Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Mother of Empress Mu

Qingxiao 輕霄

Attested AD 560 - AD 576

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qingxiao was a Mother of Empress Mu.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 560 to AD 576 before Mu palace entry through Houzhu era
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 9, passages 142, 145

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Mu Yeli (穆邪利)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 142

Places and affiliations

At Song Qindao household 宋欽道家 · Relation Entered
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 142

Events and relationships

Imprisoned when seeking to see daughter
Personal · Victim · With Lu Taiji (陸太姬)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 161
Relation Maid of · Person Muzilun (穆子倫)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 142

Assessments and attributes

face branded with character Song
Physical description
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 144

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 4 passages

母名輕霄，本穆子倫婢也，轉入侍中宋欽道家，姦私而生后，莫知氏族，或云后即欽道女子也。 Her mother Qingxiao had been a maid to Muzilun, then entered the household of Attendant-in-Ordinary Song Qindao, where an illicit affair produced the future empress; her lineage was unknown, though some said she was Song Qindao's own daughter.

欽道婦妬，黥輕霄面為「宋」字。 Song Qindao's wife, in jealousy, branded Qingxiao's face with the character "Song."

后既以陸為母，提婆為家，更不采輕霄。 Having taken Lu as her mother and Tipo as her kin, the empress no longer acknowledged Qingxiao.

輕霄後自療面，欲求見，太后、陸媼使禁掌之，竟不得見。 Qingxiao later healed her face and sought to see her daughter; the Empress Dowager and Lu Aun had her imprisoned, and she never gained an audience.