Overview
Princess Eyi was a Western Han princess and elder sister of Emperor Zhao.
IdentityHistorical · Female
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Gai |
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Life and dates
Death
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BC 80 上官桀與蓋主謀殺光
BC 80 元鳳元年九月
BC 87 後元二年
BC 80 蓋主謀逆
Family
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Book of Han, Chapter 8Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Zhao · 10 passages
帝姊鄂邑公主益湯沐邑，為長公主，共養省中。
The emperor's elder sister, Princess Eyi, had her bath fief increased and was made Elder Princess; she and others jointly raised and cared for the emperor in the inner palace.
賜長公主及宗室昆弟各有差。
The Elder Princess and imperial clansmen were granted gifts according to their ranks.
益封燕王、廣陵王及鄂邑長公主各萬三千戶。
The fiefs of the King of Yan, the King of Guangling, and the Elder Princess of Eyi were each increased by thirteen thousand households.
賜長公主、丞相、將軍、列侯、中二千石以下及郎吏宗室錢帛各有差。
The Long Princess, Chancellor, generals, marquises, officials ranked at 2000 piculs and below, court gentlemen, and imperial clansmen were all granted money and silk according to their respective ranks.
元鳳元年春，長公主共養勞苦，復以藍田益長公主湯沐邑。
In spring of the first year of Yuanfeng, because the Elder Princess had labored bitterly in raising the emperor together with others, Lantian was added to increase her bath fief.
九月，鄂邑長公主、燕王旦與左將軍上官桀、桀子票騎將軍安、御史大夫桑弘羊皆謀反，伏誅。
In the ninth month, the Elder Princess of Eyi, King Dan of Yan, Left General Shangguan Jie, Jie's son Flying Cavalry General An, and Imperial Secretary Sang Hongyang all plotted rebellion and were executed.
燕王遣壽西長、孫縱之等賂遺長公主、丁外人、謁者杜延年、大將軍長史公孫遺等，交通私書，共謀令長公主置酒，伏兵 殺大將軍光，徵立燕王為天子，大逆毋道。
King Yan sent Shou Xichang, Sun Zongzhi, and others to bribe and give gifts to the Elder Princess, Ding Wai, Usher Du Yannian, the Grand General's Chief Secretary Gongsun Yi, and others. They communicated with private letters and together plotted to have the Elder Princess host a wine banquet with ambush troops to kill Grand General Guang, and summon and establish King Yan as Son of Heaven - a great rebellion against the proper way.
又曰：「燕王迷惑失道，前與齊王子劉澤等為逆，抑而不揚，望王反道自新，今乃與長公主及左將軍 桀等謀危宗廟。
The edict continued: 'The King of Yan was confused and lost his way. He had previously joined Prince Liu Ze of Qi and others in rebellion. Though this was suppressed and not widely publicized in the hope that the king would reform and return to the proper path, he has now conspired with the Long Princess and General of the Left Jie to endanger the ancestral temples.
王及公主皆自伏辜。
The king and the princess both submitted to punishment for their guilt.
孝昭幼年即位，亦有燕、盍、上官逆亂之謀。
When Emperor Zhao the Filial ascended the throne in his youth, there were likewise conspiracies of rebellion involving King Yan, the Elder Princess, and the Shangguan faction.
Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 1 passage