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Lady Qi was a consort of Emperor Gaozu of Han.
IdentityHistorical · Female
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BC 205 to BC 194 戚姬
BC 209 to BC 141 漢初
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Mutilated as human pig
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Made into human pig
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Book of Han, Chapter 51Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu · 6 passages
昌嘗燕入奏事，高帝方擁戚姬，昌還走。
Once, when Zhou Chang came in informally to report on business, he found the High Ancestor with Lady Qi in his arms and beat a hasty retreat.
及高帝欲廢太子，而立威姬子如意為太子，大臣固爭莫能得，上以留侯策止。
When the High Ancestor wanted to set aside the heir apparent in favor of Lady Qi's son Ruyi, his senior ministers argued themselves hoarse to no avail, until he dropped the idea on the advice of the Marquis of Liu.
是歲，戚姬子如意為趙王，年十歲，高祖憂萬歲之後不全也。
That same year Lady Qi's son Ruyi, only ten, was invested as king of Zhao, and the High Ancestor brooded over how to keep the boy safe after his own death.
堯進請問曰：「陛下所為不樂，非以趙王年少，而戚夫人與呂後有隙，備萬歲之後而趙王不能自全乎？」
Zhao Yao stepped forward and said softly, "Your Majesty's sorrow—is it not because the king of Zhao is still a child, because Lady Qi and the empress are at odds, and because you fear for his life once you are gone?"
使者三反，昌曰：「高帝屬臣趙王，王年少，竊聞太后怨戚夫人，欲召趙王並誅之。
The envoys came back three times. Zhou Chang replied, "The late emperor left the king of Zhao in my care. The boy is young, and word has reached me that the empress dowager bears a grudge against Lady Qi and means to summon the king of Zhao so she can destroy them together.
相至，謁太后，太后罵昌曰：「爾不知我之怨戚氏乎？
When he arrived at court and was admitted to her presence, she rounded on Zhou Chang: "Do you not know how I hate the Qi house?
Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 1 passage