Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Consort

Empress Mu 穆后

Mù hòu

Attested AD 565 - AD 569

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Mu as a consort. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Mu 穆后 Mù hòu
Title Consort Mu Zhao 穆昭儀 Mù zhāoyí
Title Empress Mu 穆后 Mù hòu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天統 · Western Interval: Start: AD 565 · End: AD 569
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:050:s0122

Family

  • Kin of Lu Lingxuan (陸令萱)
    Kinship Term: raised her as mother / 養之為母 · Parentage: foster · Subject Role: foster-daughter · Object Role: foster-mother
    Kinship Term: taken as foster mother / 養之為母 · Parentage: foster · Subject Role: foster-mother · Object Role: foster-daughter

Career and standing

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 50Volume 50 Biographies 42: Favored by Nobles · 2 passages