Consort Dowager Zhao (; personal name unknown) was the mother of Liu Bin (Emperor Shang), the second emperor of the Chinese Southern Han dynasty. She was a concubine to Liu Bin's father, the founding emperor Liu Yan (Emperor Gaozu).
Very little is known about the future Consort Dowager Zhao's background. It is known that she was considered very beautiful and was favored by Liu Yan.Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms (十國春秋), vol. 61. In 920, she gave birth to his third son Liu HongduNew History of the Five Dynasties, vol. 65.Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 283. — who would effectively become his oldest son since Liu Hongdu's older brothers Liu Yaoshu (劉耀樞) and Liu Guitu (劉龜圖) would both die early. During Liu Yan's Dayou era (928-942), she would receive the imperial consort title Zhaoyi (昭儀).
Liu Yan died in 942 and was succeeded by Liu Hongdu, who changed his name to Liu Bin. He honored Consort Zhao as consort dowager, but not as empress dowager. In 943, his younger brother Liu Hongxi (Emperor Zhongzong), then the Prince of Jin, whom he had put in command of the government, had his associates Chen Daoxiang (陳道庠) and Liu Sichao (劉思潮) assassinate him, and Liu Hongxi subsequently took the throne. It is not known what occurred to Consort Dowager Zhao.
References
Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms (十國春秋), vol. 61. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 283.