Qin and Han · Consort

Empress Dowager Wang 太后

Attested BC 141 - BC 87

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Wang was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 141 to BC 87 武帝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 59, passage 154

Family

Sibling of Tian Fen (田蚡)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Book of Han 59, passage 154

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 59Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng · 1 passage

是時，太后弟武安侯田□分為丞相，中二千石拜謁，□分弗為禮。 Meanwhile Tian Fen, the empress dowager's brother and Marquis of Wu'an, sat as chancellor; ministers at the two-thousand-picul rank bowed to him, and he did not bother to bow back.