Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Yin as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Yin | 阴后 | Yin Hou |
| Descriptive kinship | Daughter of Yin Gang | 綱女 | |
| Title | Emperor He's empress | 和帝皇后 | |
| Title | Empress Yin | 阴后 | |
| Title | Empress Yin | 阴后 | Yin Hou |
| Title | Empress Yin | 阴皇后 | Yīn huánghòu |
| Surname | Yin | 阴 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: grief · Statement: died of grief/worryExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0018
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 十二年 · Western Year: AD 100Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0019
- Source Date: Text: 和帝 · Western Year: AD 100Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:037:s0171
- Source Date: Text: 永元七年明年三月 · Western Year: AD 96Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0083
- Source Date: Text: 永元十三年 · Western Year: AD 101Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:115:s0017, houhanshu:115:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 永元十四年 · Western Year: AD 102Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:115:s0018, houhanshu:115:s0016
Family
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- Child of Yin Gang (陰綱)Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological
- Spouse of Emperor He (和帝)Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor · Relationship State: ended
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage
Career and standing
- Status: deposed · Action: abolished · Cause: witchcraft affairExplicit · houhanshu:037:s0172
- Status: deposed · Action: deposedExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0018
- Status: deposed · Action: enteredExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0083
- Status: empress · Action: enthronedExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0083
- Role: empress · Intended: trueExplicit · houhanshu:116:s0019
Places and affiliations
- Label: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:115:s0017
- Place: Tong Palace / 桐宫 · Relation: confined-toExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0018
Events and relationships
- Kind: legal · Role: accused · Action: caught-practicing-false-DaoismExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0018
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:119:s0083
References in the histories
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