Empress Xuanyi Fu 宣懿皇后符氏

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Fu Cunshen (符存審)
  grandfather 祖 · 2 generations
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 95; New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 24
• Child of Guo Wei (郭威)
  adoptive father 養父 · Adoptive parentage
  acknowledged as father 拜…為父 · Adoptive parentage
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 99; New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 36
• Spouse of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
  enthroned as empress 立...为皇后 · Primary marriage
  Primary marriage
  successor wife 繼室 · Primary marriage
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 12, passage 37; Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passages 100-101; New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passages 40-41
• Child of Fu Yanqing (符彥卿)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 96; New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 24
• Spouse of Li Chongxun (李崇訓)
  Marriage
  married to 適 · Marriage · Ended
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 97; New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 26
• Child of Mother of Empress Xuanyi
  mother 母
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 37
• Child of Mother of the Fu empresses (符氏之母)
  mother 母
  Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passages 107, 117
• Sibling of Later Empress Fu (後符後)
  younger sister 女弟 · Full siblings
  younger sister 妹 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 107; New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 47

• Kinship Role younger-siblings-of-Chongxun · Count 2 · 弟妹 killed by Chongxun
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 98

Career and standing

• Empress 皇后
  Invested
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 101
• posthumous title Xuanyi 謚曰宣懿
  Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 105
• Empress 皇后
  Installed
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 41

Places and affiliations

• At Xinzheng, Yiling 新鄭懿陵 · Relation Buried at
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 105
• At Xinzheng 新鄭 · Relation Buried at
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 45
• At Yiling Mausoleum 懿陵 · Relation Tomb
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 45

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passages 33, 37-38

Events and relationships

• Admonished against personal campaign
  Political · Advisor · With Emperor Shizong (世宗)
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 43
• Escaped death at Hezhong when Chongxun killed siblings
  AD 948 to AD 950 漢乾祐中 · Escape · Survivor · At Hezhong 河中
  Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 98
• Warned soldiers
  Political · Speaker · At Hezhong household
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 33
• Relation Adoptive child of · Person Guo Wei (郭威)
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 36

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment clear-minded, resolute, ambitious · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 25
• Assessment exemplary; no shame before the red brush · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 122
• Assessment gentle, kind, interceded for subordinates · Mode narrative
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 121, passage 101
• Assessment valued counselor who eased Shizong anger · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 20, passage 42