Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Empress Dowager Kangxian 康獻皇太后

Kangxian Huangtaihou

Attested AD 344

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Kangxian was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 344 康獻皇太后臨朝
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 140

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Chu Pou (裒)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 140

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Ruled as regent
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 140

Events and relationships

Faced the court
Political · Regent
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 140

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 93Volume 93 Biographies 63: Imperial Affines · 1 passage

及此二十九年而康獻皇太后臨朝，有司以裒皇太后父，議加不臣之禮，拜侍中、衛將軍、錄尚書事，持節、都督、刺史如故。 Twenty-nine years later, when Empress Dowager Kangxian ruled as regent, the authorities, because Pou was the empress dowager’s father, debated adding the rite of not being a subject, and appointed him Palace Attendant, General of the Guards, and recorder of the Department of State Affairs, while he kept his credentials, command, and inspectorship.