Empress Xin (Shi Siming)

Empress Xin (辛皇后, personal name unknown) (died after 18 April 761[1]) was an empress and wife of Shi Siming, a general of the Chinese Tang dynasty who became an emperor of the rebel Yan state during Anshi Rebellion.

The future Empress Xin was said to be the daughter of gentry.

When Shi Siming was young and still poor and of local station, she insisted on marrying him, and eventually got her wish.

After Shi Siming, who had served under Yan's founder An Lushan, killed An Lushan's son and successor An Qingxu in 759, he declared himself emperor of Yan and created her empress.

[2] When he attacked the Tang eastern capital Luoyang with Shi Chaoyi, he left her at his base Fanyang (范陽, modern Beijing), with Shi Chaoqing in charge.