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Consort Dowager Zhao (趙太妃, personal name unknown) was the mother of Liu Bin (né Liu Hongdu) (Emperor Shang), the second emperor of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Southern Han. She was a concubine to Liu Bin's father, the founding emperor Liu Yan (Emperor Gaozu). Very little is known about the future Consort Dowager Zhao's background. It is known that she was considered very beautiful and was favored by Liu Yan.〔''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'' (十國春秋), (vol. 61 ).〕 In 920, she gave birth to his third son Liu Hongdu〔''New History of the Five Dynasties'', vol. 65.〕〔''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 283.〕 — who would effectively become his oldest son since Liu Hongdu's older brothers Liu Yaoshu (劉耀樞) and Liu Guitu (劉龜圖) would both die early. During Liu Yan's ''Dayou'' era (928-942), she would receive the imperial consort title ''Zhaoyi'' (昭儀).〔 Liu Yan died in 942 and was succeeded by Liu Hongdu, who changed his name to Liu Bin. He honored Consort Zhao as consort dowager, but not as empress dowager. In 943, his younger brother Liu Hongxi the Prince of Jin, whom he had put in command of the government, had his associates Chen Daoxiang (陳道庠) and Liu Sichao (劉思潮) assassinate him, and Liu Hongxi subsequently took the throne (as Emperor Zhongzong).〔 It is not known what occurred to Consort Dowager Zhao. == Notes and references == 〔 * ''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'' (十國春秋), (vol. 61 ). * ''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 283. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Consort Dowager Zhao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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