Qin and Han · Consort

Empress Dowager Bo 薄太后

Bo Taihou

Attested BC 180 - BC 157

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Dowager Bo as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Dowager Bo 薄太后 Bo Taihou
Title Empress Dowager 太后
Title Empress Dowager Bo 薄太后

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 文帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:059:s0033

Family

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  • Kin of Emperor Wen (文帝)
    Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Subject Role: empress dowager · Object Role: emperor
  • Parent of Emperor Wen (文帝)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 59Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng · 3 passages