Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Consort

Empress Xuan 宣后

Xuan Hou

Attested AD 549 - AD 559

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Xuan was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 549 梁太清末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 14, passage 6
AD 559 永定三年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 16, passage 76

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Chen Chang (陳昌)
Empress Xuan 宣后 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 14, passages 5-6
Spouse of Gaozu (高祖)
Empress Xuan 宣后 · Primary marriage
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 14, passage 6

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 14Volume 14: Chen Chang; Chen Tanlang · 2 passages

梁太清末，高祖南征李賁，命昌與宣后隨沈恪還吳興。 In the last years of Liang's Taiqing era, Gaozu marched south against Li Ben and sent Chang and Empress Xuan back to Wuxing with Shen Ke.

及高祖東討侯景，昌與宣后、世祖並為景所囚。 When the Founder turned east against Hou Jing, Chang, Lady Xuan, and Emperor Wen were all taken prisoner by Jing.

Book of Chen, Chapter 16Volume 16: Zhao Zhili; Cai Jingli; Liu Shizhi; Xie Qi · 1 passage

三年，高祖崩，時外有彊寇，世祖鎮于南皖，朝無重臣，宣后呼景歷及江大權、杜稜定議，乃祕不發喪，疾召世祖。 In the third year, the Founder died. Strong enemies stood outside, Emperor Wen was away at Southern Wan, and the court had no senior minister. Empress Xuan called Jingli, Jiang Daquan, and Du Leng to decide matters, kept the death secret, and hurriedly summoned Emperor Wen.