Empress Dowager (皇太后)

Overview

Empress Dowager was a consort.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Female · Title only

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 780 建中元年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 131, passages 112, 114

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 131Volume 127 Biographies 77: Yao Lingyan, Zhang Guangcheng, Yuan Xiu, Qiao Lin, Zhang She, Jiang Zhen, Hong Jinglun, Peng Yan · 1 passage

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幸居相位凡八十余日，除工部尚書，罷知政事，尋加迎皇太后副使。 Fortunately he held the chancellorship only a little more than eighty days; he was appointed Minister of Works, removed from governing affairs, and soon added as deputy commissioner to welcome the Empress Dowager.