Empress Qincheng
Empress Qincheng (欽成
Life
[edit]She was born in Kaifeng (Present day Kaifeng, Henan Province). Her birth father Cui Jie died young and her mother Li remarried to a man named Zhu Shi'an and she therefore took the surname of Zhu. She later became his adopted daughter.
When she was sixteen years old, she entered the palace as a royal servant. After eight years as a maid, she caught the eye of Emperor Shenzong and was granted the title of Cairen (
In 1085, her son Emperor Zhenzong ascended to the throne and she was granted the title of Imperial Consort Dowager Shengrui (
In 1100, Zhao Yong died without any heirs. The Prime Minister Zhang Dun suggested that Consort Zhu's younger son Zhao Si to inherit the throne but Empress Dowager Xiang, fearful that the Zhu's would have immense power, placed another prince Zhao Ji (Emperor Huizong) on the throne.
Two years later, Consort Zhu died and Emperor Huizong granted her the posthumous title Empress Qincheng (欽成
Titles
[edit]- During the reign of Emperor Renzong (24 March 1022 – 30 April 1063):
- Lady Zhu (
朱 氏 )
- Lady Zhu (
- During the reign of Emperor Shenzong (25 January 1067 – 1 April 1085):
- Cairen (
才人 ; from 1075) - Jieyu (婕妤; from 1076)
- Zhaorong (
昭 容 ; from 1079) - Xianfei (
賢 妃 ; from 1082) - Defei (
德 妃 ; from 1084)
- Cairen (
- During the reign of Emperor Zhezong (1 April 1085 – 23 February 1100):
- Dowager Imperial Consort Shengrui (
聖 瑞 皇 太 妃 ; from 1085)
- Dowager Imperial Consort Shengrui (
- During the reign of Emperor Huizong (23 February 1100 – 18 January 1126):
- Empress Qincheng (欽成
皇后 ; from 1102)
- Empress Qincheng (欽成
Issue
[edit]As cairen:
- Zhao Xu, Emperor Zhezong of Song (
哲 宗 趙 煦; 1077–1100), Emperor Shenzong's sixth son
As xianfei:
- Zhao Shi, Prince Churongxian (
楚 榮 憲 王 趙 似 ; 1083–1106), Emperor Shenzong's 13th son
As defei:
- Princess Xianjing (
賢 靜 帝 姬 ; 1085–1115), Emperor Shenzong's 10th daughter
References
[edit]- 《
宋 史 》