Sui and Tang · Consort

Empress Dowager Shen 沈氏

Shen Shi

Attested AD 780

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Shen was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 780 建中
Directly stated · History of Song 110, passage 151

Family

Kin of Dezong (德宗)
empress dowager 太后
Directly stated · History of Song 110, passage 151

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 110Volume 110 Treatises 63: Rites 13 · 1 passage

時翰林學士朱震言：“唐德宗建中上太后沈氏尊號時，沈太后莫知所在，猶供張含元殿，具袞冕，出左序，立東方，再拜奉冊。 At the time Hanlin Academician Zhu Zhen said: "When Tang Dezong in the Jianzhong era conferred an honorific title on Empress Dowager Shen, her whereabouts were unknown. Yet the court still prepared Hanyuan Hall, laid out the ceremonial robe and cap, came out from the left sequence, stood facing east, and bowed twice in presenting the patent.