Consort Song
Concubine Song (宋 贵人; maiden name unknown; † 82), posthumous title of Empress Jingyin (敬 隐 后, in German: respectful and hidden Empress ), an imperial concubine of Emperor Zhang, who by his wife Empress Dou (Zhang ) was slandered was.
Song was the elder daughter of Songyang, a descendant of the seventh generation of Song Chang, an important official under Emperor Wen. Songyang was famous for his filial loyalty. His aunt was the maternal grandmother of the Empress Ma ( Ming), the wife of Emperor Ming. As Empress Ma heard that his two daughters were smart and beautiful at the same time, they chose her as concubines for their adopted son, the crown prince Liu Da. After Crown Prince was because in 75 become emperor, were both imperial concubines. The older concubine song bore him a son 78, Liu Qing. Because the Empress Dou had no son, Liu Qing was appointed in the year 79 to the Crown Prince.
Empress Dou was unhappy with the situation. Even in the year of enthronement of the young crown prince after the concubine Liang had also given birth to a son named Liu Zhao, she adopted Prince Zhao and wanted to make him the crown prince. After the Empress Dowager Ma had died this year, Concubine song had lost all protégés. Empress Dou began with the plans for their elimination.
In the year 82 was found for Empress Dou an opportunity. Concubine song was ill and longed for fresh dodder. Empress Dou started these plants from, when they arrived, and maligned song, you want to use them for witchcraft. Emperor Zhang was furious and banished the Crown Prince Qing from the palace. He let concubine song and her sister imprison and interrogate the eunuch Cai Lun of. Concubine Song and her sister had arrived at the low point of her life and committed suicide. The Crown Prince Qing, her son, was deposed and replaced by Prince Zhao, who as Emperor He came to the throne later. After the destruction of the Dou clan in the year 92 ( involved in the Liu Qing was ) and the death of the Empress Dowager Dou in 97 was honored posthumously concubine song.
- Han Dynasty
- Born in the 1st century
- Died 82
- Woman