Sui and Tang · Family Member

Principal wife of Gao Jiong 高熲夫人

Attested AD 581 - AD 602

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Principal wife of Gao Jiong was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

died before concubine bore a son
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 140

Attested activity

AD 581 to AD 602 開皇至仁壽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 36, passage 140

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Gao Jiong (高熲)
principal wife 夫人 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 140

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

又以熲夫人死，其妾生男，益不善之，漸加譖毀，上亦每事唯后言是用。 When Jiong's principal wife died and his concubine bore a son, she thought even less of him and gradually slandered him to the emperor. The emperor, for his part, followed her word in almost every matter.