Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Xiao as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 20 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Xiao | 蕭皇后 | Xiāo Huánghòu |
| Title | Consort Xiao | 妃蕭氏 | |
| Title | empress | 后 | hòu |
| Title | Empress Xiao | 蕭皇后 | Xiāo Huánghòu |
| Title | Empress Xiao | 蕭后 | Xiāo Hòu |
| Title | Empress Xiao | 蕭後 | |
| Title | the empress | 后 | |
| Clan | Xiao | 蕭氏 | Xiāo |
| Surname | Xiao | 蕭 | Xiāo |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
- Value: femaleExplicit · suishu:059:s0237
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 大唐貞觀四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 630Explicit · suishu:036:s0252
- Source Date: Text: 化及敗，沒於竇建德 · Western Year: AD 619Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0250
- Source Date: Text: 又蕭後當灸 · Western Interval: Start: AD 613 · End: AD 618Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0253, suishu:059:s0256
- Source Date: Text: 及帝嗣位…立為皇后 · Western Year: AD 604Explicit · suishu:036:s0198, suishu:036:s0199
- Source Date: Text: 宇文化及作亂之際 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0237
- Source Date: Text: 帝幸江都 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0241
- Source Date: Text: 江南二月生 · Western Interval: Start: AD 567 · End: AD 580Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0189, suishu:036:s0190
- Source Date: Text: 煬帝為晉王時 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0193, suishu:036:s0195
- Source Date: Text: 突厥處羅可汗遣使迎后於洺州 · Western Year: AD 619Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0251
- Source Date: Text: 與蕭後同入突厥 · Western Year: AD 620Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0245
Family
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- Kin of Xiao Ji (蕭岌)Kinship Term: father's younger brother / 季父 · Line: paternal · Generation Distance: 1 · Subject Role: niece · Object Role: uncle · Intermediary Person Ids: Xiao Kui (蕭巋)
- Kin of Zhang Ke (張軻)Kinship Term: maternal uncle / 舅 · Line: maternal · Subject Role: niece · Object Role: uncle · Intermediary Person Ids: Mother of Empress Xiao (蕭皇后之母)
- Parent of Yang Zhao (楊昭)Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Parent of Yang Jian (楊暕)Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Spouse of Sui Yangdi (隋煬帝)Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: primary-marriage
Kinship Term: husband and wife / 夫婦 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: active - Child of Xiao Kui (蕭巋)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological - Child of Mother of Empress Xiao (蕭皇后之母)Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological - Spouse of Emperor Yang (煬帝)Kinship Term: Empress Xiao / 蕭後 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor
Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: emperor · Object Role: empress - Spouse of Yang Guang (楊廣)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
Career and standing
- Title: Empress Xiao / 蕭后 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:036:s0257
- Status: empress · Label: Empress / 后 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:036:s0251, suishu:036:s0257
- Status: empress · Action: installedExplicit · suishu:036:s0199
- Status: prince's consort · Action: installedExplicit · suishu:036:s0195
Places and affiliations
- Label: Eastern Turks / 突厥 · Relation: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同入突厥 · Western Year: AD 620Explicit · suishu:059:s0245
- Polity: Sui · Relation: associated-withExplicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0237
- Polity: Eastern Turks / 突厥 · Relation: resided-amongExplicit · suishu:036:s0251, suishu:036:s0252
- Polity: Sui / 隋 · Relation: empress-ofExplicit · suishu:036:s0199
- Polity: Tang / 大唐 · Relation: received-byExplicit · suishu:036:s0252
- Place: capital / 京師 · Relation: returned-toExplicit · suishu:036:s0252
- Place: Jiangdu / 江都 · Relation: traveled-toExplicit · suishu:036:s0241
- Place: Mozhou / 洺州 · Relation: present-atExplicit · suishu:036:s0251
- Place: Turkic court / 虜庭 · Relation: enteredExplicit · suishu:036:s0251
Learning and skills
- Label: literary composition and classical learning / 好學解屬文Explicit · suishu:036:s0196
- Belief: rejection of Huang-Lao quietism in favor of active goodness / 嗤黃老 · Relation: expressed-in-rhapsody · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Speaker Person Id: Empress Xiao (蕭皇后)Explicit · suishu:036:s0233
- Skill: divination and astronomy / 占候 · Level: versedExplicit · suishu:036:s0196
Works and attributed material
- Work: Statement of Intent / 述志賦 · Relation: authorExplicit · suishu:036:s0201
- Kind: historian-appraisal · Role: subject · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
- Kind: poem · Role: author · Quote: trueExplicit · suishu:036:s0201, suishu:036:s0203, suishu:036:s0204, suishu:036:s0205, suishu:036:s0206, suishu:036:s0207, suishu:036:s0208, suishu:036:s0209, suishu:036:s0210, suishu:036:s0211, suishu:036:s0212, suishu:036:s0213, suishu:036:s0214, suishu:036:s0215, suishu:036:s0216, suishu:036:s0217, suishu:036:s0218, suishu:036:s0219, suishu:036:s0220, suishu:036:s0221, suishu:036:s0222, suishu:036:s0223, suishu:036:s0224, suishu:036:s0225, suishu:036:s0226, suishu:036:s0227, suishu:036:s0228, suishu:036:s0229, suishu:036:s0230, suishu:036:s0231, suishu:036:s0232, suishu:036:s0233, suishu:036:s0234, suishu:036:s0235, suishu:036:s0236, suishu:036:s0237, suishu:036:s0238, suishu:036:s0239, suishu:036:s0240
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: personal · Role: exile · Action: drifted-in-foreign-land · Outcome: state-ruined-and-house-destroyedExplicit · suishu:036:s0260
- Kind: political · Role: captive · Action: fell-into-hands-of · Other Person Id: Dou Jiande (竇建德) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 化及敗，沒於竇建德 · Western Year: AD 619Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0250
- Kind: political · Role: recipient · Action: heard-reports-of-rebellion-and-declined-to-alarm-emperor
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: received-person · Action: received-by-envoy · Other Person Id: Chuluo Qaghan (處羅可汗) · Place: Mozhou / 洺州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 突厥處羅可汗遣使迎后於洺州 · Western Year: AD 619Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0251
- Kind: political · Role: repatriated-person · Action: returned-to-capital · Place: capital / 京師 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大唐貞觀四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 630Explicit · suishu:036:s0252
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: After the ruin of the state and house, drifting in a foreign land with nowhere to hide—truly pitiable. · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:036:s0260
- Assessment: gentle, intelligent, frugal in intent; dared not remonstrate openly · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:036:s0196, suishu:036:s0201
- Assessment: loved Gao all the more after suspending moxibustion for his sake · Other Person Id: Gao (杲) · Provenance: Mode: narrativeExplicit · suishu:059:s0256
- Assessment: When she first entered the prince's household, she had the heart of one who would assist a worthy ruler. · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:036:s0257
References in the histories
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