Five Dynasties · Empress Dowager

Yingtian 應天

Attested AD 920 - AD 942

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yingtian was an empress Dowager.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 920 to AD 942 應天之奮擊室韋
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passage 199

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Of
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passage 198

Events and relationships

Fierce strike
AD 920 to AD 942 應天之奮擊室韋 · Military · Commander · At Shiwei 室韋 · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 199

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 71Volume 71 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

如應天之奮擊室韋，承天之禦戎澶淵，仁懿之親破重元，古所未有，亦其俗也。 Yingtian's fierce rout of the Shiwei, Chengtian's command at Chanyuan, Renyi's personal defeat of Chongyuan—such deeds are unheard in antiquity, yet they fit Khitan custom.