future empress was born in 116. Her father was Liang Shang (??)--an honest official who was also the Marquess of Chengshi, being a grandson of a brother of Consort Liang, the mother of Emperor He. Liang Na was described as diligent in handcraft and sewing, as well as history and the Confucian classics, as a child.

In 128, when she was 12, both she and her paternal aunt were selected to be Emperor Shun's imperial