Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Queen of Dongping 東平王雲後

Attested BC 4 - BC 2

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Queen of Dongping was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 4 to BC 2 告東平事
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 105, passage 189

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of the Queen of Dongping (東平王后母)
mother 母 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 105, passage 196
Spouse of King Yun of Dongping (東平王雲)
queen/consort 後
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 189

Career and standing

Accused
Tried for shrine cursing · At Dongping 東平
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 189

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 2 passages

會待詔孫寵、息夫躬等告東平王雲後謁祠祀祝詛，下有司治，皆伏其辜。 Then Sun Chong, Xi Fugong, and other awaiting-orders men denounced the king of Dongping's queen for shrine-cursing; the courts tried the case and extracted confessions.

上浸重賢，欲極其位，而恨明如此，遂冊免明曰：「前東平王雲貪慾上位，祠祭祝詛，雲後舅伍宏以醫待詔，與校秘書郎楊閎結謀反逆，禍甚迫切。 The emperor increasingly valued Dong Xian and wanted to raise him to the highest office, but he resented Ding Ming's attitude. He therefore dismissed Ming by written rescript: "Previously Yun, King of Dongping, coveted the throne and performed sacrifices with curse-prayers. Wu Hong, the maternal uncle of Yun's queen, was awaiting appointment as a physician and plotted rebellion with Yang Hong, Gentleman for Collating the Palace Library. The danger was extremely urgent.