Qin and Han · Consort

Feng Yuan 馮媛

Attested BC 48 - BC 33

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Feng Yuan was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 48 to BC 33 元帝
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 121

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of King Xiao of Zhongshan (中山孝王)
bore 產
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 121
Spouse of Emperor Yuan (元帝)
Brilliant Companion 昭儀 · Secondary marriage
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 121
Sibling of Feng Yewang (馮野王)
elder brother of the Brilliant Companion 昭儀兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 144
Child of Feng Fengshi (馮奉世)
eldest daughter 長女
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 121
Sibling of Feng Can (馮參)
younger brother of the Brilliant Companion 昭儀少弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 202

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 6 passages

長女媛以選充兵宮，為元帝昭儀，產中山孝王。 His eldest daughter Yuan was selected for the palace women's quarters, became Brilliant Companion to Emperor Yuan, and bore the filial king of Zhongshan.

元帝崩，媛為中山太后，隨王就國。 When Emperor Yuan died she became dowager of Zhongshan and went with her son to his fief.

上繇下第而用譚，越次避嫌不用野王，以昭儀兄故也。 He picked lower-ranked Zhang Tan to dodge the charge of nepotism—Yewang was the Brilliant Companion's brother.

子座嗣爵，至孫坐中山太后事絕。 Son Zuo inherited until a grandson lost the title in the Zhongshan dowager scandal.

參，昭儀少弟，行又敕備，以嚴見憚，終不得親近侍帷幄。 Shen was the Brilliant Companion's younger brother; his conduct was meticulous. His severity inspired fear, and he never drew near to serve within the curtained chambers.

頃之，哀帝即位，帝祖母傅太后用事，追怨參姊中山太后，陷以祝詛大逆之罪，語在《外戚傳》。 Soon Ai ruled; Grand Empress Dowager Fu hated Shen's sister, the Zhongshan dowager, and framed her for witchcraft—see the outer-kin annals.