Empress Shangguan (上官皇后)

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Shangguan as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 7 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Empress Shangguan	上官皇后	Shàngguān Huánghòu
Title	Empress	皇后
Title	Empress Dowager	皇太后	Huang Taihou
Title	Filial Zhao Empress Dowager	孝昭太后	Xiaozhao Taihou
Title	Grand Empress Dowager	太皇太后	Taihuang Taihou
Personal name	Lady Shangguan	上官氏
Surname	Shangguan	上官
Clan	Shangguan	上官氏	Shangguan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · hanshu:008:s0042, hanshu:010:s0016

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建昭二年閏月丁酉 · Western Year: BC 37
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 始元四年春三月甲寅 · Western Year: BC 83
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Source Date: Text: 建昭二年閏月丁酉 · Western Year: BC 37
Explicit · hanshu:010:s0213
Source Date: Text: 黃龍元年 · Western Year: BC 49
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:010:s0016

Family

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Descendant of Shangguan Jie (上官桀)
Kinship Term: granddaughter / 孫女 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Child of Shangguan An (上官安)
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
Spouse of Emperor Zhao (孝昭皇帝)
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active

Career and standing

Title: Grand Empress Dowager / 太皇太后 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:010:s0016, hanshu:010:s0213

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 8Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Zhao · 2 passages

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四年春三月甲寅，立皇后上官氏。 In the third month of spring in the fourth year, on a jiayin day, Lady Shangguan was established as empress.

夏六月，皇后見高廟。 In the sixth month of summer, the Empress made an appearance at the Gao Temple.

Book of Han, Chapter 10Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan · 5 passages

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尊皇太后曰太皇太后，皇后曰皇太后。 Honored the Empress Dowager as Grand Empress Dowager, and the Empress as Empress Dowager.

罷孝文太后、孝昭太后寢園。 The sleeping gardens of the Filial Wen Empress Dowager and Filial Zhao Empress Dowager were abolished.

閏月丁酉，太皇太后上官氏崩。 On Dingyou of the intercalary month, the Grand Empress Dowager of the Shangguan clan collapsed.

三月癸未，復孝惠皇帝寢廟園、孝文太后、孝昭太后寢園。 On Guiwei of the third month, the sleeping temple gardens of the Filial Hui Emperor, Filial Wen Empress Dowager, and Filial Zhao Empress Dowager were restored.

罷孝文、孝昭太后、昭靈后、武哀王、昭哀后寢園。 The sleeping gardens of the Filial Wen and Filial Zhao Empress Dowagers, Zhao Ling Empress, Wu Ai King, and Zhao Ai Empress were abolished.