Song Dynasty

Song Dynasty

Chinese Empresses

Northern Song (960-1127) and Southern Song (1127-1279). An era of significant economic and social changes: the monetization of the economy; growth in commerce and maritime trade; urban expansion and technological innovations. The examination system for bureaucratic recruitment of neo-Confucianism was to provide the intellectual underpinning for the political and social order of the late imperial period.

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• Empress Gao
• Empress Cao
• Empress Guo
• Empress Liu, Empress Guo, Princess Pan, Consort Li
• Empress Li, Princess Fu, Empress Song, Empress Wang
• Empress Meng, Empress Liu
• Empress Xing, Empress Wu
• Empress Guo, Empress Xia, Empress Xie
• Empress Zhu
• Empress Wang, Empress Zheng
• Li Fengxiang
• Empress Han, Empress Yang
• Xie Daoqing
• Empress Quan

Northern Song (Early Period)

Empress Gao

Empress Cao

Empress Guo

Empress Liu, Empress Guo, Princess Pan, Consort Li

Northern Song (End Period)

Empress Zhu

Empress Wang, Empress Zheng

Empress Meng, Empress Liu

Southern Song

Empress Xing, Empress Wu

Empress Guo, Empress Xia, Empress Xie

Li Fengxiang

Empress Han, Empress Yang

Xie Daoqing

Empress Quan