Empress Guo (Renzong)
Empress Guo( 1012- 1035) was a Chinese Empress consort of the Song Dynasty, married to Emperor Renzong of Song.
Guo was from Yingxiang and the granddaughter of the regional commandant Guo Chong.
She was chosen for the position as Empress consort for the child Emperor Renzong by the Regent Dowager Empress Liu in 1024.
Guo was ignored by Renzong, who preferred the palace woman Zhang.
In 1033, her protector Empress Dowager Liu died, and Emperor Renzong was free to govern.
Furious at the late Empress Dowager Liu for having passed herself of as his mother, he turned against her former allies, who now formed around Empress Guo.
Empress Guo managed to have Grand Chancellor Lü Yijian exiled, but within a year, he returned and encouraged the Emperor to divorce her.
The divorce cause was an argument between Empress Guo and two other women, Consort Yang and Consort Shang.
The women provoked Guo until she reached out to slap them: when she did, however, they moved, which caused her slap to land upon the Emperor.
He then deposed her on the grounds of violence.
The deposition of Empress Guo caused a conflict between the Emperor and his ministers, who warned him that his divorce was unfilial and that it would undermine he position of an Empress and set an unacceptable precedent if in future an Emperor could depose an Empress, the mother of the people, merely for personal reasons.
Empress Guo died a mysterious death in 1035.
One year later, the Emperor sent Consort Yang and Consort Shang to a nunnery, and in 1037, he restored Guo to the rank of Empress.
Yin Lihua
Yin Lihua( 5–64 AD), formally Empress Guanglie( 光烈皇后), was an empress during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
She was the second empress of her husband Emperor Guangwu( Liu Xiu), even though she married him as his wife before his first empress, Guo Shengtong, did.
She was famed for her beauty and meekness.
( Her posthumous name started a trend for the rest of the Eastern Han, where empresses' posthumous names were formed not just from their husbands' posthumous names, as was customary during the preceding Western Han, but used part of their husbands' posthumous names along with an additional descriptive character.)
Where Was I
" Where Was I?" may refer to:
Place of birth
The place of birth( POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born.
This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person.
As a general rule with respect to passports, the place of birth is determined to be the country that currently has" sovereignty" over the actual place of birth, regardless of when the birth actually occurred.
The place of birth is not necessarily the place where the parents of the new baby live.
If the baby is born in a hospital in another place, that place is the place of birth.
In many countries, this also means that the government requires that the birth of the new baby is registered in the place of birth.
Some countries place less or no importance on the place of birth, instead using alternative geographical characteristics for the purpose of identity documents.
For example, Sweden has used the concept of" födelsehemortdomicile of birth") since 1947.
This means that the domicile of the baby's mother is the registered place of birth.
The location of the maternity ward or other physical birthplace is considered unimportant.
Similarly, Switzerland uses the concept of" Heimatortlieu d'origineluogo d'origineplace of origin" in German, French and Italian respectively).
A child born to Swiss parents is automatically assigned the place of origin of the parent with the same last name, so the child either gets their mother's or father's place of origin.
A child born to one Swiss parent and one foreign parent acquires the place of origin of their Swiss parent.
In a Swiss passport and identity card, the holder's place of origin is stated, not their place of birth.
In some countries( primarily in the Americas), the place of birth automatically determines the nationality of the baby, a practice often referred to by the Latin phrase" jus soli".
Almost all countries outside the Americas instead attribute nationality based on the nationality( ies) of the baby's parents( referred to as" jus sanguinis").
There can be some confusion regarding the place of birth if the birth takes place in an unusual way: when babies are born on an airplane or at sea, difficulties can arise.
The place of birth of such a person depends on the law of the countries involved, which include the nationality of the plane or ship, the nationality( ies) of the parents and/ or the location of the plane or ship( if the birth occurs in the territorial waters or airspace of a country).
Some administrative forms may request the applicant's" country of birth".
It is important to determine from the requester whether the information requested refers to the applicant's" place of birth" or" nationality at birth".
For US citizens born abroad who under the US Constitution acquire US citizenship at the time of birth, the nationality at birth will be USA( American), while the place of birth would be the country in which the actual birth takes place.
Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
Motherland may also refer to:
Guo Shengtong
Guo Shengtong (郭聖通; 6-52 CE) was an empress during the Eastern Han dynasty.
She was the first empress of Emperor Guangwu (Liu Xiu), the founder of Eastern Han.
She lost her husband's favor and was deposed in 41.
However, both she and her family continued to be respected and honored even after she was deposed.
Empress Guo
Empress Guo may refer to:
2010 Empress's Cup
Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2010 season.
Emperor Guangwu of Han
Emperor Guangwu (born Liu Xiu; 15 January 5 BC – 29 March 57), courtesy name Wenshu, was an emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty, restorer of the dynasty in AD 25 and thus founder of the Later Han or Eastern Han (the restored Han Dynasty).
He ruled over parts of China at first, and through suppression and conquest of regional warlords, the whole of China was consolidated by the time of his death in 57.
Liu Xiu was one of the many descendants of the Han imperial family.
Following the usurpation of the Han throne by Wang Mang and the ensuing civil war during the disintegration of Wang's short-lived Xin dynasty, he emerged as one of several descendants of the fallen dynasty claiming the imperial throne.
After assembling forces and proclaiming himself emperor in the face of competitors, he was able to defeat his rivals, destroy the peasant army of the Chimei, known for their disorganization and marauding, and finally reunify China in AD 36.
He established his capital in Luoyang, east of the former capital Chang'an, ushering in the Later/Eastern Han dynasty.
He implemented some reforms (notably land reform, albeit not very successfully) aimed at correcting some of the structural imbalances responsible for the downfall of the Former/Western Han.
His reforms gave a new 200-year lease of life to the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Guangwu's campaigns featured many able generals, but curiously, he lacked major strategists.
That may very well be because he himself appeared to be a brilliant strategist; he often instructed his generals on strategy from afar, and his predictions generally would be accurate.
This was often emulated by later emperors who fancied themselves great strategists but who actually lacked Emperor Guangwu's brilliance—usually to great disastrous results.
Also unique among emperors in Chinese history was Emperor Guangwu's combination of decisiveness and mercy.
He often sought out peaceful means rather than bellicose means of putting areas under his control.
He was, in particular, one rare example of a founding emperor of a dynasty who did not kill, out of jealousy or paranoia, any of the generals or officials who contributed to his victories after his rule was secure.
Empress Guo (Renzong)
Empress Guo( 1012- 1035) was a Chinese Empress consort of the Song Dynasty, married to Emperor Renzong of Song.
Guo was from Yingxiang and the granddaughter of the regional commandant Guo Chong.
She was chosen for the position as Empress consort for the child Emperor Renzong by the Regent Dowager Empress Liu in 1024.
Guo was ignored by Renzong, who preferred the palace woman Zhang.
In 1033, her protector Empress Dowager Liu died, and Emperor Renzong was free to govern.
Furious at the late Empress Dowager Liu for having passed herself of as his mother, he turned against her former allies, who now formed around Empress Guo.
Empress Guo managed to have Grand Chancellor Lü Yijian exiled, but within a year, he returned and encouraged the Emperor to divorce her.
The divorce cause was an argument between Empress Guo and two other women, Consort Yang and Consort Shang.
The women provoked Guo until she reached out to slap them: when she did, however, they moved, which caused her slap to land upon the Emperor.
He then deposed her on the grounds of violence.
The deposition of Empress Guo caused a conflict between the Emperor and his ministers, who warned him that his divorce was unfilial and that it would undermine he position of an Empress and set an unacceptable precedent if in future an Emperor could depose an Empress, the mother of the people, merely for personal reasons.
Empress Guo died a mysterious death in 1035.
One year later, the Emperor sent Consort Yang and Consort Shang to a nunnery, and in 1037, he restored Guo to the rank of Empress.

Question: Where did Guo Shengtong's husband die?