Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Xiaoci Gao as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 3 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 Xiaoci Gao | 孝慈高皇后 | Xiaoci Gao Huanghou |
| Descriptive kinship | Daughter of Master Ma | 馬公女 | |
| Personal | Empress Ma | ||
| Posthumous | Empress Xiaoci Gao | 孝慈高皇后 | Xiaoci Gao Huanghou |
| Posthumous name | Empress Xiaoci the Great | 孝慈高皇后 | Xiàocí Gāo huánghòu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 洪武三年 · Western Year: AD 1370Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:005:s0002, mingshi:005:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 至正十二年春 · Western Year: AD 1352Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:122:s0016
Family
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- Child of Master Ma (馬公)Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological
- Spouse of Taizu (太祖)Kinship Term: gave in marriage / 妻 · Union Category: marriage
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband - Parent of Zhu Di (朱棣)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
- Child of Guo Zixing (郭子興)Kinship Term: raised/fostered / 所撫 · Parentage: foster
References in the histories
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