Empress Shenmu Chai (柴氏)

Overview

Empress Shenmu Chai was an empress Consort of Later Zhou Taizu.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Empress Shengmu of the Chai clan	聖穆皇后柴氏	Shèngmù huánghòu Chái shì
Posthumous name	Empress Shengmu	聖穆皇后	Shèngmù huánghòu

Died before husband's rise
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 17
Relative Time before Taizu's accession
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 6

AD 951 周太祖
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 2
AD 951 太祖入立前后
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 12, passage 3
AD 951 太祖即位
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 6
AD 926 莊宗沒
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 5
AD 954 顯德初
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 31

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 2

posthumous title Shenmu 謚曰聖穆
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 30
posthumously invested as Empress 追命為皇后
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 28
Empress 皇后
Posthumously installed · Name Shengmu 聖穆
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 6
concubine of Zhuangzong 嬪御
Concubine · Mode named-source-report Source Work Eastern Capital Miscellany 東都事略
Textual variant · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 4

Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Consort of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passages 1, 18
At Longgang, Xingzhou 邢州龍崗
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 1
At Yaoshan in Xing Prefecture 邢州堯山
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 3
At Song Mausoleum 嵩陵 · Relation To be buried at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 19

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passages 7, 11-12

Admonished
Admonition · Adviser · With Guo Wei (郭威)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 4
Enshrined beside Taizu
AD 954 顯德初 · Ritual · Enshrined
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 31
Marriage · Bride · With Guo Wei (郭威) · At inn 逆旅 · Mode named-source-report Source Work Eastern Capital Miscellany 東都事略
Textual variant · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passages 4, 13

Assessment recognized Taizu's destined greatness · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 5
Assessment virtuous and refined · Mode narrative
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 2