Chen Jinfeng

Chen Jinfeng
Empress consort of Min
Born893
Died17 November 935(935-11-17) (aged 41–42)
SpouseWang Yanjun
FatherChen Yan
MotherLady Lu

Chen Jinfeng (陳金鳳) (893[1][2] – 17 November 935[3][4]) was the third known wife of Wang Yanjun (Emperor Huizong, also known as Wang Lin), a ruler of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Min state. Wang Yanjun, while not the first ruler of Min, was the first to claim imperial title, and Empress Chen was the first Empress of Min. When Wang Yanjun was assassinated in 935, she was also killed.

  1. ^ Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms (十國春秋), vol. 94.
  2. ^ The 893 date is based on Chen Jinfeng's age of 16 as of 909 (when Wang Shenzhi took her into the palace) as given in her biography in the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms; however, she was also described to be a posthumous child (whether biologically his or not) of Chen Yan's, and Chen Yan appeared to have died in 891 — although the traditional account, which indicated that he fell ill in 891 and died shortly after, allowed for the possibility that his death was in 892. See Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 258.
  3. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 279.
  4. ^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.