Qin and Han · Han aristocratic woman, sister of Wang Li and Wang Gen, and mother of Chunyu Chang

Lady Chunyu 淳于氏

Chunyu Shi

Attested c. BC 20 - c. BC 7

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Chunyu was a Han aristocratic woman, sister of Wang Li and Wang Gen, and mother of Chunyu Chang.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 20 to c. BC 7 淳于氏
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 70, passage 264

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Chunyu Chang (淳于長)
elder sister and her son 老姊…子
Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 197
Sibling of Wang Li (王立)
elder sister 老姊 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 197
Sibling of Wang Gen (王根)
full elder sister 同產姊 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Han 70, passage 264

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage

內嫉妒同產兄姊紅陽侯立及淳于氏，皆老被放棄。 Within his own family he resented his elder brother Wang Li, marquis of Hongyang, and his elder sister Lady Chunyu, abandoning both in their old age.