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Li Fengniang

Type Figure Region Southern Song China Time c. 1144–1200 Also known as Empress Ciyi、Lady Dingguo、Lady Rongguo

Li Fengniang (c. 1144–1200), empress of Southern Song Emperor Guangzong, posthumously named Ciyi;…

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  1. 1162Lin'an Prefecture · HangzhouAfter Xiaozong's accession he enfeoffed his third son Zhao Dun as Prince Gong; the retired emperor Gaozong arranged the marriage, giving Li Fengniang to Prince Gong as his consort, successively titled Lady Rongguo and Lady Dingguo. Of military family background and fierce temperament, she thereby entered the Eastern Palace.
  2. 1165–1170Eastern Palace, Lin'an · HangzhouDuring the Qiandao era she was notorious for her jealous and fierce nature, slandering Eastern Palace staff before the retired emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xiaozong, though these personnel had largely been appointed by Gaozong and Xiaozong themselves. Gaozong once told Empress Wu that he had wrongly trusted a prophecy by the Daoist Huangfu Tan, and Xiaozong also warned her to her face to take the empress dowager as her model.

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