Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Deng as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Deng | 皇后邓氏 | Deng Huanghou |
| Surname | Deng | 邓 | Deng |
| Surname | Deng | 邓 | |
| Title | Empress Deng | 皇后邓氏 | |
| Title | Empress Deng | ||
| Title | Empress Deng | 邓皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Deng | 邓皇后 | Dèng huánghòu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died of grief · After: deposedExplicit · houhanshu:116:s0084
- Manner: died of grief after deposition for sorceryExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0088
- Manner: forced-suicideExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0163
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 延熹七年 · Western Year: AD 164Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0083
- Source Date: Text: 延熹五年 · Western Year: AD 162Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0088, houhanshu:117:s0086
- Source Date: Text: 延熹八年二月 · Western Year: AD 165Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0163
- Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 165Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0084
Family
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- Spouse of Emperor Huan (桓帝)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor · Relationship State: ended
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: ended
- Kinship Role: family members · Note: 家属被诛 — family members executed · Count: 2Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0163
- Kinship Role: family · Note: 其家皆诛 · Quantity: unknownExplicit · houhanshu:116:s0084
Career and standing
- Status: confined-to-sudden-heat-chamber · Action: enteredExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0163
- Status: deposed · Action: enteredExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0088
- Label: convicted of intoxication / 坐酗 · Action: convictedExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0163
- Role: empressExplicit · houhanshu:116:s0084
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: arrogant and monopolized favor · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:116:s0083
- Assessment: petty person without constancy, elevated for looks · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0088
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0163
References in the histories
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