Overview
Empress Dowager Deng was a consort and Regent.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 121 后二岁三月DiedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 120
- DiedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 116, passage 106
Attested activity
- AD 112 六年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 116, passage 35
- AD 100 十二年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 116, passage 19
- AD 107 安帝永初Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 116, passage 75
- AD 109 安帝永初三年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 34, passages 85-86, 89
- AD 106 延平元年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 117, passages 117-118
- AD 121 建光中Directly stated · Book of Later Han 117, passage 27
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- AD 106 殇帝延平元年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 116, passage 23
- AD 95 永元七年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 82
- AD 103 永元十五年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 91
- AD 111 永初五年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 99
- AD 107 永初元年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 117, passages 24, 27
- AD 107 永初元年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 95
- AD 107 to AD 112 永初年間Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passage 158
- AD 120 永宁元年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 344
- AD 121 永宁后二岁三月Directly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 120
- AD 120 永寧元年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 37, passage 78
- AD 106 邓太后摄政Directly stated · Book of Later Han 110, passage 124
- AD 105 to AD 121 邓太后诏Directly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 343
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of Emperor He (和帝)empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
worthy lady 贵人 · Secondary marriageDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 91; Book of Later Han 116, passage 19
- Kinship Role clan members · Count 8 · eight or nine of the Deng clan died under pressureDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 117, passage 157
Key source chapters
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 116 Volume 105: Five Elements Part Three 7 passages
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 117 Volume 106: Five Elements Part Four 6 passages
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 119 Volume 108: Five Elements Part Six 6 passages
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 37 Volume 32: Biographies of Fan Hong; Yin Shi 5 passages
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 34 Volume 30a: Biographies of Su Jing; Yang Hou 3 passages
Career and standing
- EnteredHonored personDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 82
- EnthronedEmpressDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 91
- HeldEmpress dowager regentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passages 95, 99
- HeldRegentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 116, passages 23, 35; Book of Later Han 117, passage 27
Events and relationships
- Acted as regentPolitical · RegentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 110, passage 124
- Followed then dismissed Yang HouPolitical · Decision makerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 34, passages 86, 89
- Ordered high ministers to debate criminal procedureDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 158
- Ordered biographiesDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 344
- Ordered collationDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 89, passage 343
- Relation Regent for · Person Emperor Shang (殇帝)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 110, passage 124
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment had a husband-like nature and took part in outer affairs · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 91
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 119, passage 82
References in the histories
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