Qin and Han · Consort

Empress 皇后

Huánghòu

Attested BC 128 - BC 120

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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Empress 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 皇后 Huánghòu
Title Empress 皇后 Huánghòu
Descriptive kinship sister of Wei Qing

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 衛皇后時期 · Western Interval: Start: BC 128 · End: BC 120
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:120:s0065

Family

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  • Sibling of Wei Qing (衛青)
    Kinship Term: elder sister / 姊 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-sister
  • Spouse of Che (徹)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 120Biographies of Ji and Zheng · 1 passage