Overview
Empress He was a consort and Empress Dowager.
Life and dates
Death
- Executed · Authority Dong Zhuo (董卓)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 118, passages 55, 92
Attested activity
- AD 184 中平元年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 115, passages 100-101
- AD 184 中平元年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 118, passages 86-87, 89
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Sibling of He Jin (何進)elder brother 兄 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 115, passage 101; Book of Later Han 118, passage 88
- Sibling of He Miao (何苗)elder brother 兄 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 118, passage 88
- Sibling of Zhu Miao (朱苗)elder half-brother (different father) 异父兄 · Maternal half siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 115, passage 101
- Spouse of Emperor Ling (靈帝)empress 皇后 · Primary marriageStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 118, passages 86, 89
- Parent of Son of Empress He (皇太后之子)mother 母Directly stated · Book of Later Han 118, passage 92
Key source chapters
Places and affiliations
- Eastern Han 汉Relation UnderStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 115, passage 101
Events and relationships
- Held government after Ling's death while brothers grasped powerPolitical · RegentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 118, passage 89
- Hesitated blocking purgePolitical · RegentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 115, passage 123
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment dynastic ruin issued from the He clan for twenty or thirty years · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 118, passage 93
References in the histories
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