Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort and Empress

Empress Shude 淑德

Attested AD 960 - AD 971

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Shude was a consort and Empress.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 971 淑德
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 225

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 225

Events and relationships

Elevated and enshrined
AD 1083 元豐六年六月 · Ritual · Honoree
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 106, passage 225

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

元豐六年六月，孝惠、孝章、淑德、章懷四後升祔，準章獻明肅、章懿二後，升祔禮畢，遞享太廟，止行升祔享禮及祭七祀，權罷孟冬薦享，仍以配繼先後為序。 In the sixth month of 1083, Empresses Xiaohui, Xiaozhang, Shude, and Zhanghuai were elevated and enshrined; following Empresses Zhangxian Mingsu and Zhangyi, after the rites they proceeded through the ancestral temple, performing only the elevation-enshrinement honoring rite and sacrifice to the seven household spirits, provisionally suspending the first-month-of-winter offering, ordered by consort succession.