Empress Dowager | 24 Histories

Overview

Empress Dowager was an empress Dowager and Grand Empress Dowager.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1063 清寧九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 96, passage 81

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 96, passage 80

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 26: Yelu Renxian, Yelu Liang, Xiao Hanjianu, Xiao De, Xiao Weixin, Xiao Leyinnu, Yelu Dilie, Yao Jingxing, Yelu Asi · 3 passages

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頃之，為敦睦宮使，兼權知皇太后宮諸局事。 Before long he became Commissioner of the Dunmu Palace and concurrently held acting charge of the various bureaus of the Empress Dowager's palace.

良聞重元與子涅魯古謀亂，以帝篤於親愛，不敢遽奏，密言於皇太后。 Liang heard that Chongyuan and his son Nielugu were plotting rebellion. Because the emperor was deeply devoted to his kin, he did not dare report it at once and spoke secretly to the Empress Dowager.

太皇托疾，召帝白其事。 The Grand Empress Dowager feigned illness and summoned the emperor to tell him of the plot.