Overview
The translated histories identify Virtuous Consort Dong as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 25 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Virtuous Consort Dong | 德妃董氏 | Dong |
| Personal name | Dong | 董氏 | Dong |
| Surname | Dong | 董 | Dǒng |
| Title | Imperial Consort De | 德妃 | Defēi |
| Personal name | Imperial Consort De of the Dong clan | 德妃董氏 | Defēi Dǒng shì |
| Alternate name | Lady Dong | 董妃 | |
| Personal | Lady Dong | 董氏 | Dong shi |
| Title | Virtuous Consort | 德妃 | defei |
| Title | Virtuous Consort | 德妃 | Defei |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 廣順三年 · Western Year: AD 953 · Age: 39Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0045
- Place: inner palace / 大內 · Age: 39 · Source Date: Text: 廣順三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 953Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0086
Age
- Age: 13 · Reckoning: sui · Event: returned to familyExplicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0040
- Age: 13 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0073
- Age: 39 · Reckoning: sui · Event: deathExplicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0045
- Age: 39 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0086
- Age: 7 · Reckoning: sui · Event: lost in Zhenzhou chaosExplicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0037
- Age: 7 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0069
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 廣順三年夏 · Regnal Year: 3 · Season: summer · Western Year: AD 953Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0079
- Source Date: Text: 契丹破晉之歲 · Western Year: AD 947Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0074
- Source Date: Text: 年七歲，遇鎮州亂 · Western Year: AD 921Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:121:s0069
- Source Date: Text: 廣順三年 · Western Year: AD 953Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0045
- Source Date: Text: 廣順元年四月 · Western Year: AD 951Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0075
- Source Date: Text: 漢高祖由太原入京師 · Western Year: AD 947Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:019:s0043
- Source Date: Text: 鎮州亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 923 · End: AD 927Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:019:s0037, xinwudaishi:019:s0025
Family
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- Descendant of Dong Wenguang (董文廣)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 - Sibling of Dong Xuanzhi (董玄之)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger sister · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger sister · Object Role: elder brother · Subject Relative Age: younger - Sibling of Dong Ziming (董自明)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger sister · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger sister · Object Role: elder brother · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: youngest brother / 季兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger - Sibling of Dong Yu (董瑀)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger sister · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger sister · Object Role: elder brother · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: eldest brother / 長兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Object Birth Order: 1 - Child of Dong Guangsi (董光嗣)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father - Spouse of Liu Jinchao (劉進超)Kinship Term: husband / 嫁 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: ended
Union Category: marriage
Kinship Term: married / 嫁 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: widowed
Union Category: marriage - Spouse of Guo Wei (郭威)Kinship Term: took as wife / 聘 · Union Category: marriage
Union Category: marriage
Kinship Term: Lady / 夫人 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: consort · Object Role: husband
Kinship Term: wife/consort / 聘/妃 · Union Category: marriage
Union Category: marriage - Sibling of Dong Yuanzhi (董元之)Kinship Term: second brother / 仲兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger
- Kinship Role: brothers · Count: 3Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0046
Career and standing
- Label: Imperial Consort De / 德妃 · Action: installedExplicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0044
- Label: Virtuous Consort / 德妃 · Action: investedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0077
- Title: Virtuous Consort / 德妃 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0075
- Status: widow · Action: became · Place: Luoyang / 洛陽Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0074
- Status: widow · Place: Luoyang / 洛陽Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0042
Places and affiliations
- Place: Lingshou in Zhen Prefecture / 鎮州靈壽Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0033
- Place: Lingshou, Changshan / 常山靈壽Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0065
- Place: Luoyang / 洛陽 · Relation: resided-as-widowExplicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0042
Learning and skills
- Skill: music / 絲管 · Level: distinguished from childhoodExplicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0068
- Skill: music pitch and mode recognition / 知律呂 · Level: from childhoodExplicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0036
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0079
Events and relationships
- Kind: abduction · Role: victim · Action: taken-by-Luzhou-officerExplicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0037
- Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0040
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: exemplary consort · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · jiuwudaishi:121:s0122
- Assessment: worthy conduct · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Guo Wei (郭威)Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0043
References in the histories
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