Empress Dayi

Last updated
Lady Wang
王夫人
BornUnknown [1]
DiedUnknown
Spouse Sun Quan
Issue Sun He
Posthumous name
Empress Dayi (大懿皇后)
FatherWang Lujiu [2]

Empress Dayi, known during her life as Lady Wang, was a concubine of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu and mother of heir Sun He during the Three Kingdoms period of China. She would lose favor due to the slanders of another and died. [3] [4]

Contents

Life

Lady Wang was from Langye (琅邪; present-day Linyi, Shandong), and was referred to as Lady Wang of Langye to distinguish her from Lady Wang of Nanyang (posthumously known as Empress Jinghuai, another concubine of Sun Quan who shared the same surname). [5] Lady Wang was the daughter of Wang Lujiu, [2] and she is reported as having three younger brothers. [6] She entered Sun Quan's harem during the Huangwu period (222-229), presumably before 224 when she gave birth to Sun He, and she was generally Sun Quan's second-favourite after Lady Bu. When Crown Prince Sun Deng died in 241, [4] Sun He became heir apparent and Sun Quan made overtures to make Lady Wang his empress with other favored ladies like Lady Wang of Nanyang were removed from the palace. [7] However, Sun Quan's daughter by Lady Bu, Sun Luban was a supporter of rival candidate Sun Ba while she and Lady Wang had fallen out, [4] [8] slandering her little by little. [4] When Sun Quan was bedridden and Sun He went to offer sacrifices at Sun Ce's temple, Sun Luban acted against both He and Lady Wang, saying Sun He had gone to conspire with his in-laws including Zhang Xiu and that Lady Wang rejoiced when she saw Sun Quan so unwell. [8] Sun Quan was enraged on hearing this and Lady Wang supposedly died of anxiety. [9]

Family and relatives

Sun He's position was weakened and he was exiled during the political scandal of his succession struggle with Sun Ba in 250; he was forced to commit suicide in late 253 during Sun Liang's reign. He was survived by his own son, Sun Hao, who became emperor in 264, at which point Lady Wang was posthumously titled Empress Dayi (大懿皇后 Great Exemplary Empress), and her three younger brothers were awarded marquisates. [6]

Citations

  1. ↑ While Lady Wang's birth year was not recorded, her son Sun He was born in 224. Thus, her birth year should be in 211 or before.
  2. 1 2 (《吳書》曰：夫人父名盧九。〉) Sanguozhi zhu vol. 50.
  3. ↑ Joe Cutter, Robert; Gordon Crowell, William (1999). Empresses and Consorts: Selections from Chen Shou's Records of the Three States with Pei Songzhi's commentary. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 127–128. ISBN   9780824819453.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Sanguozhi vol.50.
  5. ↑ (吳主權王夫人，琅邪人也。) Sanguozhi vol. 50.
  6. 1 2 (和子皓立，追尊夫人曰大懿皇后，封三弟皆列侯。) Sanguozhi vol. 50.
  7. ↑ (以選人宮，嘉禾中得幸，生（孫）休。及和為太子，和母貴重，諸姬有寵者，皆出居外。) Sanguozhi vol. 50.
  8. 1 2 Joe Cutter, Robert; Gordon Crowell, William (1999). Empresses and Consorts: Selections from Chen Shou's Records of the Three States with Pei Songzhi's Commentary. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 219. ISBN   9780824819453.
  9. ↑ (夫人以選入宮，黃武中得幸，生（孫）和，寵次步氏。步氏薨後，和立為太子，權將立夫人為后，而全公主素憎夫人，稍稍譖毀。及權寢疾。言有喜色，由是權深責怒，以憂死。) Sanguozhi vol. 50.

Related Research Articles

Lady Wu, personal name unknown, was a Chinese noble lady, aristocrat and posthumously honoured as Empress of Eastern Wu state. She was the wife of the warlord Sun Jian, who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. She bore Sun Jian four sons and a daughter – Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, Sun Kuang and Lady Sun. She was posthumously honoured as Empress Wulie in 229 by her second son Sun Quan, who became the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period.

Guo Nüwang, formally known as Empress Wende, was an empress of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. She was married to Cao Pi, the first emperor of Wei.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lady Zhen</span> Wife of Cao Pi, ruler of Cao Wei (183–221)

Lady Zhen, personal name unknown, was the first wife of Cao Pi, the first ruler of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period. In 226, she was posthumously honoured as Empress Wenzhao when her son Cao Rui succeeded Cao Pi as the emperor of Wei.

Empress Mao, personal name unknown, formally known as Empress Mingdao, was an empress of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Born to a lowly family, she was married to Cao Rui, the second emperor of Wei, but would later lose favor and her life.

Empress Zhang, personal name unknown, was the last empress of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period. She was a daughter of the Shu general Zhang Fei, and was a younger sister of Empress Jing'ai. In 237, she became an Imperial Consort of the Shu emperor Liu Shan. She became empress in February 238, succeeding her elder sister, who had died in the previous year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pan Shu</span> Empress of Eastern Wu (died 252)

Empress Pan, personal name Pan Shu, was an empress of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. She was the only empress of Wu's founding emperor, Sun Quan, even though he had a succession of wives before her. She was a rare example of becoming an empress from a slave in the Chinese history. She was the mother of Sun Liang, Sun Quan's successor and the second emperor of Wu.

Sun Liang, courtesy name Ziming, was the second emperor of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was the youngest son and heir of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of Wu. He is also known as the Prince of Kuaiji or Marquis of Houguan (候官侯), which were his successive titles after he was deposed in November 258 by the regent Sun Chen and is sometimes known as the Young Emperor. He was succeeded by his brother Sun Xiu, who managed to oust Sun Chen from power and kill him. Two years after Sun Liang's dethronement, he was falsely accused of treason and demoted from a prince to a marquis, after which he killed himself.

Empress Quan, also known as Quan Huijie, was an empress of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. She was married to Sun Liang, the second emperor of Wu.

Empress Zhu, formally known as Empress Jing, was an empress of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Her husband was Sun Xiu, the third emperor of Wu.

Sun He, courtesy name Zixiao, was an imperial prince of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was the third son of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of Wu. In 242, he became the crown prince after the death of his brother Sun Deng, the eldest son and first heir apparent of Sun Quan. In the 240s, a power struggle broke out between Sun He and his fourth brother, Sun Ba, over the succession to their father's throne. The conflict ended in 250 when Sun Quan forced Sun Ba to commit suicide, deposed Sun He and replaced him with Sun Liang. In 253, during Sun Liang's reign, the regent Sun Jun reduced Sun He to commoner status and forced him to commit suicide. In 264, one of Sun He's sons, Sun Hao, became the fourth emperor of Eastern Wu. After his coronation, Sun Hao honoured his father with the posthumous title Emperor Wen.

Zhu Ju (194–250), courtesy name Zifan, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. A son-in-law of Wu's founding emperor Sun Quan, Zhu Ju served briefly as the fifth Imperial Chancellor of Wu from 249 to 250.

Lady Xie was of a noted Kuaiji family and the first wife of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Despite her fall from favour and early death, her family would continue to prosper at court.

Lady Bu, personal name Bu Lianshi, was a concubine of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period of China. She has posthumously been honoured as an empress by Sun Quan. She is also known as Empress Bu.

This article contains the family trees of members of the Sun clan, who ruled the state of Eastern Wu (229–280), in the Three Kingdoms period (220–280), in China.

This article contains the family trees of members of the Cao clan, who ruled the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in China. Only Cao Cao's lineage is shown in this article. The lineages of his relatives, such as Cao Ren, Cao Zhen and others, are not included here.

Sun Luyu, courtesy name Xiaohu, was an imperial princess of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. She was the younger daughter of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of Wu, and his concubine Bu Lianshi. She is also referred to as Princess Zhu (朱公主/朱主) because of her marriage to Zhu Ju.

Sun Luban, courtesy name Dahu, was an imperial princess of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. She was the elder daughter of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of Wu, and his concubine Bu Lianshi. She is also a grand princess (長公主) a title given to the emperor's favorite daughter, and was also Princess Quan (全公主/全主) because of her marriage to Quan Cong.

Lady Xu was a concubine of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China.

Empress Jinghuai, known during her life as Lady Wang, was a concubine of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu and mother to future Emperor Sun Xiu, during the Three Kingdoms period of China. She had active participation in the various succession disputes to the throne, being on the warfoot with Sun Luban, daughter of Sun Quan.

Lady Yu (虞氏) was a Chinese noblewoman from Henan Province during the Three Kingdoms period. She is best known as the wife of the future Emperor Cao Rui who was passed over for the role of Empress. She was sent away after voicing sharp criticism about the Cao family policy on marriage.

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.