Deng Meng (鄧猛) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Deng Meng as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Deng Meng	鄧猛	Dèng Měng
Surname	Deng	邓	Dèng
Personal	Deng Meng	邓猛	Dèng Měng
Title	Empress Deng	邓后	Dèng hòu
Title	Empress Deng	皇后邓氏	Huánghòu Dèng shì
Given	Meng	猛	Měng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0016

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died of grief / after deposition / 以忧死 / 迁于桐宫死 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延熹八年 · Western Year: AD 165
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0046, houhanshu:113:s0060

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 延熹八年二月癸亥 · Western Year: AD 165
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0059, houhanshu:113:s0060
Source Date: Text: 永兴二年 · Western Year: AD 154
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0015, houhanshu:113:s0016

Family

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Kin of Deng Xun (邓循)
Kinship Term: clansman / 宗亲 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: empress
Kin of Deng Tong (邓统)
Kinship Term: clansman / 宗亲 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: empress
Kin of Deng Shou (邓寿)
Kinship Term: clansman / 宗亲 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: empress
Kin of Deng Wan (邓万)
Kinship Term: clansman / 宗亲 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: empress
Kin of Deng Kang (邓康)
Kinship Term: clansman / 宗亲 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: empress
Kin of Deng Hui (邓会)
Kinship Term: clansman / 宗亲 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: empress
Kin of Deng Bing (邓秉)
Kinship Term: clansman / 宗亲 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: empress
Kin of Deng De (邓德)
Kinship Term: clansman / 宗亲 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: empress
Kin of Deng Bi (邓弼)
Kinship Term: clansman / 宗亲 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: empress
Sibling of Deng Yan (邓演)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: uncertain
Child of Lady Xuan (宣)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: mother

Career and standing

Status: empress · Action: entered · Label: empress / 皇后
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0017
Status: selected palace woman · Action: held · Label: selected attendant / 采女
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0016
Label: deposed for practicing the left path / 坐执左道废 · Action: suffered
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0060
Label: deposed for illicit rites / 坐执左道废 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延熹八年二月癸亥 · Western Year: AD 165
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0060

Places and affiliations

Label: Later Han / 後漢 · Relation: active-in
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0016

Source notes

Kind: family-collective · Statement: Deng empress’s family noble and flourishing · Label: Deng clan kin / 邓后家贵盛
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0048

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 113Volume 102: Astronomy Part Three · 5 passages

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时，上幸后宫采女邓猛，明年，封猛兄演为南顿侯。 The emperor then favored the selected attendant Deng Meng; the following year he made her brother Yan marquis of Nandun.

后四岁，梁皇后崩，梁冀被诛，猛立为皇后，恩宠甚盛。 Four years later Empress Liang died, Liang Ji fell under the sword, Deng Meng was raised to empress, and imperial favor flooded her house.

后四年，邓后以忧死。 Four years later Empress Deng died of a broken heart.

是时，邓后家贵盛。 The Deng clan then towered over the court.

癸亥，皇后邓氏坐执左道废，迁于桐宫死，宗亲侍中沘阳侯邓康、河南尹邓万、越骑校尉邓弼、虎贲中郎将安阳侯邓会、侍中监羽林左骑邓德、右骑邓寿、昆阳侯邓统、淯阳侯邓秉、议郎邓循皆系暴室，万、会死，康等免官。 On guihai Empress Deng was cast down for illicit rites and died in the Tong Palace; her kinsmen Deng Kang, Deng Wan, Deng Bi, Deng Hui, Deng De, Deng Shou, Deng Tong, Deng Bing, and Deng Xun were locked in the Blazing Room—Wan and Hui perished, the others were stripped of rank.