Qin and Han · Consort

Empress Wang 王氏

Wang Shi

Attested BC 150 - BC 141

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Wang as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Wang 王氏 Wang Shi
Title Empress 后
Title Empress 皇后
Title Empress Dowager 皇太后
Title Empress Wang 皇后王氏
Descriptive kinship mother of the King of Jiaodong 膠東王太后

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 七年四月乙巳 · Western Year: BC 150
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0053
  • Source Date: Text: 七年夏四月乙巳 · Western Year: BC 150
    Explicit · hanshu:006:s0084
  • Source Date: Text: 後三年三月 · Western Year: BC 141
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0117
  • Source Date: Text: 後二年 · Western Year: BC 142
    Explicit · hanshu:006:s0159

Family

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  • Spouse of Emperor Xiaojing (孝景皇帝)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
  • Parent of Che (徹)
    Kinship Term: mother / 太后 · Parentage: biological
    Kinship Term: mother / 太后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Tian Fen (田蚡)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Sibling of Tian Sheng (勝)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger

Career and standing

  • Label: Empress / 皇后 · Action: established · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七年夏四月乙巳 · Western Year: BC 150
    Explicit · hanshu:006:s0084
  • Status: empress · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七年四月乙巳 · Western Year: BC 150
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0053
  • Status: empress-dowager · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後三年三月 · Western Year: BC 141
    Explicit · shiji:011:s0117

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 6Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Jing · 2 passages
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 11Annals of the Xiaojing Emperor · 2 passages
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