Sui and Tang · Imperial Consort Dowager, Mother of Li Gao

Lady Zheng 鄭氏

Zheng

First attested AD 752; died AD 781

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Zheng was an Imperial Consort Dowager, Mother of Li Gao.

Life and dates

Death

AD 781 建中二年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 119

Attested activity

AD 752 to AD 781 天寶至建中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 79
AD 781 建中二年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 119

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Li Ji (戢)
imperial consort 太妃 · Uncertain
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 75, 79
Parent of Li Gao (李皋)
mother 太妃
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 79

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 3 passages

奉太妃鄭氏以孝聞。 He was known for filial devotion to his mother, Imperial Consort Dowager Lady Zheng.

初，皋為御史覆訊，懼貽太妃憂，竟出則素服，入則公服，言貌如平常，太妃竟不知。 Earlier, when Gao served as censor investigating a case, he feared distressing his mother. He wore plain dress when he left home and official dress when he entered, speaking and appearing as usual, so that she never learned of his troubles.

淮西既平，請護喪祔東都，上遣中使吊，贈父右僕射，母曹國太妃。 After Huai West was pacified, he petitioned to escort his parents' remains for burial in the Eastern Capital. The emperor sent an envoy to offer condolences, posthumously ennobling his father as Right Vice Director and his mother as Princess of Caoguo.