Sui and Tang · Consort

Empress Suming 肅明皇后

Suming

Attested AD 741

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Suming was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 741 開元末
Directly stated · songshi:106:s0085a

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Tang Ruizong (唐睿宗)
empress 後 · Secondary marriage
Directly stated · songshi:106:s0085a

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Consort of ruling house
Directly stated · songshi:106:s0085a

Events and relationships

Enshrined at end of Kaiyuan
AD 741 開元末 · Ritual · Enshrined consort · With Tang Ruizong (唐睿宗)
Directly stated · songshi:106:s0085a

References in the histories

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

景德元年，有司詳定明德皇太后李氏升祔之禮：「按唐睿宗昭成、肅明二後，先天初，以昭成配；開元末，以肅明祔。 In the first year of Jingde, the responsible offices carefully fixed the rite for raising and enshrining Empress Dowager Mingde, Lady Li: “Examining the Tang case of Emperor Ruizong’s two empresses, Zhaocheng and Suming, at the beginning of Xiantian Zhaocheng was made consort; at the end of Kaiyuan, Suming was enshrined.