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Empress Dowager Xiao
Empress of Jingzong of Liao and mother of Shengzong, regent from 982, who led the 1004 campaign that ended in the Chanyuan treaty
Mural of the event “Treaty of Chanyuan”, which this person took part in.
Liao Empress Dowager Xiao and Emperor Shengzong led the main Liao force in deep southward invasion of the Northern Song, with war fire burning to the northern bank of the Yellow River at Chanzhou. The Song court was in panic and the peace faction strongly advocated moving the capital and fleeing to dodge the enemy.
Also known as Empress Dowager Chengtian · Xiao Yanyan
Xiao Chuo, with the childhood name Yanyan, was born in 953 and became empress of Emperor Jingzong of Liao, known as the Ruizhi Empress, and mother of Emperor Shengzong, later honoured as Empress Dowager Chengtian. After Jingzong died in 982 she ruled as regent for her young son and trusted Han Derang with major affairs. In 1004 she led an invasion of Song that ended in the Treaty of Chanyuan. She died in 1009. The source is the History of Liao.
Life and times
Dates c. 953 CE–1009 CE
- 1004Kou Zhun and Treaty of Chanyuan
- 1005Treaty of ChanyuanTook part