Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Consort

Zhang Yao'er 章要兒

Died AD 570

Passages
9
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Yao'er as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 9 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Chen

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhang Yao'er 章要兒 Zhang Yao'er
Posthumous name Empress Dowager Xuan 宣太后
Title Founder Empress Zhang 高祖章皇后
Title Lady Xuan 宣皇后
Alternate name Niu 鈕
Posthumous name Queen Dowager Xuan 宣太后
Given Yao'er 要兒 Yao'er
Surname Zhang 章
Personal name Zhang Yao'er 章要兒 Zhang Yao'er

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建二年三月景申 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 570 · Place: Hall of Purple Apex / 紫極殿 · Age: Value: 65
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0037

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 永定元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 557
    Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:007:s0028
  • Source Date: Text: 光大二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 568
    Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:007:s0035
  • Source Date: Text: 太建二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 570
    Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:007:s0037

Family

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  • Spouse of Chen Baxian (陳霸先)
    Kinship Term: betrothed/married / 聘 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active
  • Child of Jingming (景明)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
  • Child of Su (蘇)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter

Career and standing

  • Title: empress / 皇后 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永定元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 557
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0028
  • Status: empress-dowager · Action: honored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 世祖即位 · Western Year: AD 560
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0033
  • Status: grand-empress-dowager · Action: honored
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0034

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: deposed · Other Person Id: Chen Bozong (陳伯宗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 568
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0035
  • Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: installed · Other Person Id: Emperor Xuan (高宗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 568
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0035
  • Kind: captivity · Role: prisoner · Other Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景) · Place: during Hou Jing rebellion / 侯景之亂
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0026

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: paired with Heaven's norm and aided royal transformation · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0173
  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: fingernails five inches long, reddish white
    Explicit · chenshu:007:s0022

References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses and Consorts · 9 passages
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