Five Dynasties · Consort

Empress Liu 皇后劉氏

Liu

Attested AD 926

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Liu was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 同光四年正月甲子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 220

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Cunxu (皇帝)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 220

Works and attributed material

issued a jiao ordering Jiji to kill Chongtao
Instruction · Author · With Jiji (繼岌)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 220

Events and relationships

Ordered Jiji to kill Chongtao
AD 926 同光四年正月甲子 · Political · Instigator · With Jiji (繼岌)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 220

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 220

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5Volume 5 Later Tang Annals 2: Zhuangzong 2 · 1 passage

實皇后劉氏作教與繼岌使殺崇韜，而書「繼岌殺」者，繼岌將兵在外，后教非天子命，可止而不止。 In reality Empress Liu ordered Jiji to kill Chongtao. The text says “Jiji killed” because Jiji was commanding troops outside the court, and the empress’s order was not an imperial command; he could have refused, but did not.