Qin and Han · Consort

Empress Dowager Li 李太后

Li taihou

Died BC 128 to BC 123

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Li was a consort.

Life and dates

Death

BC 128 to BC 123 後病薨
Directly stated · Book of Han 56, passage 199

Attested activity

BC 128 to BC 123 元朔中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 56, passage 100

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Liu Xiang (襄)
paternal grandmother 大母 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Liu Mai (買)
Directly stated · Book of Han 56, passage 100
Parent of Liu Mai (買)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Han 56, passage 99

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History

9 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 56Volume 47: The Three Sons of Emperor Wen · 9 passages

共王母曰李太后。 King Gong’s mother was Empress Dowager Li.

李太后，親平王之大母也。 Empress Dowager Li was King Xiang’s paternal grandmother—King Gong’s mother.

李太后曰：「先王有命，毋得以尊與人。 Empress Dowager Li said, "The former king commanded that the vessel must not be given to anyone.

王襄直使人開府取尊賜任后，又王及母陳太后事李太后多不順。 King Xiang at once sent men to open the treasury, take the vessel, and give it to Consort Ren; and both the king and his mother Empress Dowager Chen treated Empress Dowager Li with much disrespect.

有漢使者來，李太后欲自言，王使謁者中郎胡等遮止，閉門。 When imperial envoys arrived, Empress Dowager Li wished to speak for herself, but the king sent Usher Attendant-of-the-Interior Hu and others to stop her and shut the gate.

李太后與爭門，措指，太后啼謼，不得見漢使者。 Empress Dowager Li struggled at the gate and injured her fingers; she wept and cried out but could not see the imperial envoys.

李太后亦私與食官長及郎尹霸等姦亂，王與任后以此使人風止李太后。 Empress Dowager Li also carried on secretly with the chief of the food office and Gentleman Yin Ba and others; the king and Consort Ren used this to send men to warn Empress Dowager Li into silence.

李太后亦已，後病薨。 Empress Dowager Li yielded; later she fell ill and died.

反知國陰事，乃上變告梁王與大母爭尊狀。 Fan knew the kingdom's private affairs, so he submitted a denunciation to the throne, accusing the king of Liang of contending with his grandmother, Empress Dowager Li, over ritual precedence.