Sui and Tang · Royal Family Member

The Empress 後

Attested AD 705 - AD 710

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

The Empress was a Royal Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Epithet		艷後

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 705 to AD 710 中宗時
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 123, passage 266

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 123Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He · 1 passage

至忠本非賢，而寄賢以奸利，失之則邀利以喪賢，姻艷後，挾寵主，取宰相，謀間王室，身誅家破，遺臭無窮。 Zhizhong was never worthy yet pretended worth for treacherous gain; he married into the empress's kin, relied on a favored mistress, seized the chancellorship, and plotted against the royal house—he was executed, his family destroyed, his infamy endless.