Empress Dowager Li (Later Shu)

Empress Dowager Li (李太后, personal name unknown; died 965) was the mother of Meng Chang, the last emperor of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Shu.

She informed this dream to Meng Zhixiang's wife (who would later, after Later Tang's founding in 923, be created the Grand Princess Qionghua), who believed this to be a favorable omen.

[3] With Grand Princess Qionghua having died by that point, he posthumously honored her as empress, and created Lady Li an imperial consort, initially with the rank of Furen (夫人), and then the greater title Guifei (貴妃).

Among our current generals, Wang Zhaoyuan was originally a servant of ours; and Yi Shenzheng [(伊審徵)], Han Baozhen [(韓保貞)], and Zhao Chongtao [(趙崇韜)] are all young, inexperienced sons from aristocratic families.

After they arrived in Kaifeng in 965, Song's Emperor Taizu treated them with respect, and referred to Empress Dowager Li as "mother of the State."

As Taiyuan was then under the control of Song's rival state Northern Han, which Emperor Taizu was planning to conquer, Emperor Taizu viewed her remarks as good omen and was very pleased, informing her that he would allow her to do so as soon as he conquered Northern Han.

[6] Emperor Taizu was saddened by her death, and had both Meng Chang and her buried at Luoyang in a grand ceremony.