Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Xu as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Xu | 許皇后 | Xu Huanghou |
| Posthumous | Empress Gongai | 共哀許皇后 | Gong'ai Xu Huanghou |
| Title | Empress Xu | 許皇后 | Xu Huanghou |
| Title | Empress Xu | 許后 | |
| Title | Empress Xu | 許后 | Xu hou |
| Surname | Xu | 許 | Xu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: murder-plot by Huo clanExplicit · hanshu:085:s0237
- Manner: executed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 即位而許后以殺死 · Western Year: BC 74Explicit · hanshu:091:s0012
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 宣帝之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:091:s0004, hanshu:091:s0012
- Source Date: Text: 宣帝初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 71Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0237
- Source Date: Text: 宣帝微時 · Western Year: BC 74Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:010:s0002
Family
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- Parent of Emperor Yuan (孝元帝)Kinship Term: gave birth to / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: born of / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother - Child of Marquis Dai of Ping'en (平恩戴侯)Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
- Spouse of Emperor Xuan (宣帝)Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: marriage
Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: marriage
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: ended - Spouse of Emperor Xuan (宣帝)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: ended
- Parent of Emperor Yuan (孝元皇帝)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Career and standing
- Label: executed / 殺死 · Action: sufferedExplicit · hanshu:091:s0012
References in the histories
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