Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Empress Dowager of Northern Zhou

Mother of Emperor Wu of Zhou 周太后

Attested AD 570 - AD 578

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Emperor Wu of Zhou was an empress Dowager of Northern Zhou.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 155

Attested activity

AD 570 to AD 578 Zhou Wu mourning
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 155

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou (周武)
mother 太后
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 155

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

屬周武遭太后喪，詔侍中薛孤、康買等為弔使，又遣商胡齎錦彩三萬疋與使同往，欲市真珠為皇后造七寶車，周人不與交易，然而竟造焉。 When Emperor Wu of Zhou was in mourning for his mother, envoys Xue Gu and Kang Mai were sent as condolence missions; merchant envoys carried thirty thousand bolts of brocade to buy pearls for a seven-treasure carriage for the empress—the Zhou people refused to trade, yet the carriage was built anyway.