Consort Zhou (Cheng)


Consort Zhou was a Chinese imperial consort during Jin Dynasty. She was a concubine of Emperor Cheng. She was favored by him, and she bore him his only two sons -- Sima Pi and Sima Yi. After Emperor Ai became emperor in 362, succeeding his cousin Emperor Mu, he honored her with the title "Consort Dowager", but never honored her as empress dowager. She died in 363 and was buried with great honors, but not with honors of an empress, as she was never one.