Empress Shenmu Chai (柴氏)

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Shenmu Chai as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 22 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Empress Shenmu Chai	柴氏	Chai
Descriptive kinship	A Chai clanswoman	柴氏女
Personal name	Chai	柴氏	Chai
Surname	Chai	柴	Chái
Title	Empress	皇后
Title	Empress	皇后	huánghòu
Alternate name	Empress Chai	柴後
Posthumous	Empress Shengmu	圣穆皇后
Posthumous name	Empress Shengmu	聖穆皇后	Shèngmù huánghòu
Personal name	Empress Shengmu of the Chai clan	聖穆皇后柴氏	Shèngmù huánghòu Chái shì
Title	Empress Shengmu of the Chai clan	聖穆皇后柴氏
Title	Lady Chai	夫人柴氏
Title	Lady Chai	夫人柴氏	fūrén Chái shì
Posthumous name	Shengmu	聖穆	Shèngmù
Posthumous name	Shenmu	聖穆	Shengmu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0001, xinwudaishi:012:s0003, xinwudaishi:019:s0001, xinwudaishi:020:s0002

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died before husband's rise
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0017
Relative Time: before Taizu's accession
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0006

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 周太祖 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:020:s0002
Source Date: Text: 太祖入立前后 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0003
Source Date: Text: 太祖即位 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:019:s0006
Source Date: Text: 莊宗沒 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0005
Source Date: Text: 顯德初 · Western Year: AD 954
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0031

Family

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Parent of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Kinship Term: adopted as son / 養 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kin of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: aunt
Kinship Term: aunt / 姑 · Subject Role: aunt · Object Role: nephew · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: aunt · Object Role: nephew
Sibling of Chai Shouli (柴守禮)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 後兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Kinship Term: empress's brother / 后兄 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
Spouse of Guo Wei (郭威)
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: empress/wife / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: empress/wife / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: widowed
Kinship Term: wed / 适 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: primary-marriage
Child of Father of Empress Shenmu Chai (聖穆皇后柴氏之父)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Child of Mother of Empress Shenmu Chai (聖穆皇后柴氏之母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: mother
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological

Kinship Role: sons · Count: 0 · Negated: true
Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0002

Career and standing

Label: posthumous title Shenmu / 謚曰聖穆 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0030
Label: posthumously invested as Empress / 追命為皇后 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0028
Title: Empress / 皇后 · Action: posthumously-installed · Name: Shengmu / 聖穆
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0006
Status: concubine · Label: concubine of Zhuangzong / 嬪御 · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: Eastern Capital Miscellany / 東都事略
Textual variant · jiuwudaishi:121:s0004

Places and affiliations

Polity: Later Zhou / 後周 · Relation: consort-of
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0001, jiuwudaishi:121:s0018
Place: Longgang, Xingzhou / 邢州龍崗
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0001
Place: Yaoshan in Xing Prefecture / 邢州堯山
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0003
Place: Song Mausoleum / 嵩陵 · Relation: to-be-buried-at
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0019

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0007, jiuwudaishi:121:s0011, jiuwudaishi:121:s0012

Events and relationships

Kind: admonition · Role: adviser · Action: admonished · Other Person Id: Guo Wei (郭威)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0004
Kind: ritual · Role: enshrined · Action: enshrined beside Taizu · Source Date: Text: 顯德初 · Season: unspecified · Western Year: AD 954
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:121:s0031
Kind: marriage · Role: bride · Other Person Id: Guo Wei (郭威) · Place: inn / 逆旅 · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: Eastern Capital Miscellany / 東都事略
Textual variant · jiuwudaishi:121:s0013, jiuwudaishi:121:s0004

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: recognized Taizu's destined greatness · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0005
Assessment: virtuous and refined · Provenance: Mode: narrative
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0002