Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort

Empress Dowager Cisheng Guangxian 慈聖光獻皇后

Cisheng Guangxian

Attested AD 1063 - AD 1067

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Cisheng Guangxian was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1063 嘉祐八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 144, passage 201
AD 1067 四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 144, passage 162
AD 1064 治平元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 144, passage 161

Family

Kin of Yingzong (英宗)
empress dowager 皇太后
Strongly inferred · History of Song 144, passages 161, 201
Kin of Emperor Shenzong of Song (神宗)
grand empress dowager 太皇太后
Strongly inferred · History of Song 144, passage 162

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 144, passage 161

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 144Volume 144 Treatises 97: Ceremonial Guards 2 · 4 passages

嘉祐八年，英宗即位，太常禮院言：“準詔再詳定皇太后出入儀衛：禦龍直都頭二人，長行二十五人； In Jiayou 8, when Emperor Yingzong ascended the throne, the Court of Imperial Sacrifices reported: "Pursuant to an edict to re-detail the empress dowager's processional guards: two Imperial Dragon Direct company heads and twenty-five rank-and-file;

治平元年，詔皇太后出入唯不鳴鞭，他儀衛如章獻明肅故事。 In Zhiping 1, an edict held that the empress dowager's processions omitted only the ceremonial whip; all other guards followed Empress Dowager Zhangxian Mingsu's precedents.

四年，神宗嗣位，詔太皇太后儀範已定，皇太后合設儀衛：禦龍直、骨朵子直差都虞候、都頭、副都頭各一人，十將、長行各共三十人； In year 4, when Emperor Shenzong succeeded, an edict noted that the grand empress dowager's protocol was already fixed and ordered ceremonial guards for the empress dowager: Imperial Dragon Direct and geku Direct each with one chief commander, one company head, one deputy company head, and 30 squad leaders and rank-and-file;

其不可考者，則依慈聖光獻皇后之例。 Where details could not be verified, the example of Empress Dowager Cisheng Guangxian was to be followed.