Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Yuan as a consort, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Yuan | 元後 | Yuanhou |
| Title | Empress Yuan | 元後 | Yuanhou |
| Title | Empress Yuan | 元後 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleExplicit · liangshu:038:s0309
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元後付王莽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1 · End: AD 8Strongly inferred · liangshu:038:s0309
- Source Date: Text: 大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545Explicit event contextual date · zizhitongjian:159:s0003, zizhitongjian:159:s0003a, zizhitongjian:159:s0133c
Events and relationships
- Relation: entrusted-power-to · Person Id: Wang Mang (王莽) · Provenance: Mode: historical-example · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0133c
- Relation: entrusted-to · Person Id: Wang Mang (王莽)Explicit · liangshu:038:s0309
References in the histories
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