Qin and Han · Grand Empress Dowager

Grand Empress Dowager Dou 太皇竇太后

Tàihuáng Dòu tàihòu

Attested BC 139

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Grand Empress Dowager Dou was a Grand Empress Dowager.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 139 得趙綰、王臧之過以讓上
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 87

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 87

Learning and skills

Belief Confucian learning 儒術 · Relation Opposed to
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 87
Belief teachings of Laozi 老子言 · Relation Adherent of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 87

Events and relationships

Reproached emperor using faults of Zhao Wan and Wang Zang
Political · Accuser
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 87
Relation Rebuked · Person Present Emperor (今上)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 87

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 87

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 121Biographies of Confucian Scholars · 1 passage

太皇竇太后好老子言，不說儒術，得趙綰、王臧之過以讓上，上因廢明堂事，盡下趙綰、王臧吏，後皆自殺。 The Grand Empress Dowager Dou was devoted to the teachings of Laozi and had no use for Confucian learning. She seized upon the transgressions of Zhao Wan and Wang Zang to reproach the emperor. The emperor thereupon abandoned the Hall of Light project and turned Zhao Wan and Wang Zang over to the judicial officials. Both later took their own lives.