Qin and Han · Ruler and Consort

Empress Lu 呂后

Lü Hou

Attested BC 187 - BC 180

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Lu was a ruler and Consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 187 to BC 180 呂后時
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247

Career and standing

empress 后
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247
Empress Lu 呂后
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247

Events and relationships

Presided over a perilous court period during which Chen Ping extricated himself and stabilized the ancestral temples
BC 187 to BC 180 呂后時 · Political · Ruler · With Chen Ping (陳平)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 56, passage 247

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 56House of Chancellor Chen · 1 passage

及呂后時，事多故矣，然平竟自脫，定宗廟，以榮名終，稱賢相，豈不善始善終哉！ During the reign of Empress Lu, when affairs grew perilous beyond measure, Ping still managed to extricate himself, safeguard the imperial ancestral temples, and end his days with an honored name, acclaimed as a worthy chancellor. Was this not a man who began well and ended well!