Ancient China · Consort

Empress Dowager Xuan 宣太后

Xuan Taihou

Attested BC 306 - BC 305

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Xuan was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 306 to BC 305 昭王初，向壽平宜陽、甘茂亡秦
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 100

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of King Zhao of Qin (秦昭王)
empress dowager 太后
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 100
Kin of Xiang Shou (向壽)
extended family 外族 · maternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 100

Career and standing

Held
Empress dowager
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 100

Places and affiliations

Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Empress dowager of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 100

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 71Biographies of Shu Lizi and Gan Mao · 1 passage

向壽者，宣太后外族也，而與昭王少相長，故任用。 Xiang Shou was from Empress Dowager Xuan's extended family. He had grown up alongside King Zhao from childhood, which is why he was employed.