Overview
Lady Xia was a consort.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Female
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 926 明宗立Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 63-64
- AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 61, 66
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of Li Zanhua (李讚華)married 嫁 · Marriage · EndedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 61-62
Career and standing
- Lady of the State of Guo 虢國夫人HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 64
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 64
- At household of Xia Luqi 夏魯奇家 · Relation Returned to · With Xia Luqi (夏魯奇)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 62, 64
- At palace 宮掖 · Relation Raised inDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 62
Learning and skills
- Belief Buddhism 尼 · Relation Became nun · Mode named-source-report Source Work Miscellaneous Notes from Northern Dreams 北夢瑣言Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 62
Events and relationships
- Bestowed uponAD 926 明宗立 · Marriage · Bestowed bride · With Li Zanhua (李讚華) · Mode named-source-report Source Work History of Ouyang, Biographies of the Imperial Family 歐陽史·家人傳Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 64
- Sought divorceLegal · Petitioner · With Li Zanhua (李讚華) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Miscellaneous Notes from Northern Dreams 北夢瑣言Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 62
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment probably not Zhuangzong's empress · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 66
Source notes
- Beimeng Suoyan has Xia marry Li Zanhua then divorce to Xia Luqi and become a nun; Ouyang has her return to Xia Luqi then be bestowed on Li ZanhuaField sequence-of-marriage-and-return · Witness Work History of Ouyang 歐陽史Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 61-62, 64-65
- The History of Liao treats Lady Xia as Zhuangzong's empressField status-as-empress · Mode named-source-report Source Work History of Liao 遼史Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 66
References in the histories
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