Chabi

Timeline

1. c. 1240–1260Steppe south of the Gobi · South of the GobiChabi, of the Khongirad, married Kublai — grandson of Genghis Khan and fourth son of Tolui — as one of his principal wives. Renowned for her virtue, she enjoyed Kublai's deep trust and took part in governance consultations already during his princely establishment.
2. 1261–1270Kaiping · Shangdu regionIn Kublai's early Zhongtong and Zhiyuan years Chabi was already the principal empress. She strongly advocated implementing Han methods and tightening officialdom, once remonstrating against Kublai's hunting grounds encroaching on common land, and opposed excessive grants and lavish banquets, exerting notable influence in consolidating the khanship and founding institutions.
3. 1271–1281Dadu · Yuan dynastyAfter the state name was changed to Great Yuan in the eighth Zhiyuan year, Chabi remained head of the inner palace, continuing to be famed for remonstrance. She died in the eighteenth Zhiyuan year, posthumously titled Empress Zhaorui Shunsheng, buried at Jiashan in Zhending Circuit; later ages recorded her virtue in the Biographies of Consorts in the History of Yuan.