Overview
The translated histories identify Lady Zhao as a consort. This record brings together 6 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Lady Zhao | 昭儀趙氏 | Zhaoyi Zhao Shi |
| Title | Consort Zhao | 趙昭儀 | |
| Title | Consort Zhao | 昭儀 | |
| Title | Consort Zhao Feiyi | 趙昭儀 | Zhào Zhāoyí |
| Title | Lady Zhao | 趙氏 | Zhao Shi |
| Title | Lady Zhao | 趙昭儀 | Zhao Zhaoyi |
| Title | Lady Zhao of the Zhaoyi rank | 昭儀趙氏 | Zhaoyi Zhao Shi |
| Title | Lady Zhao the Brilliant Companion | 趙昭儀 | Zhao Zhaoyi |
| Surname | Zhao | 趙 | Zhao |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
- Sex: femaleStrongly inferred · hanshu:070:s0263
- Value: femaleExplicit · hanshu:012:s0016
Roles
- Consort
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元延四年 · Western Year: BC 9Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0016, hanshu:012:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 孝成帝時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 7Explicit · hanshu:098:s0130
- Source Date: Text: 成帝之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 7Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:091:s0190
Family
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- Spouse of Emperor Xiaocheng (孝成皇帝)Kinship Term: honored lady / 昭儀 · Union Category: concubinage · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: honored lady / 昭儀 · Union Category: concubinage · Relationship State: active
Union Category: concubinage
Career and standing
- Office: Zhaoyi / 昭儀Explicit · hanshu:011:s0255
- Status: imperial-favorite · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:098:s0130
Events and relationships
- Kind: court-travel · Role: escort · Action: accompanied-emperor-to-Sweet-SpringsExplicit · hanshu:098:s0130
- Explicit · hanshu:091:s0190
- Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: urged naming King of Dingtao as heir · Other Person Id: Emperor Ai (哀) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元延四年 · Western Year: BC 9Explicit · hanshu:012:s0017
References in the histories
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