Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Wenxian as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 47 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Wenxian | 文獻皇后 | Wénxiàn Huánghòu |
| Clan | Dugu | 獨孤 | Dúgū |
| Title | Empress Dugu | 獨孤皇后 | |
| Posthumous name | Empress Wenxian | 文獻皇后 | Wénxiàn Huánghòu |
| Posthumous name | Empress Xian | 獻皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Xian | 獻皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Xian | 獻皇后 | Xian Huanghou |
| Title | Empress Xian | 獻後 | |
| Title | the empress | 后 | |
| Title | the empress | 後 | |
| Posthumous | Xian | 獻 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
- Sex: femaleStrongly inferred · suishu:079:s0007
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Place: Yong'an Palace / 永安宮 · Source Date: Text: 仁壽二年八月 · Western Year: AD 602Explicit · suishu:036:s0145
- Statement: tomb arrangements mentionedExplicit · suishu:043:s0175
Age
- Age: 14 · Reckoning: sui · Context: at marriageExplicit · suishu:036:s0097
- Age: 50 · Reckoning: sui · Context: at deathExplicit · suishu:036:s0145
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 仁壽二年八月 · Western Year: AD 602Explicit · suishu:036:s0144, suishu:036:s0145
- Source Date: Text: 太祖崩後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 580Explicit · suishu:044:s0070
- Source Date: Text: 獻後 / 齊亡 · Western Year: AD 577Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0007, suishu:079:s0040
- Source Date: Text: 獻皇后山陵 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 604Explicit event contextual date · suishu:043:s0175
- Source Date: Text: 開皇二年 · Western Year: AD 582Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0025, suishu:036:s0049
- Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪，立為皇后 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit · suishu:036:s0102
Family
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- Kin of Cui Changren (崔長仁)Kinship Term: cousin on both sides / 中外兄弟 · Line: paternal
- Child of Dugu Xin (獨孤信)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father - Child of Mother of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后之母)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: mother - Sibling of Elder sister of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后之姊)Kinship Term: elder sister / 姊 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-sister
- Parent of Eldest daughter of Empress Wenxian (文獻皇后長女)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter
Kinship Term: eldest daughter / 長女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Birth Order: 1 - Spouse of Emperor Wen (隋高祖)Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: primary-marriage - Spouse of Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband - Spouse of Taizu (太祖)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage
- Child of Lady Cui (崔氏)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter
- Parent of Yang Yong (楊勇)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Parent of Sui Yangdi (隋煬帝)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son - Parent of Yang Shuang (楊爽)Kinship Term: reared by / 鞠養 · Parentage: foster · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
- Sibling of Dugu Tuo (獨孤陀)Kinship Term: younger half-brother / 異母弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-sister · Object Role: younger-brother
Kinship Term: younger half-brother / 異母弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder · Parentage: biological
Origins and identity
- Clan: Dugu / 獨孤Explicit · suishu:036:s0096
Career and standing
- Title: empress / 皇后 · Action: installedExplicit · suishu:036:s0102
- Status: called-Two-Sages-with-emperor · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:036:s0124
Places and affiliations
- Label: Sui / 隋 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · suishu:079:s0007
- Polity: Sui / 隋 · Relation: consort-of-rulerExplicit · suishu:036:s0102
- Place: Luoyang, Henan / 河南洛陽Explicit · suishu:036:s0096
- Place: Tailing / 太陵 · Relation: buried-atExplicit · suishu:036:s0146
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝) · Statement: Lord of Liang is trusted familyExplicit · suishu:079:s0127
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝) · Statement: Luo is truly the eldest of the primary lineExplicit · suishu:079:s0054
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: instigator · Action: deposed-crown-prince-and-elevated-Yang-GuangExplicit · suishu:036:s0143
- Kind: legal · Role: agent · Action: secretly-killed-rival · Other Person Id: Granddaughter of Yuchi Jiong (尉遲迥女孫)Explicit · suishu:036:s0129
- Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: urged-husband-to-seize-powerExplicit · suishu:036:s0101
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Gao Jiong (高熲)Explicit · suishu:036:s0138
- Relation: rival-of · Person Id: Gao Jiong (高熲)Explicit · suishu:036:s0139, suishu:036:s0140
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: compassionate toward condemned prisoners · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:036:s0125
- Assessment: jealous; monopolized inner palace; left concubine posts empty · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:036:s0049, suishu:036:s0126
- Assessment: worthy; humble and restrained despite exalted kin · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: the age / 世Explicit · suishu:036:s0100
References in the histories
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