Empress Xiao (蕭皇后)

Overview

Empress Xiao was a Sui Empress and Consort.

AD 630 大唐貞觀四年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 252
AD 619 化及敗，沒於竇建德
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 36, passage 250
AD 613 to AD 618 又蕭後當灸
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passages 253, 256
AD 604 及帝嗣位…立為皇后
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passages 198-199
AD 618 宇文化及作亂之際
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 237
AD 618 帝幸江都
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 36, passage 241

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AD 567 to AD 580 江南二月生
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 36, passages 189-190
AD 581 煬帝為晉王時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 36, passages 193, 195
AD 619 突厥處羅可汗遣使迎后於洺州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 36, passage 251
AD 620 與蕭後同入突厥
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 245

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Xiao Ji (蕭岌)
father's younger brother 季父 · paternal line · Through Xiao Kui (蕭巋)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 190
Kin of Zhang Ke (張軻)
maternal uncle 舅 · maternal line · Through Mother of Empress Xiao (蕭皇后之母)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 191
Parent of Yang Zhao, Prince of Jin (晉王昭)
bore 生
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 264
Parent of Yang Jian (楊暕)
bore 生
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 264
Spouse of Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
empress 后 · Primary marriage
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
consort 妃 · Primary marriage
Empress Xiao 蕭後 · Primary marriage
husband and wife 夫婦 · Primary marriage
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Sui 59, passages 245, 253, 261, 264; Book of Sui 36, passages 188, 195, 199, 257-259
Child of Xiao Kui (蕭巋)
father 父
daughter 女
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 188
Child of Mother of Empress Xiao (蕭皇后之母)
daughter 女
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 36, passage 191

Eastern Turks 突厥
AD 620 同入突厥 · Relation Entered
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 245
Polity Sui · Relation Associated with
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 237
Polity Eastern Turks 突厥 · Relation Resided among
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passages 251-252
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Empress of
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 199
Polity Tang 大唐 · Relation Received by
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 252
At capital 京師 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 252

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At Jiangdu 江都 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 241
At Mozhou 洺州 · Relation Present at
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 251
At Turkic court 虜庭 · Relation Entered
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 251

literary composition and classical learning 好學解屬文
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 196
Belief rejection of Huang-Lao quietism in favor of active goodness 嗤黃老 · Relation Expressed in rhapsody · Mode self-report Speaker Empress Xiao (蕭皇后)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 233
Skill divination and astronomy 占候 · Level versed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 196

Statement of Intent 述志賦
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 201
Historian appraisal · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passages 253, 257, 259-260
Poem · Author · Quote true
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passages 201, 203-240
Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passages 242, 246-247

Drifted in foreign land
Personal · Exile · Outcome State ruined and house destroyed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 260
Fell into hands of
AD 619 化及敗，沒於竇建德 · Political · Captive · With Dou Jiande (竇建德)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 36, passage 250
Heard reports of rebellion and declined to alarm emperor
Political · Recipient
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passages 241, 245-246
Planned moxibustion suspended
Medical · Patient · With Gao (杲)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passages 253-256
Received by envoy
AD 619 突厥處羅可汗遣使迎后於洺州 · Diplomatic · Received person · With Chuluo Qaghan (處羅可汗) · At Mozhou 洺州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 36, passage 251
Returned to capital
AD 630 大唐貞觀四年 · Political · Repatriated person · At capital 京師
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 252

Assessment After the ruin of the state and house, drifting in a foreign land with nowhere to hide—truly pitiable. · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 260
Assessment gentle, intelligent, frugal in intent; dared not remonstrate openly · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passages 196, 201
Assessment loved Gao all the more after suspending moxibustion for his sake · With Gao (杲) · Mode narrative
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 256
Assessment When she first entered the prince's household, she had the heart of one who would assist a worthy ruler. · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 257