Dates uncertain · Royal Consort

Bao Si 褒姒

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Bao Si was a Royal Consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passage 7

Key source chapters

Events and relationships

Type consort-of · Person King You (幽王)
Directly stated · Book of Han 96, passage 15

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 96Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye · 4 passages

昔褒姒用國，宗周以喪； Bao Si once wielded the state and the Zhou house fell;

幽王惑於褒姒，周德降亡； King You drowned in Bao Si and the Zhou mandate collapsed;

誠修後宮之政，明尊卑之序，貴者不得嫉妨專龐，以絕驕嫚之端，抑褒、閻之亂，賤者咸得秩進，各得厥職，以廣繼嗣之統，息《白華》之怨，後宮親屬，饒之以財，勿與政事，以遠皇父之類，損妻黨之權，未有閨門治而天下亂者也。 Reform the harem: fix precedence so favorites cannot monopolize favor or breed arrogance; check the chaos of Bao Si and Lady Yan; let humble consorts rise in due order, each to her station, to widen the chance of heirs and still the jealousies sung in the "White Flowers"; enrich in-laws with gold but bar them from office like the royal fathers of old, and clip the power of consort clans—when the inner quarters are ordered, the realm does not fall into chaos.

赫赫宗周，褒姒滅之！」 Majestic Zhou—Bao Si destroyed it!"

Book of Sui, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

故皇、英降而虞道隆，任、姒歸而姬宗盛，妹、妲致夏、殷之釁，褒、趙結周、漢之禍。 When E Huang and Nüying came down to Shun, the way of Yu flourished; when Ren and Si entered the Zhou house, the Ji clan rose to greatness. Mei Xi and Daji brought ruin upon Xia and Yin; Bao Si and Zhao Feiyan brought disaster upon Zhou and Han.