Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Consort

Lady Chang 常氏

Cháng shì

Attested AD 481 - AD 515

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Chang was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 499 to AD 515 世宗
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 24, passage 147
AD 481 to AD 499 文明太后以賜簡
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 24, passage 139

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Chang Xi (常喜)
daughter 女
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 139
Parent of You (祐)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 146
Spouse of Jian (簡)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 139

Career and standing

Grand Princess Dowager of Qi 齊國太妃
AD 499 世宗時 · Specially appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 147
Denied
Not permitted as princess · Negated false
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 146

Assessments and attributes

Assessment capable household manager; tried to curb husband's drinking · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 140

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 24Volume 20: Emperor Wencheng's Five Princes · 3 passages

妻常氏，燕郡公常喜女也，文明太后以賜簡。 His wife, Lady Chang, was a daughter of Chang Xi, Duke of Yan Commandery, and Empress Dowager Wenming gave her to Jian.

母常氏，高祖以納不以禮，不許其為妃。 Because his mother, Lady Chang, had not been taken as consort according to proper ritual, Gaozu did not permit her to be made princess.

世宗以母從子貴，詔特拜為齊國太妃。 Shizong held that a mother follows the rank of her son and issued an edict specially appointing her Grand Princess Dowager of Qi.