Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Dowager Yan 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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Dowager Yan | 阎太后 | Yán Tàihòu |
| Title | Empress Dowager Yan | 阎太后 | |
| Title | Empress Yan | 阎后 | |
| Surname | Yan | 阎 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0050
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Note: died the year after Yan brothers executedExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0131
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 延光四年 · Western Year: AD 125Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0050, houhanshu:117:s0049
Family
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- Sibling of Yan Xian (阎显)Kinship Term: brothers / 兄弟 · Subject Role: sister · Object Role: brother · Parentage: biological
- Spouse of Emperor An (安帝)Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor · Relationship State: widowed
Career and standing
- Status: regent · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:117:s0050
References in the histories
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