Li Ezi

Li Ezi
Born535
Died588 (aged 52–53)
SpouseYuwen Yong, Emperor Wu
IssueYuwen Yun, Emperor Xuan
Names
Family name: Li
Given name: Ezi
Titles

Empress Dowager
Empress Dowager Tianyuan 天元帝太后
Empress Dowager Tianhuang 天皇太后
Empress Dowager Tianyuan Sheng 天元圣皇太后
Grand Empress Dowager 太帝太后

Li Ezi (Chinese: 李娥姿; 536–588[1]), later Buddhist nun name Changbei (常悲), was an empress dowager of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Zhou dynasty. She was the mother of Emperor Xuan.

  1. ^ (隋開皇元年三月,出俗為尼,改名常悲。八年殂,年五十三...) Book of Zhou, vol.09