Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiao Zhen | 蕭楨 |
소정 (샤오전) |
Xiao Zhen(蕭楨) was a Chinese commoner who had been taken prisoner by the Jurchen(女眞) and had escaped to Joseon(朝鮮) during the time of Seongjong(成宗). | 소정(蕭楨) |
| Xiao Zhen | 蕭禎 |
소정 (샤오전) |
A Ming commoner who fled from the Jianzhou Jurchens to Joseon and was sent back to Liaodong (遼東) by the Joseon authorities in the thirteenth year (1482) of King Seongjong (成宗) of Joseon. | |
| Xiao Zhizhong | 蕭至忠 |
소지충 (샤오즈중) |
Xiao Zhizhong(蕭至忠, ?-713?) was an official of the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian(武則天)'s Zhou Dynasty(周). He served Emperor Zhongzong(中宗), Emperor Ruizong(睿宗) and Emperor Xuanzong(玄宗) as chancellor. He was reputed to be a man of strict integrity. He was a member of the faction of Princess Taiping(太平公主). He seems to have been executed in 713 when Emperor Xuanzong suppressed Princess Taiping's party. | 소지충(蕭至忠) |
| Xiaoci Gao Huanghou | 孝慈高皇后 |
효자고황후 (샤오츠가오황허우) |
(1332-1382). Zhu Yuanzhangl's 朱元章 main wife. Her surname was Ma 馬. She was an adopted daughter of Guo Zixing 郭子興, a rebel leader as well as Zhu Yuanzhang's superior. Ma was said to be generous and frugal. She was respected by people even after she died. | 고황후(高皇后), 고후(高后), 효자고황후(孝慈高皇后), 효자소헌지인문덕승천순성고황후(孝慈昭憲至仁文德承天順聖高皇后), 효자황후(孝慈皇后) |
| Xiaohui Huanghou (Empress Xiaohui) | 孝惠皇后 |
효혜황후 (샤오후이황허우) |
Empress Xiaohui(孝惠皇后, 929~958), family name He(賀), was the first wife of Zhao Kuangyin(趙匡胤), Emperor Taizu(太祖) of the Song Dynasty. Because she died before the accession of Emperor Taizu, she was posthumously installed as an empress in 962 and later in 964 honored as Empress Xiaohui(孝惠皇后). | 효혜황후(孝惠皇后) |
| Xiaojie Huanghou | 孝潔皇后 |
효결황후 (샤오제황허우) |
(1508-1528) .The first empress of the Jiajing 嘉靖 emperor. Her jealousy annoyed the emperor. Worried about the emperor's anger, she miscarried and died soon after. | 효결황후(孝潔皇后) |
| Xiaolie Huangtaihou | 孝烈皇太后 |
효렬황태후 (샤오례황타이허우) |
(1516-1547). The third empress of Jiajing 嘉靖 emperor. Her surname was Fang 方. She was burned to death when the palace caught fire in 1547. | 효렬황태후(孝烈皇太后) |
| Xiaoping Huanghou | 孝平皇后 |
효평황후 (샤오핑황허우) |
(4-23 CE). Emperor Ping's main consort and Wang Mang's eldest daughter during the late Western Han period. | |
| Xiaozhao Huanghou | 孝昭皇后 |
효소황후 (샤오자오황허우) |
See Shangguan Huanghou 上官皇后. | |
| Xiaozheyi Huanghou | 孝哲毅皇后 |
효철의황후 (샤오저이황허우) |
Empress Xiaozheyi(孝哲毅皇后, 1854~1875), also known as Empress Jiashun(嘉順皇后), was the empress consort of Emperor Tongzhi (同治帝) of the Qing Dynasty. She was born into the Alute(阿魯特) clan, which was under the Mongol Plain Blue Banner(蒙古正藍旗). | 가순황후(嘉順皇后) |