Overview
Queen Dowager Xuan was a queen dowager of Qin, mother of King Zhaoxiang, and sister of Wei Ran.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 271 昭王三十六年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passages 106, 109
- c. BC 325 to c. BC 265 昭王之舅Strongly inferred · Book of Han 70, passage 163
- BC 306 昭王即位Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passages 4, 14
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of King Hui of Qin (秦惠王)consort 八子 · Secondary marriageStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passages 4, 10
- Sibling of Wei Ran (魏冉)elder half-brother by a different father 異父長弟 · Maternal half siblings
maternal uncle 舅 · Half unspecified siblingsSources vary in certainty · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passages 1, 7; Book of Han 70, passage 163 - Parent of King Zhaoxiang of Qin (秦昭王)maternal uncle 舅
mother 母Sources vary in certainty · Book of Han 70, passage 163; Records of the Grand Historian 72, passages 1, 4 - Parent of King Wu of Qin (秦武王)mother 母 · Relationship negated in the sourceDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passage 5
- Parent of Lord of Gaoling (高陵君)mother 母Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passage 9
- Parent of Lord Jingyang (涇陽君)mother 母Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passage 9
- Sibling of Mi Rong (羋戎)younger brother by the same father 同父弟 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passage 8
Origins and identity
- Mi clan 羋氏Relation Member ofDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passages 2, 4
Career and standing
- Empress Dowager Xuan 宣太后BC 306 昭王即位 · HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passage 4
- Lady Mi the Eighth 羋八子HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passage 4
- EnteredBC 306 昭王少，宣太后自治 · RegentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passage 14
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment monopolizing authority · Mode quotation Speaker Fan Ju (范雎)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 72, passage 109
References in the histories
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