Five Dynasties · Consort and Royal Family Member

Empress Dowager Zhenjian 貞簡太后

Zhenjian Taihou

Attested AD 908 - AD 925

Passages
15
Chapters
5
Histories
2

Overview

Empress Dowager Zhenjian was a consort and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Key source chapters

  1. Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72 Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong 7 passages
  2. New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 38 Volume 38 Biographies 18: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan 5 passages
  3. Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50 Volume 50 Book of Later Tang 26: Biographies 2: Imperial Family 1 passage
  4. Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57 Volume 57 Book of Later Tang 33: Biographies 9: Gao Chongtao 1 passage
  5. Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143 Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 1 passage

Events and relationships

References in the histories

15 passages

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Book of Later Tang 26: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Book of Later Tang 33: Biographies 9: Gao Chongtao · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 7 passages
時貞簡太后,韓德妃、伊淑妃、諸宅王之貴,洎王之介弟在晉陽宮,或不以其道幹於承業,悉不聽,逾法禁者必懲,由是貴戚斂手,民俗丕變。 At that time the Empress Dowager Zhenjian, the consorts Han Defei and Yi Shufei, the household princes, and the king's younger brothers at the Jinyang palace — some tried to influence Chengye by improper means, but he refused them all and punished anyone who broke the law. The imperial kin held back, and popular customs changed greatly.
莊宗歲時還晉陽宮省太后,須錢蒱博、給伶官,嘗置酒於泉府,莊宗酣飲,命興聖宮使李繼岌為承業起舞,既竟,承業出寶帶幣馬奉之。 Each year when Zhuangzong returned to the Jinyang palace to visit the empress dowager, he needed money for gambling and to pay the entertainers. Once he held a feast at the treasury. Zhuangzong drank heavily and ordered Li Jiya, commissioner of the Xingsheng Palace, to dance for Chengye. When the dance was done, Chengye presented a precious belt, coins, and a horse as gifts.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 38Volume 38 Biographies 18: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan · 5 passages