Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort

Empress Mingyi 明懿皇后

Míngyì huánghòu

Attested AD 1136

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Mingyi was a consort.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Epithet	Holy Matriarch	聖姥

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1136 天會十四年八月
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 32, passages 12, 24

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Founder Emperor Jingyuan (始祖景元皇帝)
consort 后
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 24

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 32, passage 36

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 32Volume 32 Treatises 13: Rites 5: Conferring of Posthumous Titles · 2 passages

虞舜生馮，遷于負夏，太王避狄，邑此岐山，聖姥來歸，天原肇發。 As when Shun was born at Feng and moved to Fuxia, or when King Tai fled the Di and settled at Mount Qi—when the Holy Matriarch came into the clan, the heavenly origin of the house first unfolded.

謹按諡法，布義行剛曰'景'，主義行德曰'元'，保民耆艾曰'明'，溫柔聖善曰'懿'，請上皇九代祖尊諡曰景元皇帝，廟號始祖，妣曰明懿皇后。 According to the law of posthumous titles: 'jing' for spreading righteousness and acting with firmness, 'yuan' for upholding righteousness and practicing virtue, 'ming' for protecting the people and honoring the aged, 'yi' for gentle warmth and sagely goodness—we ask that the ninth-generation imperial ancestor receive the posthumous title Emperor Jingyuan, with the temple name Shizu, and that his consort be titled Empress Mingyi.