Qin and Han · Aristocrat

Lady Xuan

Xuān

Attested AD 159 - AD 161

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
1

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Lady Xuan Xuān
Title Lady Chang'an 长安君
Descriptive kinship Lady Xuan Xuān
Descriptive kinship Mother of Empress Deng 邓后母宣
Descriptive kinship Mother of the Empress 后母
Personal Xuan Xuān
Personal name Xuan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

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

Places and affiliations

Source notes

  • Statement: The empress’s brothers (her sons’ generation / her brothers) were enfeoffed; count unstated

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 113Volume 102: Astronomy Part Three · 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 115Volume 104: Five Elements Part Two · 1 passage