Five Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Empress Dowager 皇太后

Attested AD 924

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 924 同光二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 31, passage 29

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Empress Dowager 太后
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 31, passages 29, 42-43, 96

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Book of Later Tang 7: Zhuangzong Annals 5 · 4 passages

有司上言：「皇太后到闕，皇帝合於銀台門內奉迎。」 The rites office memorialized, "When the Empress Dowager reaches court, the Emperor should welcome her inside Yintai Gate."

車駕幸河陽，奉迎皇太后。 Cunxu went to Heyang to meet the Empress Dowager.

辛酉，帝侍皇太后至，文武百僚迎於上東門。 On xinyou Cunxu escorted her in; the hundred officials met them at Shangdong Gate.

癸巳，詔曰：「皇太后母儀天下，子視群生，當別建宮闈，顯標名號，冀因稱謂，益表尊嚴，宜以長壽宮為名。」 On guisi an edict said, "The Empress Dowager is mother to all under heaven and regards the multitude as children; she should have a separate palace and a clear title, that by its name her dignity may stand forth—the name Changshou Palace is fitting."