Sui and Tang · Sui Consort and Empress Dowager

Younger Worthy Companion Lady Liu 小劉良娣

Xiǎo Liú Liángdì

Attested AD 618

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Younger Worthy Companion Lady Liu was a Sui Consort and Empress Dowager.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 618 皇泰元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 114

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yang Tong (楊侗)
bore 生
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passages 94, 114

Career and standing

Bestowed
AD 618 皇泰元年 · Honor Empress Dowager 皇太后 · Authority Yang Tong (楊侗)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 114

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Capital regime · Relation Associated with
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 114

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 4 passages

有子三人，韋妃生恭皇帝，大劉良娣生燕王倓，小劉良娣生越王侗。 He had three sons: Consort Wei bore the future Emperor Gong; the elder Worthy Companion Lady Liu bore Prince Tan of Yan; the younger Worthy Companion Lady Liu bore Prince Tong of Yue.

尊其母劉良娣為皇太后。 They honored his mother, Worthy Companion Lady Liu, as Empress Dowager.

既而退朝，對良娣而泣。 Afterward he left court and wept before his mother, the Worthy Companion.

侗知不免，請與母相見，不許。 Tong knew he could not escape; he begged to see his mother and was refused.