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Lady Shan 山氏

Shan

First attested AD 520; died AD 539

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Shan was a Lady.

Life and dates

Death

AD 539 元象二年
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 139

Attested activity

AD 520 to AD 539 中興前至元象
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 13, passages 121, 139

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Gao Yue (高岳)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 121
Spouse of Gao Fan (高翻)
wife 妻
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 13, passages 118, 121

Career and standing

Female Palace Attendant 女侍中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 132
Lady of the Commandery 郡君
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 132

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 13Volume 13 Biographies 5: Gao Chen; Gao Rui (Northern Qi); Gao Yue (Northern Qi); Gao Mai · 4 passages

岳母山氏，嘗夜起，見高祖室中有光，密往覘之，乃無燈，即移高祖於別室，如前所見。 Yue's mother Lady Shan once rose at night and saw light in Gao Huan's room. She stole a look — no lamp burned — and moved him to another chamber; the same radiance appeared there.

山氏歸報高祖。 Lady Shan went back and told Gao Huan.

後高祖起兵於信都，山氏聞之，大喜，謂岳曰：「赤光之瑞，今當驗矣，汝可間行從之，共圖大計。」 When Gao Huan later raised troops at Xindu, Lady Shan heard and rejoiced. She told Yue, "The omen of red light is fulfilled — go by a secret route and join him; together you will shape the great design."

母山氏，封為郡君，授女侍中，入侍皇后。 His mother, Lady Shan, was enfeoffed as Lady of the Commandery, appointed Female Palace Attendant, and entered the palace to serve the empress.