Ming · Consort and Royal Family Member

Xiaosu 孝肅

Attested AD 1464 - AD 1504

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiaosu was a consort and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1464 to AD 1504 孝肅
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 52, passages 96, 101, 114, 120

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Shizong (世宗)
great-grandson 曾孫 · paternal line · 3 generations · Through Father of the Offering Emperor (獻皇帝之父), Offering Emperor (獻皇帝)
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 120
Parent of Father of the Offering Emperor (獻皇帝之父)
mother 母 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 52, passage 120

Career and standing

Grand Empress Dowager 太皇太后
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 114

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passages 96, 120

Events and relationships

Paid respects among three empress dowagers
AD 1529 三月 · Ritual · Honoree · Posthumous true
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 303
Spirit tablet installed
AD 1505 及孝宗崩，武宗即位 · Ritual · Honoree · At Hall of Maternal Kindness 奉慈殿 · Posthumous true
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passages 96, 101, 111
Tablet moved to mausoleum temple
AD 1536 十五年 · Ritual · Honoree · Posthumous true
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passages 120, 123, 125, 127

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 28: Rites 6 · 4 passages

及孝宗崩，武宗即位，禮部始進奉安孝肅神主儀。 When Xiaozong died and the Wuzong took the throne, the Ministry of Rites first presented the rite for installing the spirit tablet of Xiaosu in peace.

帝奉安訖，行叩頭禮，至午，帝詣清寧宮孝肅几筵，行禮畢，內侍進神主輿於殿前，衣冠輿于丹陛上。 When the emperor had finished installing the tablet, he performed the prostration rite; at noon he went to Grand Empress Dowager Xiaosu’s spirit couch in the Qingning Palace, and when the rite was finished inner attendants brought the spirit-tablet palanquin before the hall and the vestment palanquin to the red steps.

帝詣孝穆皇太后神座前，跪請神主謁孝肅太皇太后，跪置於褥位上，俯伏，興，行五拜三叩頭禮。 The emperor went before Grand Empress Dowager Xiaomu’s spirit throne, knelt and asked the spirit tablet to visit Grand Empress Dowager Xiaosu, knelt and placed it on the cushioned place, prostrated himself, rose, and performed five bows and three prostrations.

今陛下於孝肅，曾孫也； Your Majesty’s relation to Xiaosu is that of great-grandson;