Lady Gan (甘皇后) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Lady Gan as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 9 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lady Gan	甘皇后	Gān huánghòu
Title	Empress Gan	甘皇后	Gān huánghòu
Posthumous name	Empress Zhaolie	昭烈皇后	Zhāoliè huánghòu
Surname	Gan	甘	Gān
Personal name	Lady Gan	甘皇后	Gān huánghòu
Posthumous name	Lady of Imperial Remembrance	皇思夫人	Huángsī fūrén

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · sanguozhi:034:s0001

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Place: Nan commandery / 南郡
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 建安十三年當陽之難 · Western Year: AD 208
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Source Date: Text: 章武二年 · Western Year: AD 222
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Family

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Spouse of Liu Bei (劉備)
Kinship Term: concubine / 妾 · Union Category: concubinage · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: concubine · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: active
Parent of Liu Shan (劉禪)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal

Career and standing

Title: Empress Zhaolie / 昭烈皇后 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 章武二年 · Western Year: AD 222
Explicit · sanguozhi:034:s0019, sanguozhi:034:s0023
Title: Lady of Imperial Remembrance / 皇思夫人 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 章武二年 · Western Year: AD 222
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Shu Han / 蜀漢 · Relation: affiliated-with
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Place: Pei / 沛
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Place: Nan commandery / 南郡 · Relation: buried-at
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: refugee · Action: abandoned-then-rescued · Place: Changban in Dangyang / 當陽長阪 · Other Person Id: Zhao Yun (趙雲) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建安十三年 · Western Year: AD 208
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Kind: burial · Role: deceased · Action: joint-burial-ordered · Other Person Id: Liu Bei (劉備) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 章武二年 · Western Year: AD 222
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References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 34Volume 34: Book of Shu 4: Biographies of Concubines and Sons of the Two Lords · 9 passages

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先主甘皇后 Lady Gan, consort of Liu Bei (styled the First Lord)

先主甘皇后，沛人也。 Lady Gan came from Pei.

值曹公軍至，追及先主於當陽長阪，於時困偪，棄後及後主，賴趙雲保護，得免於難。 When Cao Cao’s host caught Liu Bei at Changban in Dangyang, the retreat was so desperate that he abandoned Lady Gan and the boy; only Zhao Yun’s shielding brought them through alive.

章武二年，追諡皇思夫人，遷葬於蜀，未至而先主殂隕。 In Zhangwu 2 she received the posthumous title Lady of Imperial Remembrance and her coffin was ordered west into Shu, but Liu Bei died before the cortège arrived.

皇思夫人履行脩仁，淑慎其身。 The late Lady of Imperial Remembrance lived with integrity and kindness, modest and guarded in deportment.

大行皇帝存時，篤義垂恩，念皇思夫人神柩在遠飄颻，特遣使者奉迎。 In his lifetime he never forgot her: learning her coffin still wandered far from the capital, he sent envoys to escort it home.

會大行皇帝崩，今皇思夫人神柩以到，又梓宮在道，園陵將成，安厝有期。 He has since died, yet her catafalque has now reached us while his own bier is still en route and the imperial tombs near completion, so both burials may soon be ordered.

今皇思夫人宜有尊號，以慰寒泉之思，輒與恭等案諡法，宜曰昭烈皇后。 She therefore deserves a throne name that may comfort the living. We have weighed the statutes of posthumous honor and propose Empress Zhaolie.

故昭烈皇后宜與大行皇帝合葬，臣請太尉告宗廟，布露天下，具禮儀別奏。 We therefore ask that she be laid beside the late emperor, that the grand commandant report this to the shrines of state, that an edict proclaim it to the realm, and that the detailed rites be submitted in a further memorial.