Qin and Han · Grand Empress Dowager Wang

Empress Dowager of Qiongcheng 邛成太后

Qiongcheng Taihou

Died BC 15

Passages: 4
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager of Qiongcheng was a Grand Empress Dowager Wang.

Life and dates

Death

BC 15 八月丁丑
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 186
died 崩
Directly stated · Book of Han 94, passage 100

Attested activity

BC 15 二年八月丁丑
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 11, passage 186

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Associated
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 186

Events and relationships

Died
BC 15 八月丁丑 · Death · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 186

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 11Volume 10: Annals of Emperor Cheng · 1 passage

八月丁丑，太皇太后王氏崩。 On dingchou day of the eighth month, Grand Empress Dowager Wang died.

Book of Han, Chapter 88Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He · 2 passages

初，邛成太后外家王氏貴，而侍中王林卿通輕俠，傾京師。 Wang Linqing of the empress's clan ran with swordsmen and owned the city.

成帝太后以邛成太后愛林卿故，聞之涕泣，為言哀帝。 Chengdi's mother wept to Ai for Wang Linqing.

Book of Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo · 1 passage

會邛成太后崩，喪事倉卒，吏賦斂以趨辦。 Then Empress Dowager Qiongcheng died; the funeral was rushed, and officials squeezed the people to get everything done in haste.