Gerhard Ghoshin, “Rise of the Warrior Princess” (1988): “The daughter of Khutorek (Khutorek’s father) and Princess Nalik (Nalik’s maternal grandmother), Nandina (after the fall of her father, Khutorek’s father) is not the heir of the empire she inherited and so she is not the monarch of the city.”
Wang Heng-li, “The Three Princesses of the North China” (2002): “From the outset, the North China Princesses were given the same role as Nandina. The name of Nandina and her husband were both taken from Nalik, the first Princess. However, their father was not Khutorek, so he never saw his daughter as an offspring; rather she became the first Queen of the North China after his wife’s death and the first ruler of the Imperial City. The city’s military strength was so strong that it even made its way and came to the court of the Emperor of China. It was also at the North China she was born. So, Nalik came to understand the importance of a strong kingdom and gave the North China Princesses the very same role as he had given her before he was born. She was given the highest official title, the Empress (which does not have as clear an English title as “Emperor”), a title she retained.”
Karen Shih, “Sorceress and Queen” (1998): “At the very beginning, all the royal courts were filled with the North China Princesses, including Khutorek’s court. The first official court of the Imperial City had only one courtier at the head: the Empress, who was her second cousin – the daughter of the Duke of the North China.”
Ning Liqiang, “The Three Nings in the Chinese Dream” (1984): “The three North China Nings are the only known characters in Chinese history who had a female counterpart. They appear in only one Chinese character, the name of the Empress, but each holds the position of Empress for several years and the three Nings are still seen as the only known Chinese characters with female counterparts.”
Chen Yu-yun, “The Grand Daughter” (1993): “In the book of the three sons of the Nalik (Nalik’s grandfather), the oldest of the three is