Sui and Tang · Empress

Empress Wenyi 文懿皇后

Wenyi huanghou

Attested AD 870 - AD 926

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Wenyi was an empress.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 870 to AD 926 文懿皇后, Xizu consort
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 133

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Xizu (僖祖)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passages 133, 136

Career and standing

death-anniversary observance 忌日
AD 1067 治平四年九月 · Discontinued
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 136

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Consort of house
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 133

Events and relationships

Stored in west flanking chamber
AD 1067 治平四年九月 · Ritual · Spirit moved to distant line · With Xizu (僖祖)
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passages 133, 136

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passages 133, 136

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 2 passages

治平四年，英宗將祔廟，太常禮院請以神主祔第八室，祧藏僖祖及文懿皇后神主於西夾室。 In 1067, as Yingzong was about to be enshrined, the Court of Imperial Sacrifices requested installation in the eighth chamber and distant-line storage of Xizu and Empress Wenyi's tablets in the west flanking chamber.

乃於九月奉安八室神主，祧僖祖及後，祔英宗，罷僖祖諱及文懿皇后忌日。 In the ninth month the eight-chamber tablets were installed; Xizu and his consort were moved to distant-line status; Yingzong was enshrined; and taboo on Xizu's name and Empress Wenyi's death anniversary were discontinued.