Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Yan as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 3 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 Yan | 阎皇后 | Yan Huanghou |
| Title | Empress Yan | 阎皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Yan | 阎后 | |
| Title | Empress Yan | ||
| Title | Honored Person Yan | 阎贵人 | |
| Title | Lady Yan | 阎贵人 | Yán guìrén |
| Title | the empress | 皇后 | |
| Surname | Yan | 阎 | |
| Descriptive kinship | Yan Xian's sister | 皇后 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元初二年 · Western Year: AD 115Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0107
- Source Date: Text: 元初元年 · Western Year: AD 114Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0105
- Source Date: Text: 安帝延光中 / 废太子 context · Western Year: AD 125Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:115:s0092, houhanshu:115:s0036
- Source Date: Text: 延光四年 · Western Year: AD 125Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0106
Family
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- Sibling of Yan Xian (阎显)Kinship Term: empress's elder brother / 皇后兄 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: sister · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Spouse of Emperor An (安帝)Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Career and standing
- Status: empress · Action: enthronedExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0106
- Status: empress · Action: establishedExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0092
Places and affiliations
- Label: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:115:s0092
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: slanderer · Action: slandered-heir-with-Geng-BaoExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0092
- Kind: political · Role: slanderer · Action: slandered-heir · Other Person Id: Heir Apparent of Emperor An (皇太子)Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0107
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0105
References in the histories
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