Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Consort

Lady Li 李妃

Li

Attested AD 500 - AD 528

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Li was a consort.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Empress Wenmu	文穆皇后

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 500 to AD 528 李妃 activity before the AD 529 posthumous honor
Strongly inferred · zizhitongjian:153:s0008a

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Emperor Wenmu (文穆皇帝)
consort 妃 · Secondary marriage · Widowed
Strongly inferred · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 153, passage 8; zizhitongjian:153:s0008a
Kin of Gaozu of Wei (高祖)
elder brother's wife 嫂
Strongly inferred · zizhitongjian:153:s0008e
Parent of Wei Emperor (魏主)
mother 母
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:153:s0008a

Career and standing

Empress Wenmu 文穆皇后
AD 529 中大通元年二月甲午 · Posthumously honored · Authority Wei Emperor (魏主)
Dated from the passage context · zizhitongjian:153:s0008a

Places and affiliations

Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:153:s0008a

Events and relationships

Spirit tablet moved to the Imperial Ancestral Temple
AD 529 中大通元年夏四月癸未 · Ritual · Honoree
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 153, passage 19; zizhitongjian:153:s0008a

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:153:s0008a

References in the histories

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 153Volume 153 Liang Records 9 · 2 passages

母李妃為文穆皇后。 His mother, Lady Li, was honored as Empress Wenmu.

夏，四月，癸未，魏遷肅祖及文穆皇后神主於太廟，又追尊彭城王劭為孝宣皇帝。 In summer, the fourth month, on guiwei, Wei installed the spirit tablets of Suzu and Empress Wenmu in the Imperial Ancestral Temple and further posthumously honored Prince Shao of Pengcheng as Emperor Xiaoxuan.