Sui and Tang · Consort

Favored mistress of Xiao Zhizhong 寵主

Attested AD 705 - AD 713

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Favored mistress of Xiao Zhizhong was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 705 to AD 713 贊曰…玄宗之器蕭至忠
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 266

Source notes

Historicity uncertain
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 266

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 123Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He · 1 passage

至忠本非賢，而寄賢以奸利，失之則邀利以喪賢，姻艷後，挾寵主，取宰相，謀間王室，身誅家破，遺臭無窮。 Zhizhong was never worthy yet pretended worth for treacherous gain; he married into the empress's kin, relied on a favored mistress, seized the chancellorship, and plotted against the royal house—he was executed, his family destroyed, his infamy endless.