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Chaogui

Chaogui (born 8 April 920) was the first concubine of King Liang Yong of Liang Liao.

Biography[]

Chaogui was born in 920 AD to a Buddhist Khitan family, and she was taken as a concubine by King Liang Yong of Liang Liao on 7 August 936 at the age of 16. In 941, she gave birth to a son, Liang Jing, who would become Khan of Mongolia on her husband's death in 943.

Chaogui remained at the Liao court after her son became Khan of Mongolia, as Liang Yan was the rightful heir and therefore controlled the old Liao court. The ensuing Mongolia-Liao War saw Chaogui fall into her son's dungeon after his soldiers captured her during their storming of the Liao capital, but her son had his mother released as soon as he discovered that she was in prison.

He then invited her to his court and convinced her to convert to Taoism.

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