Song, Liao, and Jin · Empress Dowager

Empress Dowager Zhuangyi 莊懿太后

Zhuangyi taihou

Died AD 1032

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Zhuangyi was an empress Dowager.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1032 莊懿太后園陵
Strongly inferred · History of Song 289, passage 95

Attested activity

AD 1033 明道二年
Directly stated · History of Song 120, passage 93
AD 1032 莊懿太后園陵
Strongly inferred · History of Song 289, passage 95

Key source chapters

History of Song, Chapter 120 Volume 120 Treatises 73: Rites 23 1 passage
History of Song, Chapter 289 Volume 289 Biographies 48: Gao Qiong, Fan Tingzhao, Ge Ba 1 passage

Career and standing

Held
Empress dowager
Directly stated · History of Song 120, passage 93; History of Song 289, passage 95

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Consort of
Strongly inferred · History of Song 289, passage 95
Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 120, passage 93

Events and relationships

Enshrinement deliberated
Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · History of Song 120, passage 93
Garden tomb constructed
AD 1032 園陵 · Funerary · Deceased honoree
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 289, passage 95

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 120Volume 120 Treatises 73: Rites 23 · 1 passage

明道二年，尚書議莊獻、莊懿太后升祔，省官帶內外制、兼三司副使承例移文不赴。 In the second year of Mingdao (1033), when the Department deliberated enshrining Empresses Dowager Zhuangxian and Zhuangyi, provincial officials who concurrently held drafting posts and Three Departments vice commissioner titles sent documents under precedent and did not attend.

History of Song, Chapter 289Volume 289 Biographies 48: Gao Qiong, Fan Tingzhao, Ge Ba · 1 passage

恭謝禮成，徙昭信軍節度使，為莊獻明肅太后山陵、莊懿太后園陵都總管，以老病乞骸骨。 When the Thanksgiving ceremony was completed, he was transferred to military governor of the Zhaoxin Army and appointed overall director of the tombs of Empress Dowager Zhuangxian Mingsu and Empress Dowager Zhuangyi. He then requested retirement on grounds of age and illness.