Qin and Han · Consort

the Empress 皇后

Huánghòu

Attested BC 48 - BC 33

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

the Empress was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 48 to BC 33 石顯用事時（成帝前）
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 75, passage 294

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Wang Jin (王禁)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 294

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Consort of ruler
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 294

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 294

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 1 passage

乃下興、捐之獄，令皇后父陽平侯禁與顯共雜治，奏「興、捐之懷詐偽，以上語相風，更相薦譽，欲得大位，漏泄省中語，岡上不道。 Xing and Jia Juanzhi were therefore sent to prison, and the empress's father, Wang Jin, Marquis of Yangping, was ordered to conduct a joint investigation with Shi Xian. They memorialized: 'Xing and Juanzhi harbored deceit, used the emperor's words to hint to one another, praised and recommended each other in turn, sought high office, leaked words spoken within the palace, and deceived their sovereign in an impious way.