Yuan · Empress and Consort

Anashili 阿納失失裏

Anashishili

First attested AD 1313; died AD 1322

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Anashili was an empress and Consort.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Empress Zhuangyi Cisheng	莊懿慈聖皇后

Life and dates

Death

AD 1322 至治二年崩
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 131

Attested activity

AD 1313 皇慶二年三月，冊為皇后
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 112

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yingzong (英宗)
bore 生
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 111
Spouse of Ayurbarwada
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passages 111-112

Career and standing

empress 皇后
AD 1313 皇慶二年三月 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 112

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 · 6 passages

仁宗莊懿慈聖皇后，名阿納失失裏，弘吉剌氏，生英宗。 Renzong's Empress Zhuangyi Cisheng was named Anashili, of the Kongirat clan, and bore Yingzong.

英宗即位，上尊號皇太后，其冊文曰：「坤承乾德，所以著兩儀之稱； When Yingzong took the throne, she was given the honorific title Empress Dowager. The register text read: "Kun receives Qian's virtue, thereby setting forth the designation of the two pillars;

謹遣某官某奉冊，上尊號曰皇太后。 We respectfully dispatch an official to present the registers and bestow the honorific title Empress Dowager.

至治二年崩，上謚莊懿慈聖皇后，其冊文曰：「致孝所以揚親，易名所以表行。 In Zhizhi 2 she died. She was given the posthumous title Empress Zhuangyi Cisheng. The register text read: "Filial devotion exalts one's kin; a posthumous name displays one's conduct.

欽惟先皇太后，夙明壸則，克嗣徽音。 Reverently: the late Empress Dowager was from of old clear in the standards of the inner palace and fully continued the fine repute.

謹遣攝太慰某官某奉玉冊玉寶，上尊號曰莊懿慈聖皇后。 We respectfully send the Acting Grand Master of Ceremonies, an official, to present jade registers and jade seals and bestow the honorific title Empress Zhuangyi Cisheng.