Dates uncertain · Empress Dowager of the Fu clan

Dowager of Dingtao 定陶太后

Dingtao Taihou

Dates uncertain

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dowager of Dingtao was an empress Dowager of the Fu clan.

Events and relationships

Type grandmother-of · Person Emperor Ai of Han (漢哀帝)
Directly stated · Book of Han 94, passage 298

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo · 4 passages

初，哀帝祖母定陶太后欲求稱尊號，太后從弟高武侯傅喜為大司馬，與丞相孔光、大司空師丹共持正議。 When Emperor Ai's grandmother, the Dowager of Dingtao, demanded an imperial-style title, her cousin Fu Xi as grand marshal stood with Kong Guang and Shi Dan on the side of precedent.

孔鄉侯傅晏亦太后從弟，諂諛欲順指，會博新徵用為京兆尹，與交結，謀成尊號，以廣孝道。 Her cousin Fu Yan of Kongxiang toadied to her; Zhu Bo, newly named metropolitan governor, allied with Yan to push the title through in the name of filial piety.

傅太后怨傅喜不已，使孔鄉侯晏風丞相，令奏免喜侯。 Grand Empress Dowager Fu still hated Fu Xi and sent Fu Yan to lean on the chancellor to memorialize for stripping Fu Xi of his title.

上知傅太后素常怨喜，疑博、玄承指，即召玄詣尚書問狀。 The emperor knew the grand empress dowager's grudge against Fu Xi and suspected Zhu Bo and Zhao Xuan acted on her nod; he summoned Zhao Xuan to the secretariat for questioning.