Five Dynasties · Consort

Empress Liu 劉皇后

Liu Huanghou

Attested AD 923 - AD 926

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Liu was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 926 劉皇后嘗從莊宗幸其第
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 109

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhang Quanyi (張全義)
adoptive father 義父 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passages 109-112
Spouse of Emperor Zhuangzong (莊宗)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 109
Child of Father of Empress Liu
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 109
Child of Mother of Empress Liu
mother 母
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 109

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 109

Events and relationships

Asked to take Quanyi as adoptive father
Adoption request · Petitioner · With Zhang Quanyi (張全義)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 109

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 63Volume 63 Book of Later Tang 39: Biographies 15: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian · 4 passages

劉皇后嘗從莊宗幸其第，奏云：「妾孩幼遇亂，失父母，欲拜全義為義父。」 Empress Liu once accompanied Zhuangzong to his house and said, "In childhood I was orphaned by the wars and wish to take Quanyi as my adoptive father."

全義稽首奏曰：「皇后萬國之母儀，古今未有此事，臣無地自處。」 Quanyi kowtowed and protested, "The Empress is mother to the realm; such a thing is unheard of in history, and I have no place to put myself."

莊宗敦逼再三，不獲已，乃受劉後之拜。 Zhuangzong pressed him repeatedly until he could not refuse and accepted the Empress's bow.

又嘗怒河南縣令羅貫，因憑劉後譖於莊宗，俾貫非罪而死，露屍於府門，冤枉之聲，聞於遠近，斯亦良玉之微瑕也。 He also took offense at Luo Guan, magistrate of Henan County, and through Empress Liu's slander had him executed without cause and his body left at the prefecture gate; the cry of injustice spread far and wide—a small stain on an otherwise fine reputation.