Empress Xin
Empress Xin (辛皇后, personal name unknown) (died 761) was an empress and wife of Shi Siming, a general of the Chinese dynasty 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. She had at least one son with him, Shi Chaoqing (史朝清), but his oldest son Shi Chaoyi was not her son. 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. He was said to have favored both her and her son Shi Chaoqing, and might have created Shi Chaoqing crown prince. 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. In 761, after Shi Chaoyi, in fear that Shi Siming would kill him, had Shi Siming killed first, he sent messengers, in Shi Siming's name, to Fanyang to kill Shi Chaoqing, and Empress Xin was also killed.
Empress Xin (Zhang Zuo)
Empress Xin (辛皇后) or Princess Xin (辛王后, personal name unknown) was the wife of the Chinese state Former Liang's ruler Zhang Zuo. Whether her title was empress or princess is unclear, because historical sources differ on the subject. Jin Shu, which reported that her husband claimed the title of emperor when he declared a total break from Jin Dynasty (265-420) in 354, reported that he created her empress. Zizhi Tongjian, which reported that her husband claimed the title of prince, reported that he created her princess. Nothing else is known about her. In 355, when her husband was killed in a coup and replaced by his nephew Zhang Xuanjing, his two sons (whether by her or not) were also executed, but nothing was mentioned about her fate.
^1 Historical sources appear to imply that the last ruler of the state, Zhang Tianxi, had a princess (who might have been the mother of his first heir apparent Zhang Dahuai (張大懷)), but no name was given for her, nor was her existence conclusively stated.
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by: PnauOn a night like tonight
you saved my life
Red and green
which you slip on refracted lights
Running faster than my legs can take me
Shouting louder than my lungs allow me
Wide as the rivers run
Still got time for someone
Be my embrace now
Be my embrace now
(x 2)
Light a match,
bring the flame over to your eye
Slipping past, you won't see me before you die
Breaking out of sleep, my head's still aching
This war is killing you and all around me
Wide as the rivers run
Still got time for someone
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(x 2)
You go, go, go, go
(x 4)
Wide as the rivers run
Still got time for someone
Be my embrace now
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