Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Grand Empress Dowager 太后

Attested BC 139

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Grand Empress Dowager was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 139 建元二年
Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 33

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 55Volume 46: The Lords of Wan, Wei, Zhi, Zhou and Zhang · 2 passages

建元二年，郎中令王臧以文學獲罪皇太后。 In the second year of Jianyuan, Palace Commandant Wang Zang incurred the Grand Empress Dowager's displeasure because of his Confucian learning.

太后以為儒者文多質少，今萬石君家不言而躬行，乃以長子建為郎中令，少子慶為內史。 She distrusted bookish rhetoric and prized the Shis’ silent example, so she named Jian Palace Commandant and Qing Secretary of the Capital.