Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Consort and Empress Dowager

Li Ezi 李娥姿

c. AD 536 - AD 588

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Ezi was a consort and Empress Dowager.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Religious name	Changbei	常悲	Changbei

Life and dates

Death

AD 588 開皇八年
Age Value: 53
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 187

Attested activity

AD 588 八年
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 187
AD 579 大象元年二月
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 177
AD 581 隋開皇元年三月
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 186

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (周武)
bestowed upon 賜高祖 · Concubinage
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 176

Career and standing

Entered
AD 581 隋開皇元年三月 · Nun
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 186

Places and affiliations

At Chu 楚
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 174

Source notes

To Changbei 常悲
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 9, passage 186

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Book of Zhou, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses · 9 passages

文帝元皇后文宣叱奴皇后孝閔帝元皇后明帝獨孤皇后武帝阿史那皇后武帝李皇后宣帝楊皇后宣帝朱皇后宣帝陳皇后宣帝元皇后宣帝尉遲皇后靜帝司馬皇后 Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Wen Yuwen Tai; Empress Chinu, consort of Emperor Wen Yuwen Tai; Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Min Yuwen Jue; Empress Dugu, consort of Emperor Ming Yuwen Yu; Empress Ashina, consort of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong; Empress Li, consort of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong; Empress Yang, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Zhu, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Chen, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Yuchi, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Sima, consort of Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan

武帝李皇后名娥姿，楚人也。 Empress Li, consort of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong, was named Ezi; she was a native of Chu.

大象元年二月，改為天元帝太后。 Second month of the first year of Daxiang, she was retitled Empress Dowager of the Heavenly Primordial Emperor.

七月，又尊為天皇太后。 Seventh month, she was again honored as Heavenly Sovereign Empress Dowager.

二年，尊為天元聖皇太后。 Second year, she was honored as Heavenly Primordial Sage Empress Dowager.

冊曰：「天元皇帝臣贇，奉璽綬冊，謹上天皇太后尊號曰天元聖皇太后。 The edict of investiture stated: "The Heavenly Primordial Emperor, your subject Yun, reverently presents the seal and cord of investiture and respectfully bestows upon the Heavenly Sovereign Empress Dowager the honorific title Heavenly Primordial Sage Empress Dowager.

宣帝崩，靜帝尊為太帝太后。 When Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun died, Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan honored her as Grand Imperial Empress Dowager.

隋開皇元年三月，出俗為尼，改名常悲。 Third month of the first year of Kaihuang of Sui, she left the lay life to become a nun, changing her name to Changbei (Ever Grieved).

及為尼後，李、朱及尉遲后等並相繼殞沒，而二后于今尚存。 After becoming nuns, Empresses Li, Zhu, and Yuchi and others all died in succession, but the two empresses remain alive to this day.