Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Xian as a consort, royal family member, and writer. This record brings together 19 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 Xian | 獻皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Dowager of Xing | 興國太后 | |
| Title | Empress Dowager Zhangsheng | 章聖皇太后 | |
| Personal name | Empress Jiang | 皇后蔣氏 | |
| Title | Empress Xian | 獻皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Xingxian | 興獻後 | |
| Title | Holy Mother Empress Dowager Zhangsheng | 聖母章聖皇太后 | |
| Surname | Jiang | 蔣 | |
| Posthumous name | Kind Filial Chaste Obedient Benevolent Respectful Sincere Unified Heaven-Bestowing Sagely Xian Empress | 慈孝貞順仁敬誠一安天誕聖獻皇后 | |
| Title | Princess of Xing | 興王妃 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleExplicit · mingshi:115:s0116
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉靖十七年十二月 · Western Year: AD 1538Explicit · mingshi:115:s0143
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 嘉靖三年 · Western Year: AD 1524Explicit · mingshi:115:s0136
- Source Date: Text: 嘉靖元年 · Western Year: AD 1522Explicit · mingshi:115:s0135
- Source Date: Text: 嘉靖十七年十二月 · Western Year: AD 1538Explicit · mingshi:115:s0143
- Source Date: Text: 嘉靖十八年閏七月 · Western Year: AD 1539Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:115:s0164, mingshi:115:s0151
- Source Date: Text: 弘治五年 · Western Year: AD 1492Explicit · mingshi:115:s0118
Family
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- Spouse of Zhu Youyuan (朱祐杬)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
- Child of Jiang Jiao (蔣斅)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
- Parent of Shizong (世宗)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Status: xing-consort · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 弘治五年 · Western Year: AD 1492Explicit · mingshi:115:s0118
Places and affiliations
- Place: Xianling / 顯陵 · Relation: buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉靖十八年閏七月 · Western Year: AD 1539Explicit · mingshi:115:s0164
Works and attributed material
- Work: Admonitions for Women / 女訓 · Relation: authorExplicit · mingshi:115:s0140
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Text: 安得以吾子為他人子！Explicit · mingshi:115:s0130
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: halted at Tongzhou during Great Rites · Place: Tongzhou / 通州
References in the histories
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