Five Dynasties · Consort

Empress Liu 劉皇后

Attested AD 926 - AD 926

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Liu was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 926 三月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passages 144, 153

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Cunxu
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passages 144, 153
Parent of Mange (滿哥)
imperial son 皇子
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passage 153

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passage 144

Works and attributed material

AD 926 三月
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Empress Liu (劉皇后)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passage 153

Events and relationships

Offered palace goods for army
AD 926 三月 · Political · Speaker
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passage 153

Assessments and attributes

AD 926 三月
Item silver toilet-case basins 妝奩銀盆 · Relation Brought out
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passage 153

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 34Volume 34 Book of Later Tang 10: Zhuangzong Annals 8 · 2 passages

軍未進，夔、忠、萬三州已降，季興數請之，因賂劉皇后及宰臣樞密使，內外葉附，乃俞其請。 Before his army moved, Kui, Zhong, and Wan had surrendered; Jixing kept asking, bribed Empress Liu and the chancellors and Privy Council, and won approval inside and out.

帝召宰臣於便殿，皇后出宮中妝奩銀盆各二，並皇子滿哥三人，謂宰臣曰：「外人謂內府金寶無數，向者諸侯貢獻旋供賜與，今宮中有者，妝奩、嬰孺而已，可鬻之給軍。」 Cunxu called the chancellors to the informal hall; the empress brought out from the palace two dressing cases and two silver basins, together with three imperial sons, including Mange, and said to the ministers, "Outsiders say the inner treasury is endless; tribute went out as fast as it came—now we have only dressing cases and infants—sell them for the army."