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Consort Wang (Wuzong)

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90:, the 16th highest rank for imperial consorts, and favored her greatly. It was said that her body frame was similar to Emperor Wuzong's, and whenever Emperor Wuzong rode in the imperial garden, she would as well, and the onlookers were unable to tell which one was the emperor and which one was the consort. 112:
When Emperor Wuzong subsequently became seriously ill, he asked Consort Wang what she would do if he died. She responded that she would like to follow him in death. He thus gave her a scarf. After Emperor Wuzong died in spring 846, she hanged herself with the scarf. It was said that while the
74:, and was taken into the palace because of her talent in singing and dancing, and she was also said to be alert and intelligent. Li Chan was then the Prince of Ying under his father Emperor Muzong, and Emperor Muzong gave her to Li Chan. Toward the end of the reign of Li Chan's older brother 108:
who claimed to be able to achieve immorality for him, and he was taking pills they made, causing him to become progressively unhealthy. Consort Wang noticed this and counseled him against doing so, but he did not listen to her.
104:, however, opposed on the grounds that Consort Wang was of low birth and did not have a son. Emperor Wuzong therefore did not do so. It was said that late in Emperor Wuzong's reign, he came to believe in 113:
other consorts had long been jealous of her because of the favor Emperor Wuzong had for her, they all were touched by her righteousness. Emperor Wuzong's uncle and successor
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Because of Consort Wang's contributions, after Li Chan was able to succeed Emperor Wenzong in 840 (as Emperor Wuzong), he gave her the imperial consort rank of
349: 359: 354: 78:(r. 827–840), when Li Chan tried to maneuver to become Emperor Wenzong's heir, it was said that Consort Wang assisted him in the maneuvers. 66:
It is not known when the future Consort Wang was born, but it is known that she was 13 when she entered the palace and was given by
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to Li Chan, and as Emperor Muzong reigned from 820 to 824, that placed a timeframe as to her birth. She was from
311: 173: 75: 280: 142: 121:, the second highest rank for imperial consorts, and buried her in the perimeter of Emperor Wuzong's tomb. 67: 55: 197:(which mentioned her but did not have a biography for her) referred to her posthumously-honored rank as 344: 306: 193: 187: 168: 137: 44: 318: 203: 333: 47: 51: 105: 101: 94: 71: 117:, hearing this, was also saddened, and he posthumously honored her 191:
and the biographies of the empresses and consorts in the
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In 845, Emperor Wuzong wanted to create Consort Wang
19:(personal name unknown), imperial consort rank 38: 26: 8: 291: 289: 163: 161: 159: 157: 155: 153: 151: 129: 185:Both Consort Wang's biography in the 7: 31:) (died 846), posthumously honored 43:), was an imperial consort of the 14: 350:Tang dynasty imperial consorts 1: 360:Suicides in the Tang dynasty 355:Suicides by hanging in China 386: 39: 27: 50:. She was the favorite 125:Notes and references 365:People from Handan 340:9th-century births 207:referred to it as 377: 307:New Book of Tang 299: 293: 284: 277:Old Book of Tang 274: 268: 258: 252: 242: 236: 226: 220: 194:Old Book of Tang 188:New Book of Tang 183: 177: 169:New Book of Tang 165: 146: 138:Old Book of Tang 134: 115:Emperor Xuānzong 82:Imperial consort 42: 41: 30: 29: 385: 384: 380: 379: 378: 376: 375: 374: 330: 329: 302: 294: 287: 275: 271: 259: 255: 243: 239: 227: 223: 184: 180: 166: 149: 135: 131: 127: 84: 76:Emperor Wenzong 64: 12: 11: 5: 383: 381: 373: 372: 367: 362: 357: 352: 347: 342: 332: 331: 328: 327: 319:Zizhi Tongjian 315: 301: 300: 296:Zizhi Tongjian 285: 269: 261:Zizhi Tongjian 253: 245:Zizhi Tongjian 237: 229:Zizhi Tongjian 221: 213:Zizhi Tongjian 204:Zizhi Tongjian 178: 147: 128: 126: 123: 83: 80: 68:Emperor Muzong 63: 60: 56:Emperor Wuzong 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 382: 371: 370:Chinese Gējìs 368: 366: 363: 361: 358: 356: 353: 351: 348: 346: 343: 341: 338: 337: 335: 325: 321: 320: 316: 313: 309: 308: 304: 303: 297: 292: 290: 286: 282: 278: 273: 270: 266: 262: 257: 254: 250: 246: 241: 238: 234: 230: 225: 222: 218: 214: 210: 206: 205: 200: 196: 195: 190: 189: 182: 179: 175: 171: 170: 164: 162: 160: 158: 156: 154: 152: 148: 144: 140: 139: 133: 130: 124: 122: 120: 116: 110: 107: 103: 100: 96: 91: 89: 81: 79: 77: 73: 69: 61: 59: 57: 53: 49: 46: 36: 35: 24: 23: 18: 317: 305: 295: 276: 272: 260: 256: 244: 240: 228: 224: 212: 208: 202: 198: 192: 186: 181: 167: 136: 132: 118: 111: 97:. The lead 92: 87: 85: 65: 48:Tang dynasty 33: 32: 21: 20: 17:Consort Wang 16: 15: 298:, vol. 248. 211:(貴妃). See 58:(Li Chan). 345:846 deaths 334:Categories 201:, but the 106:alchemists 99:chancellor 62:Early life 52:concubine 324:vol. 248 265:vol. 246 249:vol. 242 233:vol. 241 217:vol. 248 34:Xianfei 312:vol. 77 281:vol. 51 199:Xianfei 174:vol. 77 143:vol. 52 119:Xianfei 102:Li Deyu 95:empress 45:Chinese 209:Guifei 88:Cairen 72:Handan 22:Cairen 54:of 28:王才人 336:: 322:, 310:, 288:^ 279:, 263:, 247:, 231:, 215:, 172:, 150:^ 141:, 40:賢妃 326:. 314:. 283:. 267:. 251:. 235:. 219:. 176:. 145:. 37:( 25:(

Index

Chinese
Tang dynasty
concubine
Emperor Wuzong
Emperor Muzong
Handan
Emperor Wenzong
empress
chancellor
Li Deyu
alchemists
Emperor Xuānzong
Old Book of Tang
vol. 52







New Book of Tang
vol. 77
New Book of Tang
Old Book of Tang
Zizhi Tongjian
vol. 248
vol. 241
vol. 242
vol. 246

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