Overview
The translated histories identify Lady Xuan as an aristocrat and family member. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Lady Xuan | 宣 | Xuān |
| Title | Lady Chang'an | 长安君 | |
| Descriptive kinship | Lady Xuan | 宣 | Xuān |
| Descriptive kinship | Mother of Empress Deng | 邓后母宣 | |
| Descriptive kinship | Mother of the Empress | 后母 | |
| Personal | Xuan | 宣 | Xuān |
| Personal name | Xuan | 宣 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleExplicit · houhanshu:113:s0035, houhanshu:115:s0056
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 后二年七月 · Western Year: AD 159Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0035
- Source Date: Text: 延熹四年 · Western Year: AD 161Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:115:s0056, houhanshu:115:s0050
Family
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- Parent of Empress Deng Mengnü (鄧猛女)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter
- Parent of Deng Meng (鄧猛)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: mother
Career and standing
- Title: Lady Chang’an / 长安君 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0056
Places and affiliations
- Label: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: underStrongly inferred · houhanshu:115:s0056
- Label: Later Han / 後漢 · Relation: active-inExplicit · houhanshu:113:s0035
Source notes
- Statement: The empress’s brothers (her sons’ generation / her brothers) were enfeoffed; count unstatedExplicit · houhanshu:115:s0056
References in the histories
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