Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Grand Empress Dowager 太皇太后

Taihuang taihou

Attested BC 7 - AD 6

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Grand Empress Dowager was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 7 to AD 6 太皇太后詔大司徒大司空
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 246

Works and attributed material

BC 7 to AD 6 太皇太后詔大司徒大司空
Edict · Author · Direct quotation · Units s0246, s0247, s0248, s0249, s0250, s0251, s0252, s0253, s0254, s0255, s0256, s0257, s0258, s0259, s0260, s0261, s0262, s0263, s0264, s0265, s0266, s0267, s0268, s0269, s0270, s0271, s0272, s0273, s0274 · Addressees Grand Minister of Education and Grand Minister of Works 大司徒大司空
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passages 246, 274

Events and relationships

Will personally preside over investiture
Ritual · Investing sovereign · With Next descendant of Gongsun Hong (公孙弘后嗣)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 274

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 112Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu · 1 passage

太皇太后詔大司徒大司空：「蓋聞治國之道，富民為始； The Grand Empress Dowager issued an edict to the Grand Minister of Education and the Grand Minister of Works: 'I have heard that the way to govern a state begins with enriching its people;