Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Yuan as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 6 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 Yuan | 元皇后 | |
| Posthumous name | Empress Wen | 文后 | |
| Title | Empress Yuan | 元皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Yuan | 元皇后 | Yuan huanghou |
| Descriptive kinship | His mother | 母 | |
| Descriptive kinship | late mother | 皇妣 | |
| Title | Princess of Fengyi | 馮翊公主 | Fengyi gongzhu |
| Title | Princess of Pingyuan | 平原公主 | Pingyuan gongzhu |
| Surname | Yuan | 元 | Yuan |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleStrongly inferred · zhoushu:003:s0002
- Sex: femaleExplicit · zhoushu:009:s0001
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統七年 · Western Year: AD 541Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0026
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0145
- Source Date: Text: 大統七年 · Western Year: AD 541Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 大統八年 · Western Year: AD 542Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:003:s0002, zhoushu:003:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 武成初 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0029
- Source Date: Text: 魏恭帝三年十二月 · Western Year: AD 556Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0027
Family
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- Parent of Emperor Xiaomin (孝閔皇帝)Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother - Spouse of Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: given in marriage to / 配 · Union Category: marriage - Spouse of Zhang Huan (張歡)Kinship Term: married to / 適 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: ended
- Sibling of Emperor Xiaowu of Wei (魏孝武帝)Kinship Term: younger sister / 妹 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother · Shared Parentage: full
Career and standing
- Title: Empress Wen / 文后 · Action: posthumously-honored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0145
Places and affiliations
- Place: Chengling / 成陵 · Relation: buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏恭帝三年十二月 · Western Year: AD 556Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0027
References in the histories
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