Overview
The translated histories identify Ruan Lingying as a consort. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Ruan Lingying | 阮令嬴 | Ruǎn Lìngyíng |
| Title | Empress Dowager Wenxuan | 文宣太后 | Wénxuān Tàihòu |
| Personal name | Lingying | 令嬴 | Lìngyíng |
| Surname | Ruan | 阮 | Ruǎn |
| Title | Ruan Xiurong | 阮脩容 | Ruǎn Xiūróng |
| Surname | Shi | 石 | Shí |
| Title | Xiurong | 脩容 | Xiūróng |
| Posthumous name | Xuan | 宣 | Xuān |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleExplicit · liangshu:007:s0183
Roles
- Consort
Life and dates
Death
- Place: inner chamber at Jiang Province / 江州內寢 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大同六年六月 · Western Year: AD 540Explicit · liangshu:007:s0189
Age
- Age: 67 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · liangshu:007:s0189
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 大同六年六月 · Western Year: AD 540Explicit · liangshu:007:s0189
- Source Date: Text: 天監七年八月 · Western Year: AD 508Explicit · liangshu:007:s0187
- Source Date: Text: 承聖二年 · Western Year: AD 553Explicit · liangshu:007:s0193
- Source Date: Text: 齊末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 498 · End: AD 501Explicit · liangshu:007:s0184, liangshu:007:s0185
Family
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- Child of Shi Lingbao (石靈寶)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Shizu (世祖)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
- Child of Mother of Ruan Lingying, née Chen (陳氏)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
- Spouse of Xiao Yaoguang, Prince of Shi'an (始安王遙光)Kinship Term: taken as wife / 納 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: ended
- Spouse of Gaozu (高祖)Kinship Term: xiurong / 脩容 · Union Category: secondary-marriage
Career and standing
- Label: Xuan / 宣 · Action: posthumously-titledExplicit · liangshu:007:s0191
- Title: Xiurong / 脩容 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:007:s0188
- Title: Empress Dowager Wenxuan / 文宣太后 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · liangshu:007:s0192
- Status: painted-attendant · Action: enteredExplicit · liangshu:007:s0186
Places and affiliations
- Place: Yuyao in Kuaiji / 會稽餘姚Explicit · liangshu:007:s0183
- Place: Tongwang Mountain, Jiangning / 江寧縣通望山 · Relation: buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大同六年十一月 · Western Year: AD 540Explicit · liangshu:007:s0190
Events and relationships
- Kind: captivity · Role: consort · Action: entered-donghun-palace · Other Person Id: Depraved Emperor (東昏)Explicit · liangshu:007:s0185
Source notes
- From: Shi / 石 · To: Ruan / 阮 · Reason: original surname ShiExplicit · liangshu:007:s0183
References in the histories
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