Lady Zhang

Who is Lady Zhang?

Lady Zhang was the wife of Lü Shao, who briefly reigned as emperor of the Chinese/Di state Later Liang.

Very little is known about her, but she was described as virtuous. Her age is known at the time of her husband's death by suicide, as he was threatened by the troops of his brother Lü Zuan, who overthrew him and took over as emperor. After Lü Shao's death, she became a Buddhist nun. Later, either during Lü Zuan's reign or the succeeding reign of his cousin Lü Long, Lü Long wanted to take her as a wife or a concubine; she refused, and committed suicide by jumping off a tower.

It was possible, but unlikely, that Lü Shao created her empress during his brief reign, because there was no historical reference to the event.