Qin and Han · Empress Dowager

Empress Dowager Bo 薄太后

Bo taihou

Attested BC 180 - BC 155

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Bo was an empress Dowager.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 180 to BC 155 薄太后
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 89, passage 140

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Lady Lingwen (靈文夫人)
daughter 女
Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 140

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Empress dowager of
Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 140

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 89Volume 83b: Families of Imperial Consorts 2: Gao Zhao, Yu Jin, Hu Guozhen, Li Yanshi · 1 passage

侍中崔光等奏：「案漢高祖母始諡曰昭靈夫人，後為昭靈后，薄太后母曰靈文夫人，皆置園邑三百家，長丞奉守。 Palace Attendant Cui Guang and others memorialized: "By Han precedent, Emperor Gaozu's mother was first titled Lady Zhaoling, later Empress Zhaoling; Empress Dowager Bo's mother was titled Lady Lingwen. Each had a tomb estate of three hundred households with officials to maintain it.