Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Xi Hui as a consort. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Xi Hui | 郗徽 | Xī Huī |
| Title | Consort of the Duke of Liang | 梁公妃 | |
| Posthumous name | De | 德 | Dé |
| Title | Empress Xi of Gaozu | 高祖郗皇后 | |
| Given | Hui | 徽 | Huī |
| Title | Virtuous Empress | 德皇后 | Dé Huánghòu |
| Surname | Xi | 郗 | Xī |
| Personal name | Xi Hui | 郗徽 | Xī Huī |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleExplicit · liangshu:007:s0036
Roles
- Consort
Life and dates
Death
- Place: official residence at Xiangyang / 襄陽官舍 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元元年八月 · Western Year: AD 499Explicit · liangshu:007:s0219
Age
- Age: 32 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · liangshu:007:s0219
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 中興二年 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:007:s0221
- Source Date: Text: 建元未 · Western Year: AD 482Explicit · liangshu:007:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 建武五年 · Western Year: AD 498Explicit · liangshu:007:s0218
- Source Date: Text: 永元元年八月 · Western Year: AD 499Explicit · liangshu:007:s0219
- Source Date: Text: 高祖踐阼 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:007:s0222
Family
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- Child of Xi Shao (郗紹)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Generation Distance: 2
- Spouse of Gaozu (高祖)Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: widowed
- Child of Xi Ye (郗燁)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Princess Yuyao of Yongxing (玉姚)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Princess Yuwan of Yongshi (玉婉)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Princess Yuhuan of Yongkang (玉嬛)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Princess of Xunyang (尋陽公主)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
Career and standing
- Label: Empress De / 德皇后 · Action: posthumously-titledExplicit · liangshu:007:s0228, liangshu:007:s0229
- Title: Consort of the Duke of Liang / 梁公妃 · Action: posthumously-granted · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 中興二年 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:007:s0221
- Title: Empress / 皇后 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · liangshu:007:s0222
Places and affiliations
- Place: Jinxiang in Gaoping / 高平金鄉Explicit · liangshu:007:s0036
- Place: Dongchengli Mountain, Wujin / 武進縣東城里山 · Relation: buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元元年 · Western Year: AD 499Explicit · liangshu:007:s0220
Learning and skills
- Skill: clerical script / 隸書 · Level: skilledExplicit · liangshu:007:s0042
- Skill: women's crafts / 女工Explicit · liangshu:007:s0043
Events and relationships
- Kind: omen · Role: subject · Action: birth-red-lightExplicit · liangshu:007:s0040
- Kind: marriage-proposal · Role: proposed-bride · Other Person Id: Later Deposed Emperor of Song (宋後廢帝) · Outcome: declinedExplicit · liangshu:007:s0044, liangshu:007:s0045
- Kind: marriage-proposal · Role: proposed-bride · Other Person Id: Prince Mian of Anlu (安陸王緬) · Outcome: declinedExplicit · liangshu:007:s0045
Assessments and attributes
- Kind: character · Statement: clever and bright from childhood; read historiesExplicit · liangshu:007:s0042
- Item: Xiuling mausoleum / 脩陵 · Relation: buried-inExplicit · liangshu:007:s0230
References in the histories
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