命妇,早在春秋时期即已存在,唐代逐渐形成制度。辽王朝,是契丹族于10世纪在中国北方建立的草原帝国,其命妇制度受唐制影响颇深,分为内命妇和外命妇两类,其中品官命妇又是外命妇制度的主要部分。所谓品官命妇,即是朝廷封赠予官员女性尊长或妻子的称号。 Life women, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period already existed, the Tang Dynasty gradually formed a system. The Liao dynasty was a grassland empire established by the Qidan ethnic group in north China in the 10th century. Its system of dynastic women was deeply influenced by the Tang dynasty. It was divided into inner and outer dynasties, and dignitaries and dignitaries were the main part of the outer dynasty. The so-called official life of a woman, that is, the court granted gifts to female officials or wife’s title.