Overview
Zhang Lihua was a consort.
IdentityHistorical · Female
Life and dates
Death
- AD 589 隋軍克台城Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 270
Age
- 10AD 569 to AD 582 後主為太子 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 232
Attested activity
- AD 582 始興王叔陵之亂Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 237
- AD 582 後主即位Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 234
- AD 569 to AD 582 後主為太子Dated from the passage context · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 231-233
- AD 584 至德二年Dated from the passage context · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 245
- AD 589 隋軍克台城Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 270
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Crown Prince Shen (太子深)bore 生Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 233
- Child of Father of Zhang Lihuafather 父Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 229-230
- Spouse of Last Ruler (後主)honored consort 貴妃 · Secondary marriageDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 220, 233-234
- Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 230
Origins and identity
- soldier's family 兵家Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 229
Career and standing
- Honored Consort 貴妃AD 582 後主即位 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 234
- EnteredAD 589 隋軍克台城 · Captivity · At well at Taicheng 台城井Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 270
- beheading 斬Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 270
Places and affiliations
- Polity Chen 陳 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 234
- AD 584 至德二年At Jieqi Pavilion 結綺閣 · Relation Resided atDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 245
Learning and skills
- Skill debate and memory 才辯強記 · Level renownedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 258
- Skill sorcery 厭魅之術 · Level skilledDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 260
Works and attributed material
- Report · Speaker · With Last Ruler (後主)Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 264-266
Events and relationships
- Alone among consorts attended the wounded last ruler in Chenxiang HallDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 237
- At age ten served Gong Guifei, then a liangdiDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 232
- Dwelt in Jieqi Pavilion while the last ruler dwelt in Linchun and Gong and Kong in WangxianAD 584 至德二年 · Court · ResidentDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 245
- Gained the last ruler's favor and became pregnantDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 233
- Had Li and Cai raise cases for lawbreaking palace kin, then spoke for themPolitical · AdvocateDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 265
- Hid in a well with the last ruler when Sui took Taicheng, then was drawn out and beheadedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 270
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- Made up finely on a pavilion and seemed an immortal to distant palace watchersCourt · AppearanceDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 257
- Sat on the last ruler's knee and jointly decided memorials brought by Cai Lin'er and Li ShanduDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 262-263
- Selected into the palace while the last ruler was crown princeAD 569 to AD 582 後主為太子 · Court · EntrantDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 231
- Set up illicit shrines and gathered shamanesses to drum and danceRitual · SponsorDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 261
- Slandered ministers who did not comply; her words were always heededPolitical · SlandererDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 266
- Songs such as Jade Tree in the Rear Court praised her beauty and Kong Guifei'sDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 251, 253
- With Kong, power scorched the four quarters and their clans were widely employedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 267
- AD 569 to AD 582 後主為太子Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 232
- Relation Political ally of · Person Kong Guifei (孔貴嬪)Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 267
- Relation Collaborator of · Person Li Shandu (李善度)Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 262, 265
- Relation Collaborator of · Person Cai Lin'er (蔡臨兒)Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 262, 265
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment clever, favored, beautiful, eloquent, read the emperor's mood · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passages 235, 255, 258
- Assessment deluded the last ruler with sham spirit rites · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 260
- Assessment rear palace thanked her and vied in praising her goodness · Mode named-group-reportDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 259
- hair seven chi long, black as lacquer and bright as a mirrorPhysical description · 髪長七尺，鬒黑如漆，其光可鑒Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 254
- Item illicit shrines 淫祀 · Relation EstablishedDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 261
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 229
References in the histories
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