Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Consort

Empress Wen

Attested AD 559 - AD 566

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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

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

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Wen
Title Empress Wen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 后兄欽襲爵建城侯 · Western Interval: Start: AD 559 · End: AD 566
    Strongly inferred · chenshu:007:s0186

Family

  • Sibling of Qin (欽)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-sister · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder

Places and affiliations

  • Polity: Chen / 陳 · Relation: consort-of-ruler
    Strongly inferred · chenshu:007:s0186

References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage