[1]-August 1, 946[2][3][4]), formally the Lady Renhui of Wuyue (吳越國仁惠夫人), was a concubine, possibly later a wife, of Qian Yuanguan (King Wenmu) (né Qian Chuanguan, name changed to Qian Yuanguan upon his succession to the throne), the second king of the Chinese state Wuyue of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and the mother to his son and successor Qian Hongzuo (King Wenxian).
Little is known about Lady Xu's background other than that she was from Tai Prefecture (台州, in modern Taizhou, Zhejiang) and that she was possibly born in 903, during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang.
[1] (At that time, Qian Chuanguan was himself still serving under his father Qian Liu the king, but was already serving as acting military governor of Wuyue's main circuits, Zhenhai (鎮海, headquartered in modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang) and Zhendong (鎮東, headquartered in modern Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and therefore was commonly viewed as his heir.
)[5] A Buddhist nun named Qiyun (契雲), who was in charge of offering incense in the palace and who was considered a good judge of character, however, stated to Lady Xu, "Lady Fu can never match you.
[7] She herself died in 945, and was given a posthumous name of Renhui ("kind and benevolent").