Five Dynasties · Consort

Pure Consort Han 韓氏

Han

Attested AD 923 - AD 926

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Pure Consort Han was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 924 同光二年十二月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 56
AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 37, 46, 53

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Emperor Zhuangzong (莊宗)
principal wife 正室 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 46, 53

Career and standing

Pure Consort 淑妃
AD 924 同光二年十二月 · Installed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 53, 56
Lady of Han 韓國夫人
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passages 37, 46

Events and relationships

AD 924 同光二年十二月
Investiture · Recipient · At Pure Consort's palace 淑妃宮
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 56

Source notes

original biography of Pure Consort Han is missing from the text
韓淑妃傳原本闕佚
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 55

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 49Volume 49 Book of Later Tang 25: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 6 passages

太后賜莊宗，為韓國夫人侍者。 The empress dowager gave her to Zhuangzong as an attendant to the Lady of Han.

劉氏方與嫡夫人爭寵，皆以門族誇尚，劉氏恥為寒家，白莊宗曰：「妾去鄉之時，妾父死於亂兵，是時環屍而哭。 The empress was then contending for favor with the principal wife, each boasting of her family status. Ashamed of her humble origins, she told Zhuangzong, "When I left my home district, my father was killed by disorderly soldiers. I wept over his body where it lay.

然為太后不禮，復以韓夫人居正，無以發明。 Yet because the empress dowager showed her no courtesy, and because the Lady of Han held the position of principal wife, there was no way to make the matter public.

淑妃韓氏，莊宗正室。 Pure Consort Han was Zhuangzong's principal wife.

〈（案：《韓淑妃傳》，原本闕佚。 (Note: The biography of Pure Consort Han is missing from the original text.

考《五代會要》云：同光二年十二月冊，以宰臣豆盧革、韋說為冊使，出應天門，登路車，鹵簿鼓吹前導，至於永福門降車，入右銀台門，至淑妃宮，受冊於內，文武百官立班稱賀。）〉 The 《Institutional Essentials of the Five Dynasties》 records that in the twelfth month of Tongguang 2 she was invested, with chief ministers Dou Luge and Wei Shuo as commissioners. They went out Yingtian Gate, mounted the road chariot with guards and musicians leading, descended at Yongfu Gate, entered through the Right Yintai Gate, proceeded to Pure Consort Han's palace, and received the patent within while civil and military officials stood in formation to congratulate her.)〉