warned him, and he instead offered the wine back to her. She could not refuse it, so she drank the wine and died. Empress Dowager Lu was buried with honors due an empress dowager. However, after her burial, her body was disinterred as a magical means of cursing her grandson Liu Zixun. It was only in 468, long after Liu Zixun had been defeated, that she was reburied. Notes Liu Song empresses dowager 412 births 466 deaths Chinese grand empresses dowager