Sui and Tang · Consort

Empress Zhaocheng 昭成皇后

Zhaocheng

Attested AD 712

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Zhaocheng was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 712 先天初
Directly stated · songshi:106:s0085a

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Tang Ruizong (唐睿宗)
empress 後 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · songshi:106:s0085a

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Consort of ruling house
Directly stated · songshi:106:s0085a

Events and relationships

Made consort at beginning of Xiantian
AD 712 先天初 · Ritual · Consort in temple · With Tang Ruizong (唐睿宗)
Directly stated · songshi:106:s0085a

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

景德元年，有司詳定明德皇太后李氏升祔之禮：「按唐睿宗昭成、肅明二後，先天初，以昭成配；開元末，以肅明祔。 In the first year of Jingde, the responsible offices carefully fixed the rite for raising and enshrining Empress Dowager Mingde, Lady Li: “Examining the Tang case of Emperor Ruizong’s two empresses, Zhaocheng and Suming, at the beginning of Xiantian Zhaocheng was made consort; at the end of Kaiyuan, Suming was enshrined.