖皇太后 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0028
- Status: empress · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福十二年 · Western Year: AD 947Explicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0010
- Status: empress-dowager · Action: enteredExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0011
- Status: holding-court · Action: enteredExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0015
- Status: regent · Action: enteredExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0022
Places and affiliations
- Label: Later Han / 漢 · Relation: consort-of-rulerExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0001, xinwudaishi:018:s0075
- Polity: Later Han / 漢 · Relation: consort-of-ruling-houseExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0001, jiuwudaishi:104:s0010
- Polity: Later Zhou / 周 · Relation: honored-byExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0028
- Place: Jinyang / 晉陽Explicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0001, xinwudaishi:018:s0068
- Place: Palace of Great Peace / 太平宮 · Relation: resided-atExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0028
- Place: Taiping Palace / 太平宮 · Relation: resided-atExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0020
Works and attributed material
- Kind: edict · Role: author · Quote: true
- Kind: edict · Role: authorExplicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0032
- Explicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0072, xinwudaishi:018:s0073
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: Zizhi tongjian / 通鑒
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: trueExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0005, jiuwudaishi:104:s0006
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: admonished · Other Person Id: Later Han Gaozu (漢高祖) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開運四年 · Western Year: AD 947Explicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0072, xinwudaishi:018:s0074
- Kind: political · Role: remonstrant · Action: advised-against-levy · Other Person Id: Later Han Gaozu (漢高祖)
- Kind: political · Role: issuer-of-orders · Action: issued-instructional-orders · Other Person Id: Guo Wei (郭威)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0021
- Kind: political · Role: donor · Action: opened-inner-treasury-for-troop-largessExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0009
- Kind: political · Role: decision-maker · Action: rejected-Chengxun-as-too-ill · Other Person Id: Chengxun (承勳)Explicit · xinwudaishi:018:s0034
- Relation: honorary-mother-of · Person Id: Guo Wei (郭威)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0023, jiuwudaishi:104:s0026
Assessments and attributes
- Explicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0027
- Item: inner treasury stores / 內府 · Relation: disbursedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0009
- Explicit · jiuwudaishi:104:s0027
References in the histories
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