Overview
Empress Xuanxian Wei was a consort and Empress Dowager.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Female
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 935 清泰二年二月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 74, 81, 85
- AD 884 to AD 885 中和末Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 72
- AD 936 太原石敬瑭反Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 86
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of Mingzong (明宗)obtained Empress Wei 得魏後 · AD 884 to AD 885 中和末
Empress Wei 魏後Sources vary in certainty · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 72-73 - Parent of Deposed Emperor of Tang (唐廢帝)empress dowager 皇太后Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 81, 85
Career and standing
- household manager supporting the family's livelihood 生計所資Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 73
- Grand Lady of the State of Lu 魯國太夫人First enfeoffedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 74
- Empress Dowager Xuanxian 宣憲皇太后AD 935 清泰二年二月 · Posthumously proposedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 81, 85
- Lady of Lu 魯國夫人HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 77
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Consort of imperial houseStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 72, 74
- At Pingshan in Zhenzhou 鎮州平山Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 71
- AD 884 to AD 885 中和末At Pingshan 平山 · Relation Obtained atDated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 72
- At old tomb not yet joined to the ancestral temple 舊陵未祔先祠 · Relation BurialDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 82
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · Subject · Source Work Institutional Essentials of the Five Dynasties 五代會要 · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 74-84
Events and relationships
- Memorial proposed shared temple and deferred joint enshrinementAD 935 清泰二年二月 · Ritual · Posthumous honoreeDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 81-85
- Tomb palace planned then built east of Henan Prefecture after rebellionAD 936 太原石敬瑭反 · Ritual · Honoree · At east of the capital in Henan Prefecture 京師河南府東Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 86
- Relation Co consort of · Person Empress Cao (曹後)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 73
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment sole support of the household livelihood · Mode named-source-report Source Work Veritable Records of the Deposed Emperor of Tang 唐廢帝實錄Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 73
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 68
References in the histories
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