Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Aristocrat and Family Member

Lady Huan 桓氏

Huan shi

Attested AD 481

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Huan was an aristocrat and Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 481 建元三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 20, passage 108

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Empress Zhao (昭皇后)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 20, passage 98

Career and standing

Chief Village Lady of Duxiang in Shangyu 上都鄉君
AD 481 建元三年 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 20, passage 108

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 20, passage 99

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 20Volume 20 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 3 passages

后母桓氏夢吞玉勝生后，時有紫光滿室，以告壽之，壽之曰：「恨非是男。」 The empress's mother, née Huan, dreamed she swallowed a jade ornament when bearing her; purple light filled the room. She told Liu Shouzhi, who said, "I regret it was not a boy."

桓曰：「雖女，亦足興家矣。」 Huan replied, "Though a girl, she is enough to raise the family."

三年，贈后父金紫光祿大夫，母桓氏上〔虞〕都鄉君； In year 3 her father was made household minister with the purple-gold seal, and her mother, née Huan, Chief Village Lady of Duxiang in Shangyu;