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Empress Xiaohui (Song)

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Lady He
賀が氏し
Born929
Kaifeng, China
Died958 (aged 28–29)
Burial
Gongyi, Henan, China
SpouseEmperor Taizu
Issue
  • Zhao Dexiu
  • Zhao Dezhao
  • Zhao Delin
  • Princess Xiansu
  • Princess Xianjing
Posthumous name
Empress Xiàohui (孝惠たかえ皇后こうごう)
FatherHe Jingsi (賀が景けい思おもえ)

Lady He (Chinese: 賀が氏し; c. 929 CE–25 January 958 CE), posthumously known as Empress Xiaohui (Chinese: 孝惠たかえ皇后こうごう), was the first wife of Emperor Taizu of the Song dynasty. She was the daughter of He Jingsi (贺怀浦うら) and sister of the general He Lingtu (賀が令れい圖ず).

Life[edit]

Lady He was the eldest daughter of He Jingsi. She was born in Bianjing, present-day Kaifeng, Henan Province.In Kaifeng, she met her future husband, Zhao Kuangyin.[1] She had two older brothers: He Huaipu (賀が懷ふところ浦うら) and He Lingtu (賀が令れい圖ず). Zhao's family moved from Luoyang to Kaifeng. Lady He and her future husband grew up together. He Jingsi and Zhao Kuangyin's father's were colleagues and worked together as palace guards during the Later Tang dynasty.[2]

They married when she was 16. The two were deeply in love and their marriage was happy.[3] Lady He was born with a weak body although she gave birth to 3 sons and 2 daughters. Sadly, Lady He died before his ascension, of unknown causes at age thirty. When Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, she was posthumously honoured as Empress Xiaohui.[2] She was buried in the An Mausoleum.[1]

Title[edit]

  • During the reign of Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang (3 June 926– 15 December 933):
    • Lady He (賀が氏し; from 929)
  • During the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Later Jin (28 November 936 – 28 July 942):
    • Wife of Zhao Kuangyin (为妻; from 944)
  • During the reign of Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou (26 February 954 – 27 July 959):
    • Lady of Kuaiji County (會かい稽郡夫人ふじん; from 956)
  • During the reign of Emperor Taizu of Song (4 February 960– 14 November 976):
    • Empress Xiàohui (孝惠たかえ皇后こうごう 賀が氏し, from 960)

Descendants[edit]

  • Zhao Dexiu, Prince Teng (滕王 趙ちょう德いさお秀しゅう), Taizu Emperor's first son
  • Zhao Dezhao, Prince Yanyi (燕つばめ懿王 趙ちょう德いさお昭あきら; 951–979), Taizu Emperor's second son
  • Zhao Delin, Prince Shu (舒王 趙ちょう德いさお林りん), Taizu Emperor's third son
  • Princess Xiansu (賢けん肅帝姬ひめ; d. 1008), Taizu Emperor 's first daughter
  • Princess Xianjing (賢けん靖やすし帝みかど姬ひめ; d. 1009), Taizu Emperor's second daughter

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Ch.242 : Biography of the Empresses and concubines". History of the Song clan.
  2. ^ a b Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles (2014). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644. M.E. Sharpe. p. 123. ISBN 978-0765643162.
  3. ^ Extended Continuation to Zizhi Tongjian (續ぞく資し治ち通どおり鑑かん長編ちょうへん) (in Chinese). Vol. 7.

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