Lu Huinan

Lu Huinan
Empress Dowager Chongxian (崇憲太后)
Grand Empress Dowager
Born412
Died24 February 466(466-02-24) (aged 53–54)
SpouseEmperor Wen of Song
IssueEmperor Xiaowu of Song
Names
Family name: Lu (路)
Given name: Huinan (惠男)
Posthumous name
Empress Dowager Zhaohuang (昭皇太后)

Lu Huinan (Chinese: 路惠男; 412 – 24 February 466[1]), formally Empress Dowager Zhao (昭太后, literally "accomplished empress dowager"), semi-formally Empress Dowager Chongxian (崇憲太后), was an empress dowager of the Chinese Liu Song dynasty. She had been a concubine of Emperor Wen, and she became empress dowager because her son Liu Jun later became emperor (as Emperor Xiaowu).

  1. ^ According to Emperor Ming's biography in Book of Song, Lady Lu died on the renzi day of the 1st month of the 2nd year of the Taishi era of his reign. This corresponds to 24 Feb 466 on the Julian calendar. ([泰始二年春正月]壬子,崇宪皇太后崩。) Song Shu, vol.08. Lady Lu's biography in Book of Song indicated that she was 55 (by East Asian reckoning) when she died. (寻崩,时年五十五) Song Shu, vol.41. Thus, by calculation, her birth year should be 412.