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Empress Zhang (Later Qin)

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Empress Zhang (張皇后, personal name unknown) was an empress of the Qiang-led Later Qin dynasty of China. Her husband was Yao Xing (Emperor Wenhuan).{{cn|date=November 2024}}

There is a scroll in the San Diego Museum of Art's collection, named "Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang" which narrates the imperial ordination of Empress Zhang.{{Cite book |last=Yu-ping |first=Luk |url=https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-empress-and-the-heavenly-masters/9789629966539 |title=The Empress and the Heavenly Masters: A Study of the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang (1493) |date=June 2016 |publisher=The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press |isbn=978-962-996-653-9}}

Very little is known about Empress Zhang. She was promoted to empress from the imperial consort title Zhaoyi{{Cite journal |last1=张 |first1=颖奇 |last2=董 |first2=为 |last3=王 |first3=頠 |last4=刘 |first4=金毅 |last5=王 |first5=元 |last6=金 |first6=昌柱 |last7=邓 |first7=成龙 |last8=秦 |first8=大公 |last9=同 |first9=号文 |last10=唐 |first10=治路 |last11=潘 |first11=文石 |date=2009-03-01 |title=广西崇左三合大洞新发现的巨猿动物群及其性质 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1360/csb2009-54-6-765 |journal=Chinese Science Bulletin |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=765–773 |doi=10.1360/csb2009-54-6-765 |issn=0023-074X}} (昭儀) in 402. No further reference was made to her in history, including when she died or whether she had any children.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

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