Sui and Tang · Consort

Liu Jingyan 柳敬言

Died AD 615

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Jingyan as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Chen

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Jingyan 柳敬言 Liu Jingyan
Title Emperor Xuan Empress Liu 高宗柳皇后
Title Empress Dowager Liu 柳太后
Title Empress Liu 柳皇后
Given Jingyan 敬言 Jingyan
Surname Liu 柳
Personal name Liu Jingyan 柳敬言 Liu Jingyan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Place: Eastern Capital / 東都 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大業十一年 · Regnal Year: 11 · Western Year: AD 615 · Age: Value: 83
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0103

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大業十一年 · Regnal Year: 11 · Western Year: AD 615
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0103
  • Source Date: Text: 承聖二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 553
    Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:007:s0092

Family

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  • Descendant of Yun (惲)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Descendant of Shilong (世隆)
    Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Yan (偃)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
  • Parent of the Last Emperor (後主)
    Kinship Term: gave birth to / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Emperor Xuan (高宗)
    Kinship Term: matched in marriage / 配 · Union Category: marriage
  • Child of Princess Changcheng (長城公主)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter
  • Sibling of Pan (盼)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full
  • Kin of Zhuang (莊)
    Kinship Term: younger cousin / 从祖弟 · Line: paternal

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: regent · Action: decided-affairs · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後主即位初 · Western Year: AD 582
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0101

Assessments and attributes

  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: stood seven feet two inches tall; hands hung below her knees
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0096

References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses and Consorts · 6 passages
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