Qin and Han · Family Member

Ruo, mother of Chunyu Chang 若

Ruo

Attested BC 22 - BC 1

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ruo, mother of Chunyu Chang was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 7 to BC 1 久之，還長母及子酺於長安
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 160
BC 8 莽遂代根為大司馬
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 156
BC 22 鳳且終
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 105, passage 118

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Empress Dowager (太后)
elder sister of the empress dowager 太后姊
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 118
Sibling of Wang Feng (王鳳)
maternal uncle 甥舅
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 105, passages 118-119
Parent of Chunyu Chang (淳于長)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passages 118, 156

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Attested in
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 118
BC 7 to BC 1 久之，還長母及子酺於長安
At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Allowed to return
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 160
BC 8 莽遂代根為大司馬
At old commandery 故郡 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 156

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 280

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 3 passages

少以太后姊子為黃門郎，未進幸。 Through his tie to the empress dowager's sister he entered as a yellow-gate gentleman before he had won the throne's notice.

妻子當坐者徙合浦，母若歸故郡。 Wives and children liable under the law went to Hepu; his mother was sent home to her native commandery.

久之，還長母及子酺於長安。 Years later his mother and son Pu were allowed back to the capital.