Ming · Consort

Empress Xiaosu 孝肅皇后

Xiaosu

Attested AD 1457

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Xiaosu was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1457 天順初
Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passages 95-96

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Xianzong (憲宗)
birth mother 生母
Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 96

Career and standing

Held favor
AD 1457 天順初 · Imperial Noble Consort
Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 96

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 284, passage 96

Events and relationships

Donned court dress and bowed in thanks
AD 1457 天順初 · Court · Recipient
Directly stated · History of Ming 284, passage 96

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 284Volume 284 Biographies 172: Confucian Scholars 3 · 2 passages

入語孝肅皇后曰：「吾今日得聖賢子孫為汝子傅。」 He went in and told Empress Xiaosu: "Today I have found descendants of sages to tutor your son."

孝肅皇后者，憲宗生母，方以皇貴妃有寵，於是具冠服拜謝，宮中傳為盛事雲。 Empress Xiaosu was the Xianzong emperor's birth mother and then held favor as Imperial Noble Consort; she donned full court dress and bowed in thanks, and the palace hailed it as a signal honor.