Consort Wen (文妃) | 24 Histories

Overview

Consort Wen was a consort.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Female

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Death

Executed
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 190
Granted death
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passage 85
Ordered to suicide
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 95

Attested activity

AD 1121 保大初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 102, passages 81, 85
AD 1121 保大元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 72, passage 190
AD 1101 to AD 1125 天祚六女
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 65, passages 255-256
AD 1110 to AD 1125 天祚未年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 62, passages 91-92

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yuliyan (余里衍)
bore one daughter 生一女
Directly stated · History of Liao 65, passages 256-257
Parent of Prince of Jin (晉王)
bore 生
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passage 81
Parent of Aoluwo (敖盧斡)
born of 所生 · maternal line
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 92; History of Liao 72, passage 182
Spouse of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao (遼天祚帝)
Consort Wen 文妃 · Secondary marriage
Literary Consort 文妃 · Secondary marriage
Consort Wen 文妃 · Concubinage
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 65, passage 256; History of Liao 102, passage 81; History of Liao 72, passage 182; History of Liao 62, passage 92
Sibling of Elder Sister of Consort Wen (文妃之女兄)
elder sister 女兄
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 94
Sibling of Younger Sister of Consort Wen (文妃之女弟)
younger sister 女弟
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 94
Sibling of Wife of Yelu Yudu (余睹之妻)
younger sister 妹 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · History of Liao 102, passage 81

Kinship Role daughters · Count 1
Directly stated · History of Liao 65, passage 256

Key source chapters

Career and standing

ordered to take own life 賜文妃自盡
Suffered · Authority Emperor Tianzuo of Liao (遼天祚帝)
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 95

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Active in
Directly stated · History of Liao 62, passage 92
Polity Id liao · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 182; History of Liao 102, passage 81
Polity Id liao · Relation Member of
Directly stated · History of Liao 65, passage 256

Events and relationships

Plotted to enthrone
Political · Conspirator · With Aoluwo (敖盧斡)
Directly stated · History of Liao 72, passage 190

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 62Volume 62 Treatises 32: Punishment and Law 2 · 2 passages

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諸子惟文妃所生敖盧斡最賢。 Of all his sons, only Aoluwo, born of Consort Wen, was truly worthy.

遂戮撻曷裏及其妻，賜文妃自盡。 Tahieli and his wife were executed, and Consort Wen was ordered to take her own life.

History of Liao, Chapter 65Volume 65 Tables 3: Princesses · 1 passage

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文妃生一女： Born to Consort Wen, one daughter:

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 2 passages

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晉王，小字敖盧斡，天祚皇帝長子，母曰文妃蕭氏。 The Prince of Jin, childhood name Aolugan, was Emperor Tianzuo's eldest son; his mother was Literary Consort of the Xiao clan.

保大元年，南軍都統耶律余睹與其母文妃密謀立之，事覺，余睹降金，文妃伏誅，敖盧斡實不與謀，免。 In Baoda year 1 Southern Army commander-in-chief Yelu Yudu and Aolugan's mother Literary Consort secretly plotted to put him on the throne; when the plot was exposed Yudu defected to Jin, Literary Consort was executed, and Aolugan, who had not joined the plot, was spared.

History of Liao, Chapter 102Volume 102 Biographies 32: Xiao Fengxian, Li Chuwen, Zhang Lin, Yelu Yudu · 2 passages

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其妻天祚文妃之妹，文妃生晉王，最賢，國人皆屬望。 His wife was the younger sister of Tianzuo's Literary Consort, who had borne the Prince of Jin, the most worthy of the princes, on whom the people of the realm had pinned their hopes.

事覺，殺昱及撻葛裏妻，賜文妃死。 When the plot was exposed, Yu and Tage Li's wife were executed, and the Literary Consort was ordered to take her own life.