Qin and Han · Consort

Beautiful wife of Emperor Cheng of Han 豔妻

Attested BC 33 - BC 7

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Beautiful wife of Emperor Cheng of Han was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 33 to BC 7 豔妻
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 109, passage 225

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Emperor Cheng of Han (成帝)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 225

Assessments and attributes

Assessment beautiful consort who beguiled the emperor · Mode quotation Speaker Murong Huang (慕容皝)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 225

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 109Volume 109 Records 9: Murong Huang · 1 passage

成帝暗弱，不能自立，內惑豔妻，外恣五舅，卒令王莽坐取帝位。 Emperor Cheng was weak and could not stand alone; beguiled within by a beautiful consort and indulging the five maternal uncles without, he finally let Wang Mang seize the throne.