Empress Dowager Lu 呂后

Other names

Family

• Spouse of Gaozu (高祖)
  empress 后 · Primary marriage · Widowed
  Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 73, 83

Career and standing

• Suffered
  Arrested
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 83

Places and affiliations

• Polity Han 漢 · Relation Ruled
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 73, 87
• Organization Lü clan 呂氏 · Relation Member of
  Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 89

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Zhou Chang (周昌) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Empress Dowager Lu (呂后)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 76-77

Events and relationships

• Appointed
  BC 186 以廣阿侯任敖為御史大夫 · Political · Appointer · With Ren Ao (任敖)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 81
• Charged
  BC 186 後五歲 · Legal · Authority · With Zhao Yao (趙堯)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 81
• Summoned again
  Political · Summoner · With Ruyi (如意)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 78
• Summoned
  BC 195 呂太后使使召趙王 · Political · Summoner · With Ruyi (如意)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 73
• Summoned
  Political · Summoner · With Zhou Chang (周昌)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 75

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment held a grudge against the Qi clan · Mode self-report Speaker Empress Dowager Lu (呂后)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 76

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 73