Song, Liao, and Jin · Family Member

Younger brother's widow of Emperor Xizong 熙宗弟後

Attested AD 1161

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Younger brother's widow of Emperor Xizong was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1161 大定元年十一月十六日
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 32, passage 192

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Younger brother of Emperor Xizong (熙宗之弟)
widow of 后 · Marriage · Widowed
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 32, passage 192

Career and standing

Suffered
Wrongfully punished · Authority Emperor Xizong (熙宗) · Mode edict Source Person Id Emperor Shizong of Jin (金世宗)
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 192

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 32, passage 192

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 32Volume 32 Treatises 13: Rites 5: Conferring of Posthumous Titles · 1 passage

晚雖淫刑，幾於恣意，冤施弟後，戮及良工，虐不及民，事猶可諫，過之至此，古或有焉。 In his later years he used excessive punishments and came near to acting at will—wrongfully punishing his younger brother's widow and killing worthy craftsmen—yet his cruelty did not reach the common people, and the matter could still be remonstrated against; that excess reached this point is something even the ancients sometimes did.