Overview
Empress Zhang the Proclaiming Virtue was a consort and Empress Dowager.
IdentityHistorical · Female
Life and dates
Birth
- born when a five-colored turtle omen came due; purple light filled the room and the turtle vanishedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 132-133
Death
- AD 570 太建二年三月丙申At Ziji Hall 紫極殿Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 150
Age
- 65AD 570 太建二年三月丙申 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 150
Attested activity
- AD 570 太建二年三月丙申Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 150
- AD 569 太建元年Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 149
- AD 557 永定元年Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 139
- AD 568 光大二年Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 148
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of Emperor Wu of Chen (武帝)betrothed then married 聘 · Primary marriageDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 136, 138-139
- Kin of Niu Qia (鈕洽)elder clansman of her original clan 本族兄 · paternal lineDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 153
- Child of Zhang Jingming (章景明)father 父Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 131
- Child of Lady Su (蘇)mother 后母Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 132
- Kinship Role court-office-holding relatives · Count 0 · Negated true · only Niu Qia reached officeDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 153
Career and standing
- Lady 夫人AppointedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 138
- empress 皇后AD 557 永定元年 · EstablishedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 139
- grand empress dowager 太皇太后HeldDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 147
- empress dowager 皇太后HonoredDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 146
- empress dowager 皇太后AD 569 太建元年 · RestoredDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 149
- posthumous name Xuan 諡曰宣AD 570 其年四月 · Proposed by ministersDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 152
Places and affiliations
- Polity Chen 陳 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 130, 139
- At Wucheng in Wuxing 吳興烏程Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 130
- AD 570 太建二年三月丙申At Ziji Hall 紫極殿 · Relation Died atDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 150
- AD 570 其年四月At Wan'anling 萬安陵 · Relation Buried atDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 152
- At Cixun Palace 慈訓宮 · Relation ResidenceDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 146
Learning and skills
- Skill writing and reckoning 書計 · Level skilledDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 137
- Skill recitation of the Book of Songs and the Songs of Chu 能誦詩及楚辭Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 137
Works and attributed material
- Book of Songs 詩Relation ReciterDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 137
- Songs of Chu 楚辭Relation ReciterDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 137
- Deposed emperor and ordered Xuan to succeedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 148
- funeral to be frugal; offerings without sacrificial livestockTestament · AuthorDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 151
Events and relationships
- Birth omen fulfilledOmen · SubjectDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 132-133
- Buried with husbandAD 570 其年四月 · Funeral · DeceasedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 152
- DeposedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 148
- Kept death secretDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 144
- SummonedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 145
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment clever and beautiful in bearing as a girl · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 134
- fingernails five cun long, half red and half white; one nail broke first when close mourning was requiredPhysical descriptionDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 134-135
- Item Cixun Palace 慈訓 · Relation BestowedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 146
Source notes
- From Niu 鈕 · To Zhang 章 · Reason father raised by the Zhang clanDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 131
References in the histories
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