Consort Zhou (Cheng)

Consort Zhou (周貴人, personal name unknown) (died 16 April 363[1]) was a Chinese imperial consort during the Jin Dynasty (266–420). She was a concubine of Emperor Cheng.[2] She was favored by him, and they had two sons – Sima Pi (later Emperor Ai) and Sima Yi (later Emperor Fei). After Emperor Ai became emperor in July 361, succeeding his cousin Emperor Mu, he honored her with the title "Consort Dowager" (皇太妃) on 26 March 362,[3] but never honored her as empress dowager (as that position was held by Emperor Mu's mother Empress Dowager Chu). She died in April 363 and was buried with great honors, but not with honors of an empress, as she was never one.

  1. ^ ren'yin day of the 3rd month of the 1st year of the Xing'ning era, per Emperor Ai's biography in Book of Jin and vol.101 of Zizhi Tongjian
  2. ^ 林素娟 (2004). "春秋至兩漢婦女在家庭中的角色與地位─從妾的角度進行探究" (in Chinese). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ bing'zi day of the 2nd month of the 1st year of the Long'he era, per vol.101 of Zizhi Tongjian