Overview
Empress Yuan was a consort.
IdentityHistorical · Title only
Life and dates
Death
- AD 456 元後臨崩Died after the empress dowager asked about her kinDated from the passage context · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 62
Attested activity
- AD 456 元後臨崩Dated from the passage context · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 62
- AD 454 to AD 456 得幸於文成，生獻文Dated from the passage context · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 61
- AD 450 永昌王仁隨太武南征Dated from the passage context · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 59
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Emperor Xianwen (獻文)bore 生Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 61
- Sibling of Zhenzhi (珍之)brother 兄 · paternal lineDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 63
- Sibling of Li Hongzhi (李洪之)elder brother 兄 · Claimed parentageDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passages 62, 102, 105
- Spouse of Emperor Wencheng (文成)won favor as consort 得幸 · Secondary marriageDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 61
- Kinship Role sisters · Count 2Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 59
- Kinship Role southern brothers · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passages 60, 63
Places and affiliations
- Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Consort ofDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 61
- At the palace 宮 · Relation EnteredDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 61
Works and attributed material
- wrote a full list of southern brothers including Zhenzhi and handed it to HongzhiDocument · AuthorDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 63
- said Hongzhi was her brother when the empress dowager asked about her kinDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 62
Events and relationships
- Took leave of Hongzhi over many days and delivered the brother list to himParting · Dying empressDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passage 63
- when they first met, Hongzhi reckoned himself her elder brother by ageDirectly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 87, passages 105-106
References in the histories
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